notefaker's comments

This is factually incorrect. If you own your master recordings, you stand to make $3,500 to $5,500 per million streams on Spotify. Apple Music and Tidal pay even better. This is why Taylor Swift is re-recording her entire Big Machine Records catalogue. While Spotify did shift consumers away from buying singles and albums as individual items, they also opened a new revenue source for independent artists.

I just read through each link and now fully understand the point you were making based on facts and evidence. You are right. I stand corrected. Thank you for taking the time to include so many sources. I really appreciate it.

I never called the OP prejudiced.

I’ve seen this argument repeated ad infinitum by opponents of voter ID. The idea that minorities and poor people are incapable of acquiring proper identification is so prejudice. Proper ID is essential for so many things. Almost everyone has one and can acquire one.

This actually exists! Check out fadr.com. They isolate the MIDI, drums, bass, vocals, and more for you.

I think the parent comment is referring to pitches sent to successful pop artists who write none of their own lyrics or melodies and take no part in the development of the music beyond recording their vocals. Their personality, looks, and voice are their valuable contribution, not their songwriting/production abilities. They’re always looking for hit songs to jump on and record, not write themselves.

Why not skip the cosmetic surgery and just use a projected, AI mapped face swapper? I do think you would still hear the variation from the live performer, e.g. their rhythm, their breath, their vocal fluctuations, simply with the AI voice changer software slapped on top of it.

I’m not sure how fun the concert would be – you’re right about that – but tech like this is definitely has the potential to transform many facets of the entertainment industry.

Here’s a much better track and song that uses a Jay Z AI vocal replacement:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=y7r6PAkFRfU&feature=youtu.be

The implications of this kind of technology are wild. Imagine seeing a tribute show where the lead singer runs their voice through a voice changer that matches whatever artist they’re covering.

Thanks for sharing this comment. I’ve had similar feelings recently, and I came to the realization that all parents will fail to teach their children certain things. Life has a funny way of revealing those areas to us as we age. Part of adulthood is the painful process of discovery and learning for ourselves.

By the way, I think 30 is the perfect age to figure out who you really are.

Something I do love about classical recordings is how differently some conductors and orchestras might interpret a specific piece. An example: The third movement of Debussy's Nocturnes (titled "Sirènes") is most often performed with a women's chorus. My favorite recording of this piece was performed with children's choir instead. The difference in vocal quality is marked. The children's pure vocal tone feels far more eerie and siren-esque than the harsher vibrato and warble of a female chorus. Ironically, I have no idea who conducted/recorded this version of the piece.

I think both curiosity and studiousness can exist together. The vice of curiosity has led me down many new, exciting paths of learning that have changed my life and career in marvelous ways. When you say..

> prudent allocation of attention to what you should

How do we even define "what" outside of a basic moral context? "What" is a constant moving target throughout life, something extremely personal that's based on our experiences and knowledge.

I say stay curious.

I've never been struck by lightning, but I was about 15 meters from a tree that was struck at the end of my cul-de-sac. My brother and I were huddled under a large cement garage carport watching the thunderstorm with a perfect view of the tree. Lightning struck it at the base and immediately split parts of the tree off. I've never seen or heard anything more awe-inspiring/terrifying. (Friendly reminder to always observe lightning under the comfort and safety of cover).

I tend to use the Brave browser playlist to play ad free YouTube videos with my phone locked, but the “play when app is minimized” function for Vanced would be awesome. Thank for the tip.

Just be careful with vest, wrist, and ankle weights. They’re great for static exercises, think leg lifts or arm raises, but can wreck your ankles, wrists, and back while doing any sort of cardio, even walking:

https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/wearable-weig...

> Most musicians are pretty local or fly under the radar. Band teachers are usually musicians, and i'm pretty sure there isn't a lot of prestige there. Lots of "musicians" are working in such jobs, many are touring local circuits, picking music for commercials, and things like that.

> The most common sort of artist or musician, though, is the unknown one. There are way more artists and musicians than we have space for in our minds. I'm not sure what sort of prestige you think folks are getting. Even worse, I'm not sure why that would be a substitute for decent pay. Supply and demand obviously aren't the constraints on wages people make them out to be.

I've been working professionally as a music creator for nearly 20 years. I think what separates the musician types you're referring to from actual professionals is an understanding of how to make money with art and when to pivot one's career, e.g. "live gigs are paying me nothing... how else can I make money with my music?" I'd be miserable if I'd stayed in live music beyond my early twenties or believed that teaching was an adequate substitution for being paid to create for a living.

Most hobbyist musicians never work beyond the genre or instrument they initially learned, like a "programmer" who learns HTML as a kid but fails to take their expertise further. It's a severe lack of business acumen, self-awareness, and desire to evolve.