All Musicians are Thieves: AI Music & the Accusation of Cheating
All Hail Creative Cheaters T. S. Elliott famously wrote, “Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal; bad poets deface what they take, and good poets make it into something better, or…
AI, Art, and the Human Soul: My Life in AI Music Creation
A Murder at the End of the World I came across an interesting discussion about the role of AI in the life of an artist. I’ll give a transcript: Speaker:…
Is God’s Love Really Reckless? The Psalms Test
In a previous post I tried to balance the scales on the average Christian’s perception of Jesus as a nice, sheep snuggling, child blessing, pacifist. We unpacked a litany of…
God Song: Is There Any Defense for AI Music?
The Original Plan In the early days of writing songs and using AI to create the music that I envisioned for the song, I put a lot of energy into…
God Song: Why I Use AI to Create Music
Oh the Possibilities I’ve wanted to write songs for many years, but being limited in time and energy and having to work to support my family, I made hard choices…
Do Muslims worship the same God as Christians and Jews?
No matter what you think I’m saying at any given point in this article. Please read to the very end. Wisdom dialogue takes time and makes turns in the hope…
What I Loved About Worship Last Sunday
It’s no secret that I’m a dinosaur, a has-been, an old person who is personally responsible for every failing of society, and the primary reason why so many millennials don’t…
An Unwelcomed Gift
Consequences, pain, suffering and loss are unwelcomed gifts from a loving creator to wayward creatures. Only discomfiture of one kind or another drives change. Only a sense of dissatisfaction with…