writer's note: When I wrote this song, I played by humming the melody on the piano, and it was about two minutes long. but Dovah expanded it to a four- or five-minute piece, and which only had two prompts: "R&B" and "Soul Ballads," was already quite complete at that point. So, he kind of opened the door for me about next step, at that point, the only thing that came to mind was Quincy Jones's "Velas" , from album "The Dude." 📌Velas https://youtu.be/vJS4Mo-eP9A?si=dBzht1PYrTKTlbJx But was it possible to recreate the image of this song, which brings together masters from various fields, with the help of AI? I was skeptical, but the following were the words I gave them. I really wrote this with the prompts. “This song is made by Brazilian maestro Ivan Lins, but the harmonica is played by Toots Thieleman, who played jazz guitar with the Benny Goodman Orchestra. He was a special figure in many ways, having introduced John Lennon to his favorite guitar maker during the john at Beatles era. When Toots passed away, I was one of the people in Japan who was able to write a short article about him. I'm too far younger than him, but due to my memory, I was like one of the musical database, different from AI. This song appears on a Quincy Jones album, so it was naturally produced by Quincy. To play about "Velas" without knowing this would be extremely disrespectful to these musical masters.] Honestly, current music AI technology is so amazing, if there's anything I could teach them, about history and respect of the music they've learned so rapidly. This understanding is necessary to prevent it from being simply cheesy AI music. However, they always listen carefully to these explanations, and understands both the technical and historical aspects of difficult songs and completes them in one or two takes.its too great, This is my own mistake, but I regret not paying enough attention to Greg Phillinganes's Rhodes and synths. I'd like to incorporate them in future arrangements. As a strange aside, this Quincy album would have been a natural contender for the Grammy Album of the Year, but due to the terrible tragedy that year for the music world—John Lennon was shot and killed by a fan—Lennon's posthumous work, "Double Fantasy," won Album of the Year. Too big impact of this tragedy.
