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John Walden

@johnwalden.bsky.social

Composer/musician & music technology journalist/educator. A geek for all things tech, passionate about science, and addicted to cats.... Website and music tech blog: https://daftdogmusic.com/blog/

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This was an interesting watch on YouTube.... A great experiment to explore the difference between an AI music 'performance' and a real human performance.

Watch here..... youtu.be/b5R8EB8iSDA?...
.... and then read here.... daftdogmusic.com/blog/ai-musi...

#AImusic, #thevelvetsundown, #sonsoflegion

12.08.2025 18:00 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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178K views · 5.1K reactions | I teach a general-education science course that focuses on critical thinking, and every semester I start class with this thought experiment. Beliefs are... | By Thinking... I teach a general-education science course that focuses on critical thinking, and every semester I start class with this thought experiment. Beliefs are...

Critical Thinking 101 - and why we need it. Well worth a watch and the website is a great resource....

#criticalthinking #thinkingispower

thinkingispower.com

www.facebook.com/reel/1069966...

30.05.2025 14:21 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The role of AI in both the creation and production of music opens up all sorts of interesting and challenging questions.... No, I don't know the answers either but this piece helped me exercise my own thoughts....

daftdogmusic.com/blog/from-eq...

#music #AImusic #musictechnology

30.05.2025 14:12 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Cubase's Modulators provide all sorts of creative and corrective options..... This was fun to experiment with :-)

daftdogmusic.com/blog/sound-o...

#Steinberg #Cubase #SoundOnSound

30.05.2025 14:06 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Gotta love some Fusion music, Toontrack style :-)
#Toontrack
daftdogmusic.com/blog/sound-o...

30.05.2025 14:03 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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This was not quite what I expected.... but, as ever with EastWest, the quality of the sounds is top-notch :-)
daftdogmusic.com/blog/sound-o...

30.05.2025 14:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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CEO Keynote: AI in the Music Industry – Should You Fight It, Ignore It, or Embrace It? - Sonarworks Blog Is AI-generated music the future or just hype? In this deep dive, the CEO of Sonarworks explores the impact of AI on music production, distribution, and industry stakeholders. Based on 100+ expert int...

If you are interested in how AI's impact on music production and the music industry might develop, this article from Sonarworks is well worth a read.....

www.sonarworks.com/blog/researc...

#Sonarworks #music&AI

26.03.2025 19:28 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Blimey, this is really very good.... With The Pulse, @sonuscore.com have made an excellent companion to their brilliant The Score instrument for modern film/TV/games composition..... It's also a lot of fun to use :-)

22.03.2025 09:57 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Amazing to see how easy it now is to mock up a full orchestral arrangement on an iPad....

daftdogmusic.com/blog/sound-o...

#iOSmusic #SteinbergMedia #SoundOnSound

22.02.2025 09:28 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Goodbye - I've had the worst possible news.
YouTube video by musictechtuition Goodbye - I've had the worst possible news.

I'm new to Bluesky and I appreciate this is an unusual first thing to post.... but this video left me in absolute pieces.... How anyone has the guts to do this is beyond me....
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbbz...

#Steinberg #Cubase oh, and #f**kcancer

21.02.2025 15:17 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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