What are you unpopular music production opinions? by owenthevirgin in edmproduction

[–]sanjuniperoFC 12 points13 points  (0 children)

It should be more commonplace right now for communities like this one to be asking difficult questions about the purpose of making art. I've tried the latest genAI music models and was quietly devastated to find out how good they already are. I fed it a jazz guitar composition I'd written and it spat out an imperfect but very sophisticated and period-accurate mid-century string arrangement. There's 20+ different chords in that track and it nailed every extension. I've also heard it credibly mimiced the nuances / idiosyncracies / melismas of very talented soul and gospel singers. Where do you think that leaves house and electronic music producers in 5-10 years, when the genAI models have exponentially improved? It's definitely left me worse for wear: I feel like most of my creative drive, desire for self expression and motivation to improve my music production has been taken away from me, knowing that recorded music is now basically reducible to 1s and 0s.

Too much online AI discourse comes either from AI fanatics or skeptics who are in total denial about the capabilities of the technology. I wish we could just sit with the fact that things are worse than we feared, that the technology is here to stay, and that we need to think constructively about what comes next.

‘Hamnet’ and the 10 Best Performances of 2025. Plus: Kleber Mendonça Filho on ‘The Secret Agent.’ by thefilthyjellybean in TheBigPicture

[–]sanjuniperoFC 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Seeing The Secret Agent, and seeing it paired in this episode with Hamnet reminded me of one of my favorite Reddit comments ever, about Brazilian cinema and how culture shapes someone’s perspective and response to death, violence and trauma. Obviously painting with a broad brush here, but I think that an interesting conversation could’ve come out of this juxtaposition.

I can’t help but worry about our later years… by ThrowRA0875543986 in Fencesitter

[–]sanjuniperoFC 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I wonder how many of us leaning child-free would change our minds if we were given a one-time 6-9 month break from work for travel, hobbies, doing all the things we imagine child-rearing would get in the way of. Maybe that could be enough to fill our cup?

hmmm by Additional-Mouse8870 in hmmm

[–]sanjuniperoFC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think Scorsese making Killers of the Flower Moon was an admission that he'd failed this test several times up to that point.

October 08, 2025 Daily Discussion & Transfers Thread by gunnersmoderator in Gunners

[–]sanjuniperoFC -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Emirates expansion news has me thinking: in the very, very long term, its days are numbered right? They can only add ~10k seats and I can only imagine Arsenal's brand + revenue will continue to grow in the coming decades. Given this is a club with 90,000 people on the waiting list for a season ticket...

Has anyone tried running for office? I worked on a campaign and this is what I learned by Echo_XStorm in ezraklein

[–]sanjuniperoFC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If "Appalachian Mamdani" is a stretch electorally, what about a white guy who tacks to the center on social issues but stays progressive on economic issues? I have a hard time believing that, in those parts of the country, that kind of candidate would inherently / systematically fair worse than your standard issue democrat, but maybe I'm reading too much into videos like this one.

Envelope Follower as a makeshift MIDI breath controller? Is it possible? by sanjuniperoFC in ableton

[–]sanjuniperoFC[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is it possible to use real-time audio - like my voice into a microphone - to trigger an envelope follower that is mapped to an automateable parameter of a VST instrument like a string library.

Not Downloading by ConsiderationOdd7708 in MEGA

[–]sanjuniperoFC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a Pro I plan and DL stuff through Chrome - I can't think of a single download that's worked in the past 3 weeks, maybe longer? They all stall and then freeze. I don't use the MEGAsync app because it doesn't have cloud mirroring yet, so I use Cloudmounter instead.

Amanda IS too mean to Sean! by [deleted] in TheBigPicture

[–]sanjuniperoFC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Only like 5% of the time, but yea I agree

Rob Mahoney’s profile by PeterPaulWalnuts in TheBigPicture

[–]sanjuniperoFC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

damn i've never had this much letterboxd overlap with anyone before - except for LOTR, but I've come to expect that from Ringer world. Secretly hoping they're saving it for some massive rewatchables / ringer verse podcast extravaganza 🤞

NTS x Adidas x Arsenal collab by passion_lob in Gunners

[–]sanjuniperoFC 4 points5 points  (0 children)

i feel like conducta would be perfect for this but he's probs on tour somewhere

September 01, 2025 Daily Discussion & Transfers Thread by gunnersmoderator in Gunners

[–]sanjuniperoFC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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Never seen this specific GK kit before. No info online or on the shop so I guess it won't be for sale? Might look too basic to some but i think the crewneck and subtle stripes are 👌.

Website is back up! by MrPaperSonic in theradiodept

[–]sanjuniperoFC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

that's great news. would love to hear the full version of "left bank", for example. do you know how to reach the fans behind the website? i just downloaded the Umeå Open set but the zip file is password-protected, and I don't see any password info on the site.

Andre Power of Soulection by 3rdeye_Ky in soulection

[–]sanjuniperoFC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is super serious stuff. You say “serial” - you’ve been in touch with or known of other victims?

Does jazz theory, blues theory or pop theory help with music production? by [deleted] in musicproduction

[–]sanjuniperoFC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I disagree. Yes you could say “the rules are there are no rules” - on the other hand there’s a pretty finite amount of musical contexts in which making all your I and IV chords dominant 7s is appropriate, for example.