PsychoVoyager

I used Invideo A.I. for a previous project, "We Know Nothing," generating a script, voice, and stock video footage. Coming to the end of that month's subscription (no particular use at the moment), I "created" a short piece on the oft-used pejorative, Bumbaclot. In my youth, I'd heard the term "Bloodclot" or "Bloodclart" (latter spelling seen on an anti-Trump sign a few years ago) when friends of mine would mock Jamaican accents. Being of Jamaican and Haitian lineage, I'd somehow never heard this term from family or associates from the island. Asked my dad about it, and he simply said "It's not a nice thing to say." I dropped the subject. Currently, it seems bumbaclot is far more popular than bloodclart, and I see it over-used by Jamaicans, here, as was the "N-word" not that long ago. A recent exclamation by a co-worker inspired me to use what remained on my account on this subject. I may, or may not repurpose this film at some some future time. https://ai.invideo.io/

Song recorded in Reaper (DAW), video put together and edited in Davinci Resolve, with visuals produced by a Pixel phone, AI generated images; ArtFlow, Kaiber, RunwayML, Synclabs, with cross-pollination between apps for some images/video. Invideo for AI generated narration voice and mini-documentary, plus stock licensed stock footage. Music is me, plus synthesized background vocals via Synthesizer V. Anything I forgot I'll add as I remember.

Bookshelf porn without the bookshelves. Gave some relief to my bedroom bookshelf which was overcapacity. Opportunity to talk random comicbooks.

A public speaking exercise, using the Elegant Teleprompter app on Android. Take 4 of 6.

Full disclosure: I'm not the "manliest man you've ever seen," nor is this song/vid about me walking out of a closet (though I was hoping to finish this during the most hilarious Pride month ever. I took note of a weird social media meltdown last year-ish, in the so-called "manosphere" space. Apparently, a masculine influencer had been caught in activity that some of his followers and detractors found... unsavory. The song isn't about the influencer, but the amusing way horseshoe theory applies to "manliness." I remember my dad trying to explain the Village People to me and thinking, "really?" "Macho Man?" "In The Navy?" "Come on, man!" Used a number of AI tools to construct the video, Stable Diffusion Deforum notebook, Kaiber.AI, app.runwayml.com, Adobe for the free use of a couple of their cartoony puppets, and edited with my own vids (some used to construct other images) in KDenlive.

Was meant for last Caturday. just a simple video, but then asked what if I add reverb? More tweaks, effects and overdubs and it's a week later.

An audiovisual jumpstarted and assisted, but not *completely* dominated by AI. Well, the video part is pretty dominated by AI. Lyrics assisted by https://jarvis-lyrics.com, and http://lex.page (but as suggestions that led to more writing). Voices generated by Synthesizer V ("Kevin," Solaria" and "Mai"), EmVoice One ("Keela") and a l'il bit of my own. Guitars, bass, and drum programing by me. Visuals via Stable Diffusion, Deforum .05 and .06, using the "Inkpunk 2" model set and video input shot by myself, of myself, but turned into something not quite myself. music recorded in Reaper. Video edited in KDENLive.

Once again, practicing a variation of the Burroughs/Bowie "cut up technique," but using my own words posted on FB from Sept 18th to the 23rd, scrambled through Lazarus, and then cherry picked and re-arranged into something resembling a song. In the midst of this project, I discovered (via Youtube video) a lyric generating AI tool called Jarvis and gave it a spin using a few lines. Naturally, it spit back a bit of nonsense (nonsense in, nonsense out?), but produced at least a couple of lines I found could be useful. Did the same with another song I was working on for a few months and was fed just enough inspiration to finish those lyrics, but that's another fun but weird thing. The chords were something I happened to be messing with at the time. This is a demo sketch version. I intend a fuller production at some point. May change some words between now and then ( the organ donor stuff seems a bit non-sequitur even in a non-sequitur environment. Wasn't sure I liked the word "damage" in the chorus until I came up with the title, "Inconsistent Damage by Former Angels."

Took a bunch of semi-coherent FB posts of mine from a few days in early Sept 2022, and fed them through Lazarus 2.0, a text recycler that mimics the famous Burroughs "cut up" technique. Then went through that mess and picked out my favorite sentences, did further editing; changing words, inserting and removing sentences where I felt like it, and turned it into a song. Not quite finished. I want to do more with the music. The title refers to a recent faux pas made by former Daily Show host, Jon Stewart, but I'm not sure if that's important. The phrase itself didn't make it into the song, but once an alternate title was also removed, and the remaining reference ("at Disney World, Nazis congregate") lacked the appeal of the former phrasing to be used as a title (my opinion), Disney World Aryan Adventure won out.

I previously expressed, elsewhere, the desire to run Reaper on the Deck and bring the device to the car to mix directly there via Bluetooth. Others have expressed similar ideas at various forums and were discouraged due to known issues with Bluetooth, including latency. Always assumed latency would be an issue, but not for mixing (except for timed automations?). Haven't been able to install in Linux, for some reason, so I put Windows on an SD card and went that route (my Native Instruments plug-ins/programs aren't on Linux, so that's another thing to figure out, later as well). Huh. It works, and the latency isn't bad for adjusting levels and whatnot. Comments on a few forums had suggested otherwise. For monitoring while recording, probably not ideal, but if I wanted to record, I could just use headphones (the Deck has a headphone jack). The use of the touchscreen here, seems less than graceful. That's both due to the size of the sliders onscreen, which I can probably adjust and my use of the right hand to hold the phone taking the video, resulting in some awkwardness. Other interface options include the Deck's track pads and buttons, and an external foldable Bluetooth keyboard w/ trackpad which I ordered after watching and seeing it on the Windows install video. The music is a work in progress blues/funk thing from 2017, with only about 3 or 4 tracks. I'll need to test out a more fully realized song, using both of my hands, and during temperatures that don't require keeping my car in idle so I can have the AC on. On the gaming front, Halo (Master Chief Collection) stopped working for some reason. It was never on the list of games that worked with the Deck, but it did, in single player mode, and now it doesn't. Will have to check around and see if that's happening to other folk. Started (re)playing Black Mesa (Half Life 1).

Posted on FB the other day. Playing with guitars: Now this is more like it edition Went ahead and ordered the pick-guard replacement from Gig.ink a one-man custom pick-guard and speaker cover operation in the U.K. Took me longer to confirm the specs than it did to get here (less than a week). It brings my replica (Harley Benton TE-80 NT Deluxe) closer to it's inspiration (Telecaster type made by Hohner and others, played by Prince). I love this instrument as it is (sound and feel), so that the cosplay/tribute aspect has become secondary, though still the primary motivation for going just that little bit extra. There's also a matching little plate for the jack, which I haven't installed. The other day was the 1st time I'd actually set eyes on it (I usually just feel around and plug in - "pause"), so I didn't realize it was a different shape and would require more screwing (also "pause"). I'll hold on to it and decide at some later time if I even want to bother. The guitar itself came (from Thomann) with one bad knob. A bit too tight and close to the surface, maybe angled or something. I ordered replacements from Amazon; supposedly Fender knobs, but I'm not sure I like how they feel, and it's not the flat tops vs the rounded I replaced, but the surface area. Will figure that one out later as well.

just got a Harley Benton TE-80 NT Deluxe, an inexpensive replica of one of Prince's signature guitars, though not the one shaped like sperm, nor the one made in the image of his symbol/name. I don't really care for those. This, I've always loved the look of. Need to change the pick guard. It's not a Princey jam (though he's had his reggae-ish moments), but it is me going crazy. Almost.

Cover of David Bowie's Win

Cover of Andy Allo's Cover of Prince's We Can Funk.

One of two quarantine projects completed earlier in the legendary year of 2020. Song was written in 2006, but re-recorded with slightly tweaked lyrics. This song can be found most places you stream music from.