Rodeo Terrorists - Monkey
I made this!
So after getting my arse fully roasted by you lot for posting a video made with AI, I thought I'd go balls deep and post this cover / remix of my 2014 tune called 'Monkey' that I made. So the computer thing told me it thought the tune needed a electro-swing jazz treatment, and who was I to argue with the digital gods. Anyway its sort of annoyingly great and irritatingly terrible in equal measure, but in recompense for making a video with AI I'd like to extend the olive branch of peace and harmony to anyone perhaps interested in making a suitably idiotic video to go along with it.
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rwbthatisme is on holiday this week, Wed 29 Apr 2026, 10:25,
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So... you made AI music instead?
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Dave Trouser ; the people's choice - 75% agree, Wed 29 Apr 2026, 10:55,
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Yes I covered my original from 2014 here soundcloud.com/rodeoterrorists/monkey
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rwbthatisme is on holiday this week, Wed 29 Apr 2026, 11:12,
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Wait, you *can* make music, but you used AI to make a new cover?
Why would you do such a thing? Apologies in advance if you were hit by a bus and can only use your eyes to do things etc.
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Dave Trouser ; the people's choice - 75% agree, Wed 29 Apr 2026, 11:18,
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You're absolutely right there are many questionable reasons as to why, but not withstanding that I enjoy the experiment and re-interpret ideas, 99.9 times out of 100 its complete rubbish, but I don't get hung up on AI being an invalid form of artistic(?) expression. My music as such has always been written on a computer, generated from voice synths, keyboards samples & loops, and this is just an iteration thereof.
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rwbthatisme is on holiday this week, Wed 29 Apr 2026, 11:56,
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Oh no, you've started writing sentences like an LLM! I can save you! :-p
I also don't dismiss it entirely tbh. Most of the hardcore haters haven't actually tried to generate anything themselves (or tried with a single sentence instruction and failed horribly). Was genuinely curious why an artist would do that - you're not the only one I've asked but the answers vary immensly. Thank you for your contribution to the survey.
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Dave Trouser ; the people's choice - 75% agree, Wed 29 Apr 2026, 12:21,
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Indeed I must stop doing that! I also speak fluent (or effluent) management speak, of not having enough bandwidth and circling back to the proposition in hand. Its interesting that actually AI is homologating the English (not limited to) language so that at some point it will become its own identifiable dialect.
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rwbthatisme is on holiday this week, Wed 29 Apr 2026, 12:40,
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XD
btw, I dunno what you use, but Gemini got a fairly significant upgrade recently... set thinking mode and try out the music generator.
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Dave Trouser ; the people's choice - 75% agree, Wed 29 Apr 2026, 12:51,
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So this is AI?
Why are you sharing it here?
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brb Monkhouse Stampede, Wed 29 Apr 2026, 15:13,
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if you asked a friend to produce a version, you wouldn't put "I made this", even if you game him some prompts about what you wanted
you didn't make this version, AI did.
I'm only interested in things humans make
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Wed 29 Apr 2026, 23:08,
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So in response for getting roasted about posting AI content
you post more AI content?
Well, it's a bold strategy cotton, let's see if it pays off.
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My Name was saying these words inside your head on, Thu 30 Apr 2026, 18:47,
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If you're going to use AI to generate a cover of your own track, it's better to describe in detail the sound you have in mind instead of clicking suggestions, and set it to max similarity. If it preserves the chord changes, bass lines and melody, at least you can claim some ownership.
Top producers already use AI behind the scenes. They just don't talk about it
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Mudface The web isn't callipygian, Fri 1 May 2026, 20:31,
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I don't think we'd agree on what constitutes a top producer.
A top producer already has intelligence. A top producer enjoys the work of production. What you're describing is a hack.
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brb Monkhouse Stampede, Sat 2 May 2026, 3:03,
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I've always subscribed to the rule that "This Is not the place to slag off others' work
But oh boy this is testing. By all means use AI for boring/routine tasks but making music? It's the endless "it's just a tool", "you're just luddites even though I don't know what the Luddites were" that is tiresome, patronising, insulting. Why not spend the time arguing yourself into knots if self-justification on having fun making something instead? "Who was I to argue with the digital gods?" is like Elon Musk getting Grok to give him a sense of humour. And cap it off with "make a video for me"? Entitled to Prince Andrew levels.
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fred zeppelin (Taylor's version), Mon 4 May 2026, 10:08,
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I was one of the twats looking forward to more AI music tools
and I guess I kind of still am, minus the Black Mirror nightmare elements. I don't want the ethical burden of killing a self aware computer process.
I'd still quite like my DAW to 'learn' my style of working and facilitate a faster workflow, I guess contextualised searching of MY samples and whatnot could be useful too, but that's about as far as I'd be willing to go.
I'm sure the 'best' prompters have to learn a few useful technical terms. Not exactly ABRSM Grade 8 though, is it. Not even grade 7 Music Theory, though I'm sure having that would help. Somehow.
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brb Monkhouse Stampede, Mon 4 May 2026, 21:12,
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