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KYLE OK

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Tech SWE. Music. Fashion. Art. | YC Alumni | Co-Founder of @UpscaleHype
Houston Joined August 2013
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KYLE OK @KyleOKs
I cant agree with Bomani. Songwriting consists of 2 parts: music writing (instrumental composition, melody, beat, arrangement) and lyric writing (words, harmonies, vocal production). Babyface can do both sides of songwriting at a high level. And he can sing. He’s a triple threat.
Kevín Verified account @KevOnStage Oct 1
Bomani Jones EXPLAINS why he thinks Babyface is a vastly overrated songwriter.
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KYLE OK @KyleOKs
This is a wrong take. Music is culture, & culture is music. What some in tech are misunderstanding is that sharing music with others (ie culture) is a massive part of what makes a song successful. There are so many music culture nuances that AI can’t capture, nor does it need to.
nicksaraev Verified account @nicksaraev Sep 28
I am not joking when I say this.

Spotify, Apple Music, and streaming in general is over.

AI music is now very, very good. You just don't know yet because all AI music circulating today is from ~2-3 generations ago.

Suno v6 pro et al has solved infinite personalized music.
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KYLE OK @KyleOKs
Having taste, knowing design & understanding culture, are things data can’t directly measure properly. That’s why a solely data-driven approach to the creative aspects of building a brand or product is a flawed approach.
Gregory Kennedy Verified account @gregorykennedy Sep 5
How to destroy a beloved brand.

Step 1: Put a soulless, data-driven consultant who has never even seen a basketball court or a running track up close in charge.

Step 2: He goes direct! And increase profits while destroying the retail distribution system and betraying a multitude of 20-year-long partnerships.

Step 3: Motivated and innovative competitors like On Running and Hoka rush to fill the distribution gap Nike left by abandoning its trusted partners.

Step 4: Not satisfied, he fires all the stupid creative people who can't prove any of their ideas work with hard data. What could they possibly know?

Step 5: Celebrate when milking the brand for every last cent works for about 18 months, even though the data quickly show a disaster is looming.

Step 6: OMG? Wut?

Step 7: Fire the old CEO and bring in a new one who's been with the brand since day one. He tries his best, but just too much damage was done.

Step 8: Get delisted... Go down in history as the greatest example of data-driven idiots destroying one of the most successful creative brands of all time.

The end.
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KYLE OK @KyleOKs
I predict the ‘Songmaker’ will survive & have most value, those who can produce/compose their own instrumental, write their own lyrics, & sing/rap their own song. There’s too much tech innovation needed & too much nuance to overcome for ai/ml to get all 3 right at the same time.
We Had Our Time Verified account @DrewsThatDude Apr 5, 2024
We just have to accept that the ai companies don’t need to train their models on copyrighted music. They can train their models on all the loop packs that popular music is made of though . So it doesn’t matter, we lost
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