Tech SWE. Music. Fashion. Art. | YC Alumni | Co-Founder of @UpscaleHype
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I cant agree with Bomani. Songwriting consists of 2 parts: music writing (instrumental composition, melody, beat, arrangement) and lyric writing (words, harmonies, vocal production). Babyface can do both sides of songwriting at a high level. And he can sing. He’s a triple threat.
This is a wrong take. Music is culture, & culture is music. What some in tech are misunderstanding is that sharing music with others (ie culture) is a massive part of what makes a song successful. There are so many music culture nuances that AI can’t capture, nor does it need to.
Having taste, knowing design & understanding culture, are things data can’t directly measure properly. That’s why a solely data-driven approach to the creative aspects of building a brand or product is a flawed approach.
How to destroy a beloved brand.
Step 1: Put a soulless, data-driven consultant who has never even seen a basketball court or a running track up close in charge.
Step 2: He goes direct! And increase profits while destroying the retail distribution system and betraying a multitude of 20-year-long partnerships.
Step 3: Motivated and innovative competitors like On Running and Hoka rush to fill the distribution gap Nike left by abandoning its trusted partners.
Step 4: Not satisfied, he fires all the stupid creative people who can't prove any of their ideas work with hard data. What could they possibly know?
Step 5: Celebrate when milking the brand for every last cent works for about 18 months, even though the data quickly show a disaster is looming.
Step 6: OMG? Wut?
Step 7: Fire the old CEO and bring in a new one who's been with the brand since day one. He tries his best, but just too much damage was done.
Step 8: Get delisted... Go down in history as the greatest example of data-driven idiots destroying one of the most successful creative brands of all time.
The end.
I predict the ‘Songmaker’ will survive & have most value, those who can produce/compose their own instrumental, write their own lyrics, & sing/rap their own song. There’s too much tech innovation needed & too much nuance to overcome for ai/ml to get all 3 right at the same time.
Jordan’s moves, rhythm & finesse are still unmatched. I don’t think any NBA player today can make what they do look as good as he did.
Seems sped up is the newish wave, so here’s a snippet of my single “On My Mind” sped up, and visuals from classic Hollywood actress #BrendaSykes. Should I drop a sped up version? Check out the normal speed version here: play.kyleok.com/on-my-mind
I think Apple will win this competition, because they have solid tech, great quality & their polish is hard to beat. Also because the Vision Pro has a Minority Report like, hand controlling, user experience that’s prone to go viral. Quest doesnt have a viral component like this.
Watched the 1974 classic Blazing Saddles by Mel Brooks for the first time as an adult, and was surprised to learn the lead actor Cleavon Little actually sang this part and sounded kinda like Nat King Cole. Dope.
That era of hip hop is still unbeaten. The production, verses/flow, hook & singing all top tier.
Scarface & 2Pac’s Smile. Every time Scarface paired up with another legend, it was epic and showed anyone sleeping he belonged amongst the greatest ever. xitter.cf/2pacunlimited/status/1…
The vocal production was amazing. We need to raise the bar and bring this back, and go beyond. Crazy how the average mainstream r&b vocal production today barely competes with this song from 1993.
