Blog post: https://leebarrymusic.blogspot.com/2021/07/does-music-have-anything-to-do-with.html

Boomy: https://boomy.com/

https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/2429

I'm a big fan of aeropainting, a style which was used over several decades and had its roots in early fascism, but became successful for purely aesthetic reasons.

https://www.google.com/search?q=aeropainting&client=firefox-b-1-d&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiw8reHu-jxAhUyAZ0JHQpqA3EQ_AUoAXoECAEQAw&biw=1536&bih=739

Fundamentals: Ten Keys to Reality, by Frank Wilczek

https://www.google.com/books/edition/Fundamentals/WQfhDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0

"Our ancestors inhabited a distinct sensory universe. It is difficult to imagine a world without eyeglasses, mirrors, magnifying lenses, microscopes and telescopes, artificial lighting and flashlights, clocks and watches, smoke alarms, thermometers, barometers, and a host of other devices that enrich our perception in many directions. Yet that was the world in which humans lived over most of our history."

Contests are a good way to take the pulse of new genres, and a way to allow the general public to view or listen to what creative people are doing in their studios. What I realized is that these AI initiatives are more like the art studios of the Old Masters where there are teams of artisans. The band metaphor applies as well, but typically there are hierarchies. (Sorry about the AC coming on. It is summer) 

https://www.aisongcontest.com/blog/ai-song-contest-music-videos

In 2045 how will 'good' be defined, and will there be a thread back to the songwriters at the end of the 20th century?

'Shorts' are certainly not a new idea, but a good one in terms of reminding us of the things we really like and can be played again and again like a favorite single in the 1960s.

Do we ever really know what motivates us day-to-day in creative projects? What's 'free will' do we think we're using?

(The book referenced is Sincerity: How a Moral Ideal Born Five Hundred Years Ago Inspired Religious Wars, Modern Art, Hipster Chic, and the Curious Notion that We All Have Something to Say (no Matter how Dull) https://www.google.com/books/edition/Sincerity_How_a_moral_ideal_born_five_hu/dZh3DB7jj5wC?hl=en&gbpv=0

A real place is where the body, mind, and spirit can be joined with others. An imagined place does almost the same thing, and may in fact be joined with all other imagined places.

(Audio is extracted from a video recorded earlier)