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    I'm impressed at how far AI (really, more "machine learning" since "AI" is such a buzzword) has come, especially in the last couple of years. That it can even produce anything like this is technologically astounding. I don't particularly care for the music at 8:09 personally, but I'm impressed that it can create something that is reasonably cohesive and readily identifiable as something resembling jazz.
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    He feels the songs are great, and he simply tells you why he feels that way. He has an ear training course. And he discusses quite a bit of music theory in his videos within the context of his videos.
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    I feel like people never needed social media to adopt extreme positions. Us/them. You/me. People regard almost anything as a sporting event. If you have a nuanced opinion, realizing the complexities of a situation, they tell you to "take a stand". I think a lot of people engage in "bumperstickerism", where complex issues (and most issues are complex) are reduced to buzzwords and caricatures.
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    Bah! Those are easy! Crank the brick-wall limiter and make that WAV file look like a 2x4!!! That Martha Davis thing sounds verrrry challenging. It would be fascinating to hear a before/after of that! The "after" sounds very good, and her voice does sound great.
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    All that sounds good, Craig. As an aside, I know we've had jokes for years about mastering your own material. After all, most of us are probably mixing and mastering using the same setup! But for some reason, at least with our own material, we've gotten pretty good at it, good enough that we began doing it ourselves because what we were getting was just about the same as a really great mastering engineer. Again, for our own stuff. I'm not going to sit here and tell you that I can master as great as a great mastering engineer overall. Maybe I'm like that person you know down the block that has a really decrepit 1973 Impala...and the owner knows that if you hit the door a certain way, the window rolls down, and if you crank the knob all the way to the right and click it three times, the A/C kicks on and it still gets him where he needs to go.
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    Your description of "console emulation" is also intriguing. I hadn't thought about it that way, probably because I was thinking "tape saturation" due to the name of the plug-in (Tape Head by Massey). But in essence, it's the same concept. I also use this Tape Head on other things as well, such as bass or synthesizers sometimes. Then again, I sometimes use a mastering limiter, the Massey L2007, on vocals. Whatever works, I guess. Also, I woudn't be surprised if you're correct and many people master through the Master Bus now. I will do that to be really quick with something, i.e., getting something out quick to the client without having to explain why their mix sounds so much quieter than everyone else's and that kind of thing. But otherwise, I like to separate mixing and mastering. I still try to master with the intent of creating an album even if people don't often listen to music that way. At least if they stream several of my songs in a row, they general feel and volume and vibe are consistent (unless I don't want them to be, haha!).
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    Yes, that's what I've found. If I put it on in the middle, well, I might like it, sure, but it changes the sound regardless, so it's better just to mix "into" it instead. It works for me. I don't know if this is considered unorthodox or what. There's probably plenty of other people doing it, and maybe they'll pipe up. Regardless, I generally agree with your approach.
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    Lately, I've been mixing with tape saturation in the Master Buss, and not even bothering to take it off. I initially did it because I forgot to take it off, and found it pleasing, so kept going. I used to NEVER have anything on the Master Buss, and I've slowly over time switched to where I just go ahead and mix with tape saturation on. I do toggle it on and off to hear what it's doing, of course.
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    I generally agree with the premise. But I'm going to tell you that, more recently, I contradict it. For most of the time that I've been mixing, I've mixed without anything on the Master Bus. However, since it seems like, at least for our musical project, we are no longer using a mastering engineer and are doing everything ourselves, I have begun using things on the Master Bus. However, I don't use them to "fix" EQ or solve problems. I use it to generally shape or glue. For instance, I use tape saturation or compression, not to fix anything, but to just affect the overall mix. Then I add a limiter at the end. That has worked for us really well. Our mastering process is pretty streamlined because I am rather consistent with doing this. When I mix other bands or musical projects, I have carried over some of these practices such as the tape saturation or very light compression, just acting like a glue. No limiter, though, and if I add EQ, it's to shape the overall mix slightly, not to "fix" anything.
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    The Cars are rock, right? If we're talking about the best being the most complementary, the keyboards that Greg Hawkes plays are beautifully so, alongside the aforementioned Brian Eno and Paul Raymond (UFO). I should mention Jon Lord, Ray Manzarek and Billy Powell as well. Here's a link to the Top 100 Greatest Rock Keyboardists and Pianists. It's just one link, you know, but interestingly, they put Brian Eno at #19, so maybe my mentioning him is not as weird as it seems! https://digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_keyboard.html
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    I have no idea who is the greatest, but I certainly love a lot of the keyboardists mentioned. I don't think these are the greatest, but Brian Eno and Paul Raymond (UFO) sound great to me and beautifully complement the music being played.
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    It's complete insanity.
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    The Girl with the Pearl Earring - Johannes Vermeer (Missy Piggy)
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    The Kiss - Gustav Klimt (Oscar the Grouch)
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    If The Muppets Appeared in the World's Most Iconic Paintings Cookie Monster - The Last Supper - Leonardo da Vinci My favorite part? The disciple feeding him a cookie.
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    Hahaha!!! <slurrrrp!>
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    They do. Teletubbies are already creepy. I found that it didn't take much to push them over the edge into zombie or horror mode.
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    By the way, if you really want to see some seriously bizarre Teletubby stuff, head on over to this post. Or don't. It may give you nightmares.
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    I previously did something like "...in the style of a Yes album", I think. I don't remember. But it did okay. So just for fun, i did several "...on a Yes album cover in the style of Roger Dean". See for yourself.
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    I did not. Haha! I like those, especially that first one!
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    Not. Quite. I mean, maybe if he fell down the stairs and hit his head or decided to wind people up!
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    I'm not a huge Usher fan, but it was a decent show, and the guy is very talented. Just for fun, Rolling Stone ranked the Super Bowl performances from worst to first, if you are interested in checking out the list.
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    Haha! I hope not. But last year, I did use an AI-generated image to generate my Eleven Shadows album artwork.
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    Rare historical images of the most unusual extinct animals and secret DNA laboratory experiments. The last images of exotic creatures, often kept secret from the world. Most of these were created with Bing.
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