Tony is a Geek

You may recall my Digital Music Tangent post a little while back?....  It may have sounded a little odd and off-the-wall, but it's funny how things sometimes connect up in the universe. Welcome to the IBM Watson bEAT.   You can use this open-source software to create rich compositions from simple input melodies.  That's right, if you can hum it (and record it), you can get Watson to then take these elements and combine to make some non-man made music. Check it out and run it on your own laptop and get creative: https://github.com/cognitive-catalyst/watson-beat Using machine learning to spur human creativity is so 2018! Watson has used a combination of reinforcement learning and neural networks to create the Watson Beat. The first album "Space" is actually very melodic and has replaced my usual "meditation music" that I usually listen to when I start the working day. ( Full album on YouTube here ) Full length original article is HERE ...

Sometimes we just consume.  Sometime we create.  Sometimes we listen. Sometimes we combine all of the above. If you've ever listened to Faithless 2.0 and thought, "Hey, I can do that" ( no, it's not as easy as it looks/sounds ), if you have time & insomnia then yes, you can do something creative, fun and potentially get the party jumping.... maybe you're gifted like my mate Leigh , and can just do it: For us mere mortals you need some tools: https://www.reaper.fm/ Cthulhu :  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7udIKin9zVI and you might need a dose of Omnisphere (my mate Andy swears by it!) Get creating..... Some of these scenes look familiar: