July 5ths

7/5/2013

Reset Flash Fiction:

Ai Grace was a genius baby and reluctant immortal. She could have succeeded at anything in life, but she loved music. Her musical heroes were all mortals, and when she became immortal, she was envious and nostalgic.

She met Tony Townes at a metal bar and loved his music and his energy, and they dated for a few months. In December of 2046 he was hit by a self-driving cab and was unconscious for 2 days. Hacking into vehicles was a common occurrence, and it was suspected in this case. 

Dr. Josef Stone, an esteemed neuro-psychologist was a staunch proponent of the use of deep-brain stimulation, genetic engineering and neuropharmacology to treat brain-injured patients and other brain disorders. Some thought he was over-zealous in his promotion of his own program, and was one of the suspects of the vehicle hackings as some type of wider conspiracy. This was just a crazy rumor. He was in fact a generous benefactor in genetic engineering, as his son Cosmo was born with Progeria Syndrome.    

7/5/2022

Will AI be “beneficial” to music? The term “beneficial” can be applied when something is used in the general flow of creative output, such as when Bob Dylan “went electric”. AI will similarly have to “go electric” in some way. It wasn’t that Dylan stopped playing an acoustic, but there was a paradigm shift in culture.    

[7/5/2025: If 2025 was like 1965, it's the year AI music went "electric". But you can still play real instruments. There's this idea that technology destroys purity somehow, or that it's "profane". I loved the Blonde On Blonde album. I wonder if 2025 will be seen in retrospect as a sea change year, as 1966 was...]

7/5/2025

On innuendo is all it takes. Definitely a 1975 vibe. 

What happens to a sound when it reaches 50? Was Big Band still relevant in the 1980s? I think the definition of nostalgia shifts with feelings of "missing out". Since many musicians were influenced by Big Band in the 80s and were still using those kinds of skills, there was no need for nostalgia. Nostalgia is largely driven by a sense of loss.

One Innuendo (7/5/2024) by meta4s