12/12/1999@25

12/12/1999

Studio: P Worked out a song sketch of "Illusions" using the Acid program. When I listened to what we did I thought of at least 20 things that could make it more musical. 

[12/12/1999@25: Sony’s Acid program, which apparently still exists, has evolved into what we’re now doing with AI. I don’t see this postmodern cut-up approach ending. First we had cut-up, then re-mix, and now re-style. It disabuses us from learning the core skills for the medium and we can jump right in and DIY. With AI music I have the same grievances, namely a lack of musical logic and syntax, and always calls out for tweaks and fixes. It used to be called “rewrites”].