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by nonrandomstring 495 days ago
> For us listeners, it’s more important than ever to seek out real artists.

I can understand listening to genai music as a background space filler but music has more functions.

It is a signifier and mnemonic, and sets mood for production.

Everything on https://cybershow.uk is made in house, on the fly as needed. We mostly use Ardour, Audacity and some weird old computer music tools like Csound, Puredata, Supercollider for all the beds and backings, many of which are in the old-skool, lo-fi styles because these sit behind talk as 'beds' very nicely.

It would be easy to grab licensed tracks or use "AI" to make music, but we don't do that. That's mainly because its better to keep control over the feel and exactly craft everything. An example is this poetry episode [0] where everything is cut specifically for the poem, and this latest episode "Owned By Bots" where the grungy "crime beat" is a main feature [1]

[0] https://cybershow.uk/episodes.php?id=13

[1] https://cybershow.uk/episodes.php?id=38