March 3rds
3/3/1967 (Beatles Studio Diary) Since it was now clear that Sgt. Pepper’s was a (pretend) real band, a brass overdub was called for..... [3/2/2026: Almost 60 years later, we’re creating pretend bands with AI] 3/3/1995 (Brian Eno Diary) Things to take everywhere: alarm clock, Swiss Army knife (with scissors), mains-tester screwdriver... AI Spins: 3/3/2000 Rick Danko died at 43. 3/3/2005 Idea: Music software that builds constraints into the system—either by selecting variables, or generating them at random. Examples: In ensembles: "Guitar player with old Fender Strat playing through an old Fender amp with a ripped speaker cone", "keyboard that randomly generates sounds/players/ensembles. (It would have only one button—other functionality would be through interface with software). [3/3/2025: It's now entirely plausible to build these kinds of concepts into artificial intelligence. It would be vastly more interesting than it is now. I...