I am, and have been for more than thirty years, a dedicated fan of David Sylvian. His music represents the pinnacle of all post-classical music as far as I am concerned, and while I consider Gone To Earth my proverbial desert island CD, I regard Orpheus, off Secrets of the Beehive, to be his best and most well-written song. And I’m not the only member of Psykosonik to regret never having met him when we were both living in the Twin Cities, although in fairness, I didn’t know it at the time.
And while I know I will never ascend to those musical heights, that knowledge hasn’t stopped me from trying to achieve something on the musical side that might at least merit being compared to it in some way, even if the comparison is entirely one-sided to my detriment. Think AODAL compared to LOTR, for example.
Anyhow, I think I finally managed to write a song that might qualify in that regard. It’s good enough that the professional audio engineer with whom I’ve been working chose to use it to demonstrate his incredible abilities to mix and master an AI track to levels that no one would have believed possible even three months ago. It’s called One Last Breath and you can hear a pre-release version of it at AI Central, as well as a link to Max’s detailed explanation of what he does to breath audio life into the artifice of AI-generated music.
If you’re producing any AI music, you absolutely have to follow the link to Max’s site, as he goes into more detail, provides before and after examples, and even has a special Thanksgiving sale offer on both mixes and masters. I very, very highly recommend the mix-and-master option using the extracted stems; while the mastering audibly improves the sound, the mixing is what really takes the track to the higher levels of audio nirvana. Please note that I don’t get anything out of this, this isn’t part of a referral program or anything, I’m just an extremely satisfied customer and fan of Max’s work.
Mission control, I’m letting go
There’s nothing left you need to know
Tell them I went out like fire
Tell them anything they require
But between us, just you and me
I finally found a way to break free
To be the man I always thought I’d be
Anyhow, check it out, and feel free to let me know what you think of it. For those who are curious about some of the oddly specific references in the lyrics, it was written for the soundtrack of the Moon comedy that Chuck Dixon and I wrote as a vehicle for Owen Benjamin, which we hope to make one day.