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I appreciate that perspective! A next step might be to record the songs again, stripped down to their original elements (acoustic guitar , for example), but with modern recording and producing equipment. That would be a fun 2003 dorm room—>2026 AI assisted—>2026 authentic comparison!
I think that is one of our biggest takeaways with this. The goal was never to make AI music just to get tons of streams. We were curious! And now we get to share these reimagined versions with friends and family and rekindle some great memories from back in the day.
Agreed. As someone who had never dove much into AI, it was a great learning process to experience first hand its limitations and tendencies.
“But I have fun doing it.”
I think you nailed it here. The originality happened 25 years ago. That was fun! Then 25 years passed, life went on, and this project gave two old friends a reason to reconnect and see what the technology could do with our old songs. That was fun too!