An excellent story about the emergence of new artificial intelligence musical tools from Zenph this morning in Wired prompted the following:
I love “technology changes everything” stories, and in this case the technology is way cool, and I’m not sure that much is changing. Life always comes down to the choices we make, their consequences and what we learn (if anything sadly) in the process. Artists are always commenting on our/their choices. If a musician chooses to accompany himself with a pair of spoons or with a digi-pro-multichan-conscribulator in the end makes a difference, but not the difference. Is what he or she saying relevant to you now? Does it speak to you…touch you deeply or is it just background flash signifying nothing? Artists always choose to experiment with new and better tools, but it’s what they do with them (even with faux Clapton playing lead) that means something or doesn’t. Did “Tears In Heaven” touch you? Why? Great music is always an original response to life channeled from the depths of being. That said, bring on the new toys—the more the merrier.
Tags: Clapton, new AI musical tools, Tears In Heaven, Zenph