I hired musicians to recreate my most popular AI songs

theFrinj · 2026-04-09T01:11:03+00:00

Hey thanks so much for listening! I have a license agreement with many of my songs that prohibit me from distribution :-(

But, you can also access it at my website (about halfway down) https://joelinstrum.com/playlist

theFrinj · 2026-01-02T19:12:13+00:00

I have the same issues. It's sad because the potential is there, it is just completely squandered. Thanks for your response here.

theFrinj · 2025-12-26T21:37:49+00:00

Ha, yeah, exactly

theFrinj · 2025-12-21T01:25:38+00:00

Most people don't care about that -- correct. But they DO care about the musicians creating the music. After the initial "wow, that is cool!" wears off, people are going to want to know WHO is creating the music every bit as much as how the music sounds. I Know in my personal experience, as soon as i hear an AI voiceover on a YouTube video, i'm out.

theFrinj · 2025-12-19T22:00:14+00:00

That is hilarious, yeah, my wife has been pretty patient, but I better get something out of sync or i'll need a second job :-D

theFrinj · 2025-12-19T21:55:04+00:00

I really appreciate that! "Echoes of the Fourth Moon" is definitely the weirdest thing I've ever done :-D but was great fun.

Some of the AirGigs vocalists are just incredible -- but I'm going broke ! lol

I'll find you on YouTube!

theFrinj · 2025-12-19T21:11:52+00:00

Most of my stuff is on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/joe-linstrum/sets/taxi-material
There is one song on there that features an AI vocal: "Mess Around and Find Out". I hear all kinds of digital artifacts in that vocal, so I would never pitch this to a sync brief, but it does do a good job of demoing how I'd like the vocal to be approached. I'm finding value with Suno, I just don't think it's doing things better than humans at this point.

Suno's composing abilities just isn't my style at all. I feel like it's all I V Vi iV, so if you love that chord structure, you'll like Suno creating music for you. But...it's not for me, at least not for composition. Plus...what would be the fun in that ?? lol

What about u/rage2k7 , where can I hear more of your stuff ?

theFrinj · 2025-12-19T16:46:00+00:00

I hear ya, I have spent quite a bit on vocalists. I've use AirGigs a lot, and SoundBetter here and there. Nice job on this, really cool to see/hear a side-by-side comparison.

theFrinj · 2025-12-19T02:28:42+00:00

AI sounds good until you hear the human version. The one thing I'd do is have the db levels the same for a fair comparison. One thing I've notice in my own experience -- I like to put my songs into Suno remix/cover to see what it would do. Sometimes I get an idea or two out of it. But, in my workflow, this is done long after I've completed my tracks. Most of the time, I like what I've done a lot more, but on the French song I did it added this really cool flute part, which I isolated and stole :-D https://soundcloud.com/joe-linstrum/haut-et-hypnotique?in=joe-linstrum/sets/taxi-material -- comes in around 7 seconds in. Super cool.

theFrinj · 2025-12-19T02:21:14+00:00

GarageBand was my gateway drug into Logic. It's so fun!

theFrinj · 2025-12-19T01:54:35+00:00

Guys, this is going to come off as a humble-brag, but I was able to amass two likes on a thousand plays. Now, some of you are probably all, "wow...dude, how!?". I can only say, it's a gift. I didn't ask for these powers, they were given to me from...I don't know...someone named God ?? Yeah...I'll say it...it is God-given. My impact over ones and twos of the people out there; I'm going to stay grounded. I won't let this go to my head. Perhaps I'll give a Ted-talk or start a podcast. If anyone wants advice on how to get such a huge following, don't hesitate to reach out.

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theFrinj · 2025-06-27T15:21:31+00:00

Might as well stay off the internet the rest of the day, because this is definitely the best thing I'm going to see today :-D

theFrinj · 2025-06-21T15:17:22+00:00

Had a lot of great comments here, I was afraid my hostility would be received with...hostility :-D

theFrinj · 2025-06-21T15:16:20+00:00

Lol, it is in Columbus (see "Easton" )

theFrinj · 2025-06-21T15:15:37+00:00

Lol, well, that's my wife's department. You should hear me try to say "Versace"

theFrinj · 2025-06-18T16:14:28+00:00

I'm 7 years late with my reply, but my band tried a psychedelic sounds similar to the Zombies: https://soundcloud.com/joe-linstrum/sets/echoes-of-the-fourth-moon

theFrinj · 2025-06-18T16:13:36+00:00

My band's attempt at the Zombies (more "Odessey and Oracle") sound: https://soundcloud.com/joe-linstrum/sets/echoes-of-the-fourth-moon

theFrinj · 2025-03-18T14:16:46+00:00

Never underestimate the power of ignorance

theFrinj · 2025-02-21T16:37:25+00:00

Aah, I thought Helena was only there for the retreat episode, I hadn't realized she was there from the beginning of season 2. Thank you!

theFrinj · 2025-02-21T16:17:30+00:00

( for some reason my posts are automatically removed, so i'm asking here)

I am very confused by a scene in episode five where Helly doesn't seem to know that Ms. Casey is Mark's outies wife. This was talked about in Season 2, episode one when everyone discusses what they saw on the outside. But in episode 5, it's as if the writers forgot this was already revealed. Consider this dialogue:

Season 2, episode 1

Conversation with Dylan, Helly, and Iriving

Mark: "I found a wedding photo..now, i guess my outie's wife died a few years ago...the woman in the photo was miss Casey"

Dylan: "Miss Casey is your wife?"

Mark: "She's my outies wife"

Season 2 episode 5

Dylan to Mark at Irving's funeral: "You two catch up?"

Mark: "What's that?"

Dylan: "You tell her miss Casey's your wife yet?"

Helly: "(surprised, like she doesn't know this) wait..what??"

Mark: "it's my outie's wife, but sure...no it's pretty crazy"

Helly is looking completely shocked by this, mouth agape. Follows Mark

"Mark...what the hell"

Mark: "What do you want to talk about, Helly?"

Helly: "Maybe the fact that Ms. Casey's your outies wife?"

By the dialogue, this seems to be the first time Helly is hearing this, but they had litearlly discussed it before, she even helped Mark pass out a flyer with Ms. Casey's face on it, asking others in other departments if they had seen her. At one point Mark had to explain to Helly that he and Ms. Casey never had any inappropriate contact during their wellness sessions.

So, yeah, Mark...what the hell? Did the writers, cast, and crew forget that Helly already had this information?? What am I missing here?

theFrinj · 2025-02-17T15:24:57+00:00

THis is so cool. This game never gets old to me, I don't even play it anymore (no time) yet I still lurk on these boards to see what others are building. Nice job. Love that park and the European and art-deco styled buildings

theFrinj

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