Can a neural network compose a symphony of life? We explore and answer the fundamental question of how humans can survive in a world of machines:
Remember the fascinating dialogue from the film "I, Robot," in which the hero asks the AI:
"You're just a machine, just an imitation of life. Will a robot compose a symphony? Will a robot transform a piece of canvas into a masterpiece of art?" to which the robot Sunny replies, "And you?"
In light of recent events—the cosmic leap forward of neural network technologies, and then into the very essence of our lives—the creativity of the soul—I think it's necessary to clarify some more on this topic using our project as an example.
When I first started making electronic music, being a performer and researcher of authentic world music to the core, I was scared.
While creating arrangements using electronic kick drums, bass, and synthesizers, alongside live instruments and voices, I suddenly realized I had an infinite orchestra of meanings in my hands.
Millions of possible sonic landscapes that can be assembled from sounds that exist only in our imagination.
The musical canvas of the entire world was now at my fingertips, hovering over the controller buttons.
And I was frightened by how free I now was in my creativity. Of course, this fear quickly gave way to delight.
And then I realized that the music Alexander and I were creating was quite complex, multilayered, with numerous echoes of ancient cultures and references to various genres and philosophical movements.
It's not easy to dive right into it without knowing these contexts. And then I decided that since modern technology helps us with sound, it can certainly help us visualize the images of our works, unfolding before you the entire map of the Universe of Forgotten Worlds.
And then the idea for the rock mystery "Isidis" arose, where the ancient soul of myth soars upward on the cosmic fuel of modern civilization.
Our rock mystery features a living me with my many voices, a living Alexander with his collection of guitars, lutes, and ouds, living dancers with mesmerizing tribal and flamenco dances, living drummers with their primal rhythms, a living artist who has painted piercing living pictures from the sands of time, a living net curtain and living costumes, carefully sewn by the hands of craftswomen, and, of course, a living team of crazy enthusiasts for whom true art is paramount.
We are assisted in all this by electronic controllers, loopers, laptops, pedals for soundscapes, an electronic projector for enormous light displays, electronic microphones so you can hear every detail, even if there are thousands of you, and the internet so we can always be in touch and so you know where to come to our rock mystery.
Our album of 12 songs from "Isidis" will be released digitally, but it will also be available for purchase with a book based on the rock mystery. For select music lovers, we'll also release it on vinyl.
I'd also add an African choir and a classical string orchestra—and we'll definitely get to that as soon as we scale up even more, because we'll need a stadium for that.
And if the apocalypse suddenly strikes and all the power goes out, we'll simply go out and perform the same thing, exactly the same—with our voices, our bodies, on gut strings, on skin drums, in costumes made of antlers and leaves, and around a large bonfire with shadow projections on a high cliff.
I think our project is the best way to reconcile the authentic and the contemporary, the past and the future, reality and fantasy, the inner and the outer.
In short, we are moving toward a point where you will one day call "Isidis" a masterpiece and a symphony of meanings.
Could artificial intelligence do this for us? Of course not – behind every note played and sung, behind every movement, behind every image, lie decades of our human mastery and all the events of our amazing lives, united within us by the immense strength of spirit.
"A warrior of the spirit enters the battle, a warrior of the spirit aims for eternity" – that's the verse in the song of the same name from the rock mystery.
Together, we aim straight for eternity, using the bow and arrow of modern technology, but no technology can replace the acuity of our inner vision.
We look forward to seeing you on April 26th in Moscow, at the bonfire, to listen, sing, and dance with us the symphony of life. Tickets are available here:
https://www.carinaladulce.com/isidisshow
Do you think artificial intelligence and new technologies will cause us to intellectually perish or will they give us unprecedented freedom to create worlds?
Remember the fascinating dialogue from the film "I, Robot," in which the hero asks the AI:
"You're just a machine, just an imitation of life. Will a robot compose a symphony? Will a robot transform a piece of canvas into a masterpiece of art?" to which the robot Sunny replies, "And you?"
In light of recent events—the cosmic leap forward of neural network technologies, and then into the very essence of our lives—the creativity of the soul—I think it's necessary to clarify some more on this topic using our project as an example.
When I first started making electronic music, being a performer and researcher of authentic world music to the core, I was scared.
While creating arrangements using electronic kick drums, bass, and synthesizers, alongside live instruments and voices, I suddenly realized I had an infinite orchestra of meanings in my hands.
Millions of possible sonic landscapes that can be assembled from sounds that exist only in our imagination.
The musical canvas of the entire world was now at my fingertips, hovering over the controller buttons.
And I was frightened by how free I now was in my creativity. Of course, this fear quickly gave way to delight.
And then I realized that the music Alexander and I were creating was quite complex, multilayered, with numerous echoes of ancient cultures and references to various genres and philosophical movements.
It's not easy to dive right into it without knowing these contexts. And then I decided that since modern technology helps us with sound, it can certainly help us visualize the images of our works, unfolding before you the entire map of the Universe of Forgotten Worlds.
And then the idea for the rock mystery "Isidis" arose, where the ancient soul of myth soars upward on the cosmic fuel of modern civilization.
Our rock mystery features a living me with my many voices, a living Alexander with his collection of guitars, lutes, and ouds, living dancers with mesmerizing tribal and flamenco dances, living drummers with their primal rhythms, a living artist who has painted piercing living pictures from the sands of time, a living net curtain and living costumes, carefully sewn by the hands of craftswomen, and, of course, a living team of crazy enthusiasts for whom true art is paramount.
We are assisted in all this by electronic controllers, loopers, laptops, pedals for soundscapes, an electronic projector for enormous light displays, electronic microphones so you can hear every detail, even if there are thousands of you, and the internet so we can always be in touch and so you know where to come to our rock mystery.
Our album of 12 songs from "Isidis" will be released digitally, but it will also be available for purchase with a book based on the rock mystery. For select music lovers, we'll also release it on vinyl.
I'd also add an African choir and a classical string orchestra—and we'll definitely get to that as soon as we scale up even more, because we'll need a stadium for that.
And if the apocalypse suddenly strikes and all the power goes out, we'll simply go out and perform the same thing, exactly the same—with our voices, our bodies, on gut strings, on skin drums, in costumes made of antlers and leaves, and around a large bonfire with shadow projections on a high cliff.
I think our project is the best way to reconcile the authentic and the contemporary, the past and the future, reality and fantasy, the inner and the outer.
In short, we are moving toward a point where you will one day call "Isidis" a masterpiece and a symphony of meanings.
Could artificial intelligence do this for us? Of course not – behind every note played and sung, behind every movement, behind every image, lie decades of our human mastery and all the events of our amazing lives, united within us by the immense strength of spirit.
"A warrior of the spirit enters the battle, a warrior of the spirit aims for eternity" – that's the verse in the song of the same name from the rock mystery.
Together, we aim straight for eternity, using the bow and arrow of modern technology, but no technology can replace the acuity of our inner vision.
We look forward to seeing you on April 26th in Moscow, at the bonfire, to listen, sing, and dance with us the symphony of life. Tickets are available here:
https://www.carinaladulce.com/isidisshow
Do you think artificial intelligence and new technologies will cause us to intellectually perish or will they give us unprecedented freedom to create worlds?
