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Hey, Brian, wow, that’s a lot of reading. Thank goodness I have an AI summarizer. I copied & pasted your reply into the summarizer, and it gave me an audio synopsis of its content. I’m sure it was accurate.
No, of course I didn’t use a summarizer. I used my brain.

Synths, samplers, effects, electric instruments, electronic gizmos, etc., are all legitimate tools of the composer. They don’t compose for you. They still require compositional skills and a creative mind. And the technology is bought and paid for – not stolen. I know, we disagree on the meaning of “stolen”.

I read where AI is trained in creating more AI. Stalking the web and stealing intellectual property from anyone to everyone... Anyone who believes in property rights should be appalled by the way it gathers and swallows up stolen goods.

Your viewpoint was well articulated in the legendary Brian Austin Whitney style. I’m just looking at this technology from a different perspective. From a victim’s perspective – ha, ha.

Anyway, I don’t think I have anything to worry about in the short time I have left on Earth. I just feel sorry for the young, inspired composers that have less opportunities than I did.

I’ll keep doing what I’ve been doing since my teen years. Composing at the piano with pen and manuscript. And loving every moment of it.

John