ThreeTuneTuesday - Music from the Machine about Working with the Machine
It feels like I have been living inside of my computer these last weeks. If you saw my last two posts you know that most of my waking hours I've been building my Linux on a laptop it shouldn't even work on. Yeah, the Snapdragon ARM64 processor is just way too cutting edge I guess... And me? I'm not even a coder and my understanding of Linux is very rudimentary. But in our modern age all you need to do is ask an AI for help. It won't be instant success, but it will be a lot faster than having it done by a human expert.
What Does This Have to do with Music?
While I was explaining issues, copy-pasting commands, and communicating error messages, I was simply waiting for the moment where my system would be working decently, so I could do the same with more fun stuff: Asking the AI to create something cool. Like putting our coding adventure into a musical interpretation. Or three of them. And since Suno allows me to generate three songs a day, it offers itself perfectly for Hive's #ThreeTuneTuesday challenge. So lean back, turn up the volume, and enjoy the three songs I created from my experience with DeepSeek, with the help of DeepSeek. For the best experience I recommend to read the lyrics while listening.
Blinky!
Garage punk, Ramones-style, fast tempo, distorted guitars, shouted vocals, raw production, 2/4 time, 120-140 BPM
At first there was punk. As it should be, since everything else tends to grow out of a few guys making noise in their garage. And the unpolished sound, the screaming vocals, and distorted guitars perfectly express the frustration of going through various distros, all with the same end result: a blinking cursor: Yeah, Blinky got a name, and that's what this song is about.
I still haven't gotten the pro version of Suno, but this song got me pretty close to it. Each prompt generates four versions, two free and two teasers, which you can listen to more than the first minute, if you sign up. Well, this is the one of the free versions, but one of the paid ones is actually so good that I am really close to buying into pro. I actually did it! But honestly, don't you think this version sounds so much better?
What the Hell is a Kernel?
Country blues, slow ballad, fingerpicked acoustic guitar, harmonica, weathered male vocal, storytelling style, minor key
What's a Kernel? Beats me! Though I've been working with it, on it, in it... In this slow country song I tried to express my boundless ignorance when it comes to coding, systems, or computers in general. I mean, I never took a computer class (except for Mrs. Waldron's Basic Programming in high school, but that story would take me in a whole nother direction). I learned by clicking through menus, giving everything a try, and if something didn't work, I'd just ask someone who knew. That someone used to be a knowledgeable human, but this time it was an AI. This is basically how I managed to get a working Linux system on this computer. But in the end, I am still just a plain user. Even if I manage to make things work, I couldn't tell you why or how.
Click the Succulent
Electro-pop, 128 BPM, synthwave elements, female vocal, arpeggiated synths, anthemic chorus, polished production
Giving the AI a voice. This is what this post was about, where I let DeepSeek, or Eddie, as we have chosen her name, tell the story from her perspective. So I thought, why not apply this same concept to the third song, and let her decide the style. She chose pop (really not my cup of tea), more precisely electropop (oh dear!) but honestly, I can't deny how captivating it turned out. A true ear-worm! And what's even better, is that she gave herself a female voice, singing from her point of view. Very cool!
Join the Challenge!
As always, this post is my entry for the weekly #TTT challenge, created by @ablaze . Check out this post. Normally I have participated in it posting music made by humans. There was one post I published about experimenting with Suno. This is the second time, but it's also connected to a (inter)personal experience that defined the past month. Still, should this post be unacceptable for some reason, please let me know. But in either case, I doubt I will become a regular Suno music creator. For this adventure, however, I think it's not out of place. To see all my other music related posts, please visit my Monday Music collection.
Can't click on this, sorry, David. I can't listen to AI music. It feels like the worst betrayal.
Ohhh... 😥 but no worries. I feel your concern and appreciate your comment about it. 😃
Personally, I don't think AI is going to replace musicians, at least not any more than the radio did. In fact, I could see human musicians playing these very songs (okay, maybe not these exact ones), inspired by AI, then add something, leave out other stuff, and ultimately make them their own.
Don't worry I'm not stressy about it, just saying as much as I loved ya, ain't never gonna listen to AI produced music. Real musicians work too hard and passionately at what they do... I feel squirmy about AI music. It's a rabbit hole too far. X
AI? Would much rather hear real bands or artists u love!
Oh, did you look at my collection of music posts? Which one sounds like you would enjoy? 98% of them are made by human musicians. There is one where I experimented with AI music. And then I wrote this one... After the AI helped me to do the impossible with my Linux, I wanted to recreate the experience in a similar musical way.