RedWolfAudio

RedWolfAudio

@redwolfaudio.bsky.social

Musician on the internet. RedWolfAudio on all music streaming platforms. https://linktr.ee/redwolfaudio

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This is a friendly reminder that I'm open for instrumental music commissions. If you're a content creator, or someone looking for custom music, let me know! For examples, check out my YouTube channel, especially the "Live Performances" and various "Magic" playlists. youtube.com/@redwolfaudi...

youtube.comRed Wolf AudioHi, I am Aaron Lupo, a music composer with 20+ years experience composing, recording, and producing original instrumental music. I’ve created original pieces for streamers and YouTube personalities su...

So I'm kind of musically all over the place. I write everything from classical to hard rock. I've played jazz. I've played gospel. I was in musicals and show choirs. Any of my musical friends out there in the same boat?

Another downside of automating social media posts is that it's really hard to respond to comments across all the platforms. I'm really sorry if I don't see your replies! I appreciate you!

Question for engineers and computer nerds (of which I am one): Do you unplug your equipment when there's lightning in your area, or am I just going overboard and being paranoid?

This past Monday, the community showed up to Omaha Public School's board meeting in protest of shock gloves being deployed by SROs in schools. On Tuesday the superintendent issued a statement that those gloves would not be allowed to be used. This is what happens when we show up. Keep showing up.

Let me be completely clear: While AI "music" is soundwaves organized in a way that it emulates actual music, it is not art. And those who prompt AI systems to generate said "music" are not artists.

To my fellow musicians/artists/producers: Do you have a love/hate relationship with social media? I'm out here loving engagement but hating click-bait. (And yes, I get the irony of me posting this.)

Ozomatli's "Timido", aside from just being an incredible song, is one of my absolute favorite recordings. Everything is pristine and crystal clear. Listen on good speakers or headphones. It never disappoints.

A question I've been wrestling with lately, and I'm interested in your thoughts: Is there a place in society for AI? I'll always be completely against it for the arts, but is there a positive use for it?

So streaming has been really tough to do lately. The studio has a LOT going on right now that I can't stream, which is both really cool and not at all at the same time. I've been collecting some ideas for videos, though.

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Be it visual art, performance art, music, writing, or any other art, in order to be called "art", it must have been physically performed by a human in some fashion. The ACT of dancing, singing, acting, writing, playing, is what makes it art.

It isn't the "end product" that makes it art. It is the process of creating. So no, crap generated by AI is not art. Art is not a commodity to be "generated", but an art to be done, by humans, for humans. Anything less simply does not qualify.

Their opinion (I wish I'd saved the post) was, essentially, that art exists in a physical space. Without that physical expression, there is no art. I agree with that, but I want to take it a step further. To me, art requires a human performance in a physical space.

I feel like being "politically neutral" as a musician is a super privileged position to take, especially right now. A lot of artists don't have the luxury, and those of us who do owe it to them to take a stand.