I Created This — What Makes the Lie Necessary
Generative AI, Promethean Shame, and the Crisis of Embodied Making
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Essays on music, AI, philosophy, and culture: how music is made, and why it matters. Published on Medium, where there is an active readership and conversation.
The Phonotopic Public Sphere: What Habermas Couldn’t Hear
Sound, not language, is the prime condition for political formation
I Tried to Build an Offline Record Label. I Ended Up Building Something Else.
The year I learned that “offline” was not a format, but a condition of meaning
Why People Can’t Admit Jake Paul Is Doing Something Real
What the boxing ring exposes about the rest of us
Suno, I’m a Coward. Write Me a Song About Teenage Angst.
How algorithmic culture teaches surrender as creativity
You’ve Been Listening to AI Music for 25 Years: You Just Didn’t Know It
Confusing correction with care made AI music inevitable
Is Suno a Music Company?
On the Difference Between Sound and Meaning
Deezer Reports Only 3% of Users Can Accurately Identify AI-Generated Tracks
130 days' worth of AI “music” floods the platform every day
Taxidermy Chic: Why Everything Looks Dead Now
How streaming platforms are training us to accept our own obsolescence
The Mixtape We Never Got to Play For Jack DeJohnette
Remembering Jack, and how to live inside time
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