Why Connection Still Matters More Than Technology
Here’s a prediction. Five years from now, “Made with AI” won’t be a selling point. Nobody will care. For the same reason nobody advertises: “Made with a spell checker.” Or: “Created with a digital audio workstation.” Tools eventually become normal. What people continue to care about is the outcome. Did the song move them? Did […]
The Lyric I Couldn’t Stop Editing
I once spent more time rewriting two lines than I spent writing the rest of the song. Not the chorus. Not the hook. Two lines. The frustrating part was that they weren’t bad. They made sense. They rhymed. They communicated exactly what I wanted to say. And yet every time I sang them, something felt […]
The Quality Problem in Music Existed Long Before AI
The most dangerous thing AI has done to songwriting isn’t what people think. It hasn’t stolen jobs. It hasn’t destroyed creativity. It hasn’t killed originality. It’s lowered our standards. A lot of writers now confuse completion with quality. A song gets generated. The verses rhyme. The chorus repeats. The structure looks right. And suddenly people […]