Category: The Value of Art

  • Is AI Going to Destroy Music?

    Is AI going to destroy music?  Will lyric-writing bots, and track-making bots have an orgy and put songwriters out of business? There are two important reasons why this is a non-issue. Reason #1 Everyone is always scared of new technology. It always seems to spell the demise of music, and then give it 10 years,…

  • Why do we bother making art?

    It’s a question that haunts me. According Maslow, art should be something that we only bother with once we have secure housing, food supply, love, care, and support…and yet. And yet—there is something so patently untrue about this. Art is made despite a lack of these things; often because of that lack. John Green, discussing…

Weekend Songwriting Intensive - January 4-5

Ignite 2025 with an immersive weekend of songwriting, led by Keppie and Benny.