Or the End of Music. Been playing about with UDIO, an AI song generator. So the tracks below are basically curated rather than created. But that is sort of the point being made – they have come a lot closer to the “sound in my head” than anything else I have managed. [Although clearly the “sound in my head” is a selection of what used to be called “indie” from the 80s,90s and early 2000s.]
The “album” cover is real. It is a photo taken of a photo on my Aunt’s stairs of her friend invading a stage whilst a certain band were playing a long time ago. Happy to remove it if anyone has a problem with it being used.
Download as a ZIP file here.
In terms of the creative process, not much to say…type a prompt into Udio.com, play about with extending the clip – they generate at about 30 seconds long and each time you get 2 choices, and then a little bit of editing in Logic. This was mainly splitting into stems and lowering the vocal volume and a bit of mastering and the odd effect. For the first track I did repeat one of the vocal lines at the end. And in terms of the vocals/lyrics, I let the AI generate them (you can type in your own) as that was also part of the whole “just how good is this” thing. Clearly a bit variable (without editing) but was very impressed by what “Song about losing your keys” came up with. Twice.
I think it is all really quite depressing. But the technology is pretty amazing.