@richardpowers Every singer tries to have a Christmas hit. Here's an idea for us to have a holiday song.
As we all know it is required to give gifts this time of year, and every year the shopping season starts earlier. By Christmas we will be way over our credit limit and borrowing money from loan sharks. Therefore we need a song to slow the shopping down and put on the brakes with the credit cards.
The Credit Card Blues.
Where's it at?
@richardpowers It's a suggestion for a song YOU could make!
Well, I hadn't had a credit card in my life, but I might toy with it tonight
Yeah. Tonight
Meanwhile I started to try my hand at AI song generation, but everything I tried was a flop, so I'm giving up for now.
Rich Powers had to devote a lot of time and patience to get as good as he is at spawning new songs.
What I want is a quicky that sings: "K D X World Round Radio", (around 10-seconds).
I never was able to get the sound I wanted.. I kept running it through over and again trying to get a certain sound but it remained elusive. Never found it, but along the way where some good ones that I went back to and others I couldnt because credits ran out.
Christmas Credit Card Blues
It will show two for each link but overall best is marked with round symbols: ●●.
This one that came closest to what I was looking for... Its short and sweet. Time 2:40. I came to extend this one but ran out of credits. Both linked good but best overall is marked ●● (second one)
https://aimusic.so/music/4193644-Credit-Card-Blues -
But I'm not sure what's best, your going to decide what you like. All these called for a blues rendition and a live audience, but ai sometimes does whatever it wants
Have a browse if you wish.. otherwise just download the one above. I cant even tell anymore, but these are the ones that struck me too....
A bit more rock: 5:40
https://aimusic.so/music/4194641-%E2%97%8F%E2%97%8F%E2%97%8FChristmas-Credit-Card-Blues -
Their identical until about 3:50, then each has a variation in ending.
Again, marked with ●●● is better.
A favorite, different. Nice easy beat and good chorus in ●○ marked (2nd one) is the best. (The other starts great but then begins to suck)
https://aimusic.so/music/4192284-The-Credit-Card-Blues-42
This isnt really bluesy. It was supposed to be. This was another surprise I liked. I'm talking about the second one marked ●●
https://aimusic.so/music/4192088-The-Credit-Card-Blues
These Both 4:00
https://aimusic.so/music/4192457-%E2%97%8F%E2%97%8F%E2%97%8BThe-Credit-Card-Blues-42
● Hard Rock. Does have an audience like I asked. Dont know why it made it hard rock blues, I didn't tell it to, but I like it. Cuts off short at 4:00
○ The second one like a mix between The Prenteders and I forget her name.
Much easier. Also 4:00
Another, 4:00.
https://aimusic.so/music/4192735-%E2%97%8F%E2%97%8FThe-Credit-Card-Blues-42
No...
I dont know what I'm saying, that first one isnt even the whole song, it was just a feeler I never got back too.
Still can't call a favorite, but st least this one is complete (the one marked, the first one)
https://aimusic.so/music/4194641-%E2%97%8F%E2%97%8F%E2%97%8FChristmas-Credit-Card-Blues
Oh scroll down for the lyrics rye ics
Sorry ..
Was checking through them again and thought I linked this. The best maybe but need to fix where it clipped the end short
https://aimusic.so/music/4193113-%E2%97%8F%E2%99%A4%E2%97%8F%E2%97%8B%E2%97%8FThe-Credit-Card-Blues
I wish I just poosted nothing and waited another day.
@richardpowers In different ways I loved them all and find it amazing beyond belief that this kind of song-building is possible. But also I can see the points of imperfection that defy ending up with a 'right' version. The imperfect parts include lapse of clear enunciation by the singer by which words are slurred and indistinct, sometimes sung too fast to match the slow beat of the instrumental part. Good on Rich Power's part that he (you) keeps trying additional versions in quest of betterness. I strongly think a song of this nature good become a popular annual regular, because we can easily realize that many people screw themselves by overspending for the holidays.
Now I feel like an AI bot talking like I am.
I just wish I didn't dump all these versions on here.Half of them incomplete.. I guess I just nutted up. Tried to find a way to delete my post but it was too late by the time I came to my senses.I'll have more credits in about 10.hours.
And when it comes to the quality, keep in mind that one of these 4 minute mp3 is about only about 8 megs, whereas the same song wav encoded is about 60 mega, so the quality is a lot better than what you hear here.
But yeah, some voices sound a lot better than others. I went through more passes trying to fit a rendition for this song more than I have any other song.
Now I'm thinking the verses of this song and storyline as a whole works a lot better playing straight through, without the instrumental interludes.breaking it up. For the sake of keeping the ongoing storyline intact.
But what I'm going to do is just fix one or two of the ones that are pratically done.
... it would help if some one told me which ones.. I cant hardly hear it anymore after 100 times.
This is a completed file of one of the versions.. Not the very cheery, but still good
And now for a cheery one..
A little gem in the trash heap. These are all the same song, different versions Its complete and ends at 3;00, but it starts back up again playing reprise on its own.
But this one made me snicker..
@richardpowers My preference is for the more bluesy slower version which is close to perfect. A blues song needs to contain disappointment, sad mood, gloomy underside of the merry go-lucky way.
The faster version was spoiled by indistinct singing... words not possible to understand, false cheeriness about financial woes.
@richardpowers ...The faster version was spoiled by indistinct singing... words not possible to understand, false cheeriness about financial woes.
That's why it was in the trash pile. But I pulled it back up before deleting- and it's such a ridiculous fit for the song, but as I listen it through, and the reprise after the silly, about to cry spoken word.. it just makes me laugh.
There's a whole story behind this one.