I’m going to be 59 in less than two weeks. I mean, it’s better than 60, but still, I’m old. Yes, it beats the alternative.
But lately I’ve gotten bored with my attempts at songwriting. Everything I write sounds trite to me, and almost none of it sounds good. I guess I’ll keep trying, but it’s really discouraging.
You know what else is discouraging? Ever since the last time I got a bad cold, my voice still isn’t fully back. I’ve lost at least a whole note off of my upper range, and I was already a bass. So I can’t sing worth a damn and everything I write lately sucks.
And then there’s AI, ready to start cranking out trite crap like what’s on the radio. Within 2 years, AI will perform on a top 10 single in the US. If it hasn’t already.
At some point, almost every musical artist decides to stop writing new songs. And if they change their mind and release new music, almost no one likes it. I’m determined that won’t be me. Saying I have no good music left in me is like saying I have no good ideas left. But of course it’ll be tough to record them with my voice diminishing with each passing day/month/year.
But maybe that’s where stupid old AI comes in. What if I could create a digital copy of my voice from, say, 10 years ago and use THAT on my new songs. If it works, it’d get rid of one of my biggest problems.
It’s worth exploring, and I definitely will explore it. And I’ll document the process here. Stay tunedl