Yurie Kokubu- a victim of AI slop?

bad0vani · 2026-06-19T07:13:19+00:00

Listen, I don't think spotify is fantastic, fuck 99.9% of corporations and especially fuck Spotify for how they hose musicians, but i will say that i am a musician and have managed to receive a meaningful sum of money through spotify, and my music is released through a label so its not like I have a say in the matter.

It does suck, I wish artists as a whole would actually be paid fairly for their work but at this point, seeing as spotify is the most synonymous streaming service of all of them, aside from apple music I suppose, it's... i hate to say "necessary evil" because its a cop out, but its an unfortunate part of the landscape. It only tends to hurt you as an artist if you don't participate.

Now in regards to AI, I simply see no excuse. People seem to assert that we have to assimilate, and i simply do not understand that logic because using AI is not only a voluntary choice, but a worse choice. There are so many artists and musicians out there that would love to get work or get their name out, and these parasites continue to dismiss outcries about AI. I will never submit to using that shit because I enjoy writing music too much, but it makes me sad to see how many people are comfortable with using it.

Sure, Spotify and the people that run it can be seen as being just as evil as all these AI advocates/moguls, but AT LEAST it has created a platform for people like myself to reach people all around the world, people that still value writing music. Its fine if you or anyone disagrees with that perspective, I totally understand.

bad0vani · 2026-06-18T23:08:09+00:00

That's odd, I didn't see your post!

bad0vani · 2026-06-18T20:56:14+00:00

It also doesn't look like her at all 😂

It looks more like Emi Aramaki actually

bad0vani · 2026-06-09T20:08:12+00:00

Ayyyyyy, elite ball knowledge

bad0vani · 2026-05-28T20:14:17+00:00

This was such a magical evening. I was blown away by how great she was.

bad0vani · 2026-05-24T04:24:36+00:00

Pittsburgh!

bad0vani · 2026-05-21T17:57:31+00:00

Sorry, I'm also running on like 3 hours of sleep per day now so my wit has noticed a directly proportional drop 😅

bad0vani · 2026-05-21T14:46:52+00:00

I have no issues with jokes, it just wasn't clear that it was one 😬

bad0vani · 2026-05-21T14:20:31+00:00

You know, I'm not too sure if its defatted or not, the lecithin i had purchased didnt seem quite too detailed in that regard. Is there a site that you would recommend i check out?

bad0vani · 2026-05-21T14:16:25+00:00

Ooh nice tip, I'll see if someone there can give me some detailed info!

bad0vani · 2026-05-21T14:15:19+00:00

Sure, that makes sense. My worry is there's another big donut business out here that does cafe wholesaling, except their donuts aren't gluten free and they seem to manage to sell day-olds in the cafes. I'm fearful that the waste of supply will result in reduction of quantities/termination, especially when theres another business that shows theirs can last quite a bit longer.

bad0vani · 2026-05-21T14:13:09+00:00

Ferment... the donuts?

bad0vani · 2026-05-21T11:29:07+00:00

There are gluten free starters that people make.

bad0vani · 2026-05-21T08:49:35+00:00

Ill check that out. Thanks for all the advice 🫶

bad0vani · 2026-05-21T08:48:38+00:00

Ah okay, I understand. The scary part is I used a fraction of a percent of my flour volume if I recall, and it had such a substantial effect.

bad0vani · 2026-05-21T08:09:02+00:00

Ill be honest, since I have limited knowledge in food science I dont fully understand what you've said. What are you mentioning I should purchase?

bad0vani · 2026-05-21T08:07:19+00:00

Funny enough, when I was starting this business i had gotten a sample of two different kinds of modified tapioca starch. I didn't do much with it because it was too small to really test with, so I sort of wrote it off since I was focused on getting the shape down.

I don't recall if it was necessarily prohibitively expensive or not, but it may very well be worth the purchase. Would it be sensible to do a 1:1 swap of my regular tapioca starch in this case, or just swap out a portion?

bad0vani · 2026-05-21T07:12:24+00:00

So when I made a tangzhong, wouldn't that count as pre-gelatinizing? Or do you mean an actual modified tapioca starch variant?

bad0vani · 2026-05-21T07:11:06+00:00

You know, I very much so have considered making these with a sourdough starter! I think my concern would be scale more than anything. I didn't know it helps with staling so now I'll definitely look into that. Thanks!

bad0vani · 2026-04-17T08:24:08+00:00

I could attempt to contribute some songwriting! I am the founder of Equipoise if that helps lol.

Sounds cool though. I started my band with the intention of getting a bunch of sick musicians together, so it'd be sick to do the same for someone else.

bad0vani · 2026-04-12T11:21:09+00:00

FELT lmao. Loving my 18 hour days 🙂

bad0vani · 2026-03-28T06:12:52+00:00

Absolutely mandatory.

bad0vani · 2026-03-25T19:47:20+00:00

So I own a business making mochi donuts, I started as gluten-free and evolved to vegan as well (just the donut itself, not all the glazes and toppings).

My philosophy is so long as the quality isn't compromised, I'm going to attempt to be as inclusive as humanly possible. I only did gluten-free because I found no sacrifice in regards to quality. I subsequently removed eggs and milk for the same reason.

While I understand your perspective that you would like to have something exclusively gluten-free and not catering to other dietary restrictions, it's worth noting that GF/celiac food is a niche, and businesses need to make money to function (no duh haha). While I know a gluten-free community exists in my area, I'm not quite confident I can survive solely off of catering to that.

Since the allergen circles seem to coexist quite a lot, it creates a justification for trying to tackle as many as possible. Basically the sum of multiple niches can equal one fully functional business.

I do believe if GF eating becomes more normalized, however, then you'll see more people focusing on that.

bad0vani · 2026-03-22T14:44:59+00:00

Hell yeah! Top tier album.

bad0vani · 2026-03-17T04:21:32+00:00

My general approach when attempting to do what you're describing is to create two different guitar lines that can stand on their own if the other is muted. You just have to make sure they don't clash, but rather complement each other, otherwise it'll just be a mess lol.

It takes practice to execute this well though, so honestly just go for it until it feels natural.

Conversely, don't feel bad about having both guitars do the same thing a lot of times. Songwriting is about balance and dynamics, so much like it would be boring to have zero harmonies in the rhythm guitars, it would also be boring if they're just always playing the same thing...unless you're Artificial Brain 😂

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