Matt Connarton Unleashed 3-1-25 hour 1

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7:46 Speaker 1: Snop that is not the same by John Denton, who we're going to be speaking with in just a moment. Welcome everybody. It is Matt Connorton Unleashed. It is a Saturday, March one, two thy twenty five. Jenny is here, of course at the news table. And let's see we've got them on skype here, John, are you there? Hello, Hey, John Denton. Welcome to Matt Connorton Unleashed, our number one on this Saturday morning. We just heard, of course, your great track, not the same your debut single. And uh, by the way, so you are you are a very young man.

8:32 Speaker 7: Correct, Yeah, fourteen years old.

8:36 Speaker 1: So so it started off your career very strong. I mean that is uh, that is such a great track. And I was reading a little bit about it too, and and what the lyrics are about and everything. So so congratulations on that. And you've already made it to American radio, so that's pretty cool.

8:51 Speaker 14: That's good day. Yeah, yeah, thanks forming me.

8:54 Speaker 1: Now, so tell us tell us a little bit about the song first and then we'll you know, we'll talk about your background and stuff. But because I was reading about how the song is, uh, tell me if I understand this correctly. Uh, And it's a subject that is very near and dear to me of course, talking about mental health and and what what different people are dealing with and how we're not all the same in terms of what we as individuals have to deal with, uh, you know, mentally and emotionally and all of that.

9:23 Speaker 1: Is that Am I on the right track?

9:26 Speaker 14: Yeah?

9:27 Speaker 16: So I think, But I think I think when I was writing the song, I just sort of I don't know, it was just I think it was that time where I was thinking a lot about, you know, because there's some pretty bad stuff going on in my country and obviously around the world and obviously you know, I'm just I'm just love from a small town who you know doesn't really well it doesn't you know, experience any of that. So just sort of like, I don't know, just sort of a right down my thoughts about like how you know, you know other songs says you know, we're not the same.

9:57 Speaker 16: Sorry, I'm so about I'm so about interviews me by Isolate.

10:01 Speaker 1: Yeah, I think that I was. I was reading too about you know, some of your your influences in terms of of the style of the song. I mean, it reminded me a little bit of The Killers and maybe The Strokes, and I was reading online, Uh, someone was comparing it to something by the Smiths. I mean, is that is that kind of your influence? I don't know, I don't like, I don't know what your broader influence influences are yet because you're just starting out. This is your first uh, this is your first big single.

10:28 Speaker 1: But but can you tell me about some of your musical inspirations for for writing a song like this? And I'm also curious to know if some of the other music that you're working on if it's similar or or if it has a different vibe and some different influences.

10:42 Speaker 16: Yeah, so I'd say I've always been quite inspired by, like, you know, the the sounds of my city, you know, because I'm from Sulford.

10:48 Speaker 14: I'm from a time called sulf It.

10:50 Speaker 16: And it's it's in Manchester, okay, you know, way it close to the cities, and so you know, I've got you know, i'd say I've got a lot of access to you know, like well obviously you obviously center and the culture and yeh, so i'd say just to know my hometownd stuff really like look like you know, like Stone Roses and Smith's an Oasis.

11:09 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, oh yeah, the Stone Roses. That's another band I was thinking of. It didn't come to mind when I was talking about it, but when I was listening to the song the first time because we actually played it on the show last week for the first time, and yeah, yeah, Stone Roses, that's I can definitely, I can definitely hear that. Are you working on obviously this is the first single, so this is the immediate focus. But do you have something lined up for a second single already or are you working on something?

11:34 Speaker 1: Where are you in the process?

11:37 Speaker 16: I mean listening to them yeah. I mean, you know, because I'm mostly wrapping zones all the time. So yeah, I've always got you know, stuff, stuff going on. I will be honest, there's a few, like there's a few specific songs that I prefer to not the same, you know, just sell you know, I say selfish like, you know, just for myself, I prefer you know, I prefer it. So you know, of course I'm right all the time. So I'm probably quite know in a few months. So obviously you know, doing second single and yeah.

12:02 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, we look forward to hearing more from more from you in the future in terms of your musical output. And like I said, you're off to such a great start. Where was this recorded? Did you did you record not the same uh? On your own? Or did you go to a studio? Did you work with a producer? Because it sounds great?

12:21 Speaker 16: Yes, I went to I went to Olive Studios any time called witness it's not too far from Manchester and you got called JOHNO.

12:29 Speaker 14: List name John Oltringo. Okay, so I added.

12:33 Speaker 16: The bass and all the all the guitars and up to the vocals and ate it jumps.

12:38 Speaker 1: Oh wow, that's great when you can do the bulk of it yourself, right, because then you you can be assured that it's going to really be kind of your vision of what the song should be, you know, instead of being in a situation where maybe you go to a studio and you've got studio musicians who are playing these parts that you kind of have in mind. When you have the ability to do it all yourself, that's that's fantastic. And you said John did the drums and obviously produce it.

13:02 Speaker 16: Yeah, So it was funny though, So so I think I I think you have like a guide track, you know, just with a metronomonic that I've done at home. Yeah, And he literally just went on stairs and just did a deal thing without putting much art into it.

13:15 Speaker 14: It was amazing, really yeah. He just yeah, I mean the great.

13:19 Speaker 1: Your drums aren't like it's nice when it when it comes together that quickly like that, and it's sort of organic and intuitive, and you know, you know then that you've got something really good and really strong when it when it comes together the other quickly and you can say, wow, this sounds great that. Do you intend to work with him going forward? Are you going to uh? Are you going to work with him on on future tracks. Are you going to kind of maybe shop around a little bit or do you have that part planned out yet?

13:46 Speaker 16: Yeah, so I think I'll I think most likely, you know, for the next for the next few singers, I'll just be working with him, I think.

13:52 Speaker 1: I think.

13:53 Speaker 16: I think the one thing that I really like about me is like, like one of the first things that he said to me before before recording this.

13:59 Speaker 14: Song was that he wanted it sound real.

14:01 Speaker 16: And so that's like my main like what's the word, that's my main sort of aspiration with it, you know, with regarding songs.

14:08 Speaker 14: Definitely, so so yeah.

14:09 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, excellent. And now what about performing live? Do you perform live in your area? I saw, I thought I saw a couple of pictures that looked like they were taken from a live show. But I don't know. I mean, I don't know if at your age. I know, here in America, when you're you know, if you're fourteen, you're a little bit limited as far as places you can play. I mean, you know, you can do coffee houses and stuff like that, but you know, you certainly can't do bars or pubs. I guess you would, you would call them, But what what is your situation as far as playing live?

14:40 Speaker 1: Are you able to do a lot of live shows?

14:42 Speaker 14: Yeah, so I am.

14:43 Speaker 16: I've been geting so I've been thinking pretty much every weekend for about like three years.

14:47 Speaker 1: Right, Oh, excellent, excellent.

14:49 Speaker 16: Yeah, So I mean, I'll be honest back so at the moment, like I look about eighteen and I've been told that by by a lot of people.

14:57 Speaker 1: So that's good.

14:59 Speaker 14: Yeah, so just a I get any places.

15:01 Speaker 1: Oh that's oh, that's great, that's great. Yeah, that's that's definitely to your advantage.

15:07 Speaker 16: Yes, I've begins around like Manchester, Liverpool. I'm doing your first like proper, like a like long way gig. I'm going to London in April and then that's gonna be So it's my first international gig. Well i'd say, so, yeah, international. I'm going to Scotland. I'm going to Glasgow this year at one point. Yeah, there's no date, there's no date. Yeah, yeah, exactly happening here. So yeah, I'm looking forward to that definitely.

15:31 Speaker 1: Oh that's excellent. Okay. So, so in addition to obviously so the single, you're getting some traction with and and you're sounds like you've got a lot of good traction too as far as playing out. You know, you're playing every weekend. That's fantastic. Good for you. Also, I'm curious to know more about your connection to Johnny Marr. You've got Johnny Mar's stamp of approval, but can you tell us a little bit about that.

15:56 Speaker 16: Yeah, so about about three years ago, Yes, about three years ago, I just met I just met him by chance in Manchester at this record signing and then the year after he put this light application form and it was targeted at Salford to aviously my owntown, like you know, and yes, so it was it was it was called it the Johnny marrow Ard, and it was a basically I'm trying to find a work the right way to explain it. So it was like a fun not one raiser, sorry, it was like a bit of funding for like a for one musician.

16:29 Speaker 16: So obviously you know that it was joined with this foundation, the Sulfur Foundation, which is my owntown, and they were going to pick one musician to like, you know, help out of it. And and yes, right I applied and I got it and I met him again and it was greater the hero.

16:47 Speaker 14: So it was amazing. Fami yea, because he because I got the ord like he really is.

16:52 Speaker 1: So yeah, yeah, no, that's that's fantastic. And uh, you just never know where something like that will lead. Is that was it because of him that you connected with that producer that you're working with or did that happen separately?

17:05 Speaker 16: So I'm working with this this management compant well I say company, but like this management group, and they've let me up with him.

17:11 Speaker 14: And yeah, it's been good.

17:12 Speaker 1: That's excellent. Yeah, so you've got you've got a lot of power behind you. That's great, that's great. Any idea when the next single will be out? We're already, like I said, we played we played not the same last week on the show, and all the response that we've heard, all the feedback has been very positive. So people want to hear more from you, obviously, and you're you're just starting out. But do you know when the next single might be?

17:37 Speaker 16: I don't know, no, Yeah, but i'd say like maybe like near the end of this year somewhere obviously, I guess. Obviously, you know, you've got to pick the right song because when you like it all depends on your financial situation, if you know what I mean. I've got a bit of saving up to do, so.

17:54 Speaker 1: So yeah, you've probably got a lot of Yeah, I'm sure you've already written a lot of music, and it probably some of it comes down to just kind of figuring out what the next song is that you want to record, right because you've you've probably got quite a few that you have ready to go. Just a matter of making decisions about what to do next, I would assume, yeah, yeah, definitely, Yeah, absolutely, Well, John, like I said, we love the track. Uh, where should people know to? Where should they go to find you online?

18:23 Speaker 1: What is the best place for people to go online to keep track with everything that John Denton is doing in terms of your music? And you know, if we have listeners over there who want to know where they can see you live, et cetera. Hopefully someday you'll be able to come to America too to play live. But but where should people go online to keep up with everything that you're doing?

18:41 Speaker 14: Yes?

18:41 Speaker 16: So social mediais I'm on Instagram. I'll tell you this comes like the main platform just because you know, that's where've got the most people sort of interaction with me. So Instagram and Twitter, TikTok, TikTok. Great, for musicians, isn't it?

18:55 Speaker 1: Yes?

18:56 Speaker 14: Is it not bud in your country?

18:57 Speaker 1: I thought it was TikTok was banned and then quickly unbanned, and I think that was probably it. I don't think it's going to get banned again. But the the political situation here is so strange. Anything can happen and uh, I mean almost literally anything can happen here, John. But but right now, right now, TikTok Is is not banned in the United States. But we'll see what the future holds. And yeah, TikTok is a great resource for musicians absolutely.

19:29 Speaker 16: Absolutely all the dreaming platforms. And do you listen to his own?

19:33 Speaker 1: Yeah? Yeah, yeah, very cool, very cool. So, John, it's been wonderful speaking with you. We're going to actually close out the segment with We're gonna give this another spin, not the same. It's such a great song, very very catchy. We love it here. Like I said, a lot of great feedback here. And hopefully this is only the beginning of your you know, your your beginnings with on American radio, uh, because we think you have a great sound and uh, and I wish you continued success. And when the next single is ready, let's definitely have you back and we can talk some more then and we will look forward to hearing new music from you.

20:08 Speaker 16: I've noticed that I've noticed that American radio presenters up, I know what's the words, they're a lot more hsiastic compared to the British ones.

20:16 Speaker 14: So yeah, yeah, well wonderful.

20:19 Speaker 1: Perhaps we're a little bit less reserved, but yes, no, we we love what you're doing.

20:24 Speaker 5: John.

20:25 Speaker 1: We'll let you go so we can give this another spin. But thank you so much for joining us today. We appreciate it, and we will talk again soon. All right, you got it, John, take care, bye bye. All right. That was John Denton skyping in from the UK. Very young man, very impressive, fourteen years old, but just starting out. So it's nice to kind of be in at ground zero of his career and see him from from very early. But let's give this another spin. If you missed it, not the same, and then we've got a great show.

20:53 Speaker 1: I'll plan for you for the rest of the show as well. We are we are only speaking of only getting started. We are in the early stages of this approach ram today here on Matt Connorton Unleashed. But if you miss it, here it is again, or if you heard it and you just want to hear it again, this is not the same John Denton.

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25:31 Speaker 1: That is not the same. That is the debut single from fourteen year old John Denton from the UK and I was wonderful speaking with him and we look forward to more from him in the future. This is Matt Connorton Unleashed and we are live from the studios of w m n H ninety five point three FM, Inglorious Manchester, New Hampshire. Of course, also streaming online. Go to Matt connorton dot com slash live for all your live streaming options, social media links contact infosh are, chives, et cetera, et cetera.

26:01 Speaker 1: Today is March first, twenty to twenty five. Jenny of course is here at the news table. Oh you know what, I didn't load it up. I didn't load it up because we did things in kind of a different order today.

26:16 Speaker 20: Well fine, jeez, that was a lackluster Well good morning. Now that's better, Jenny, Morning Sun.

26:33 Speaker 1: It just seems weird playing it. It's almost nine thirty weird to say it, I know, I know. Hey, we should mention the art show coming up. Do you have the it's the matter you don't have that ready. I wanted to give that a plug early, I know, and we'll mention it again later too that it's very exciting. It's it's at top of mind for me because of course yesterday I dropped off some of your art.

27:01 Speaker 21: So it's been a fun week for me for art. This you were at one gallery picking up art and you're at another gallery dropping off art, all in the same week.

27:10 Speaker 22: It's fun.

27:11 Speaker 1: This will be and this is the third place right that your art will have been featured because there's there's Mosaic, yeah, and then and then of course before it became New Hampshire Underground, when it was still the Midnight Creatives Collective. Yeah, in Nashua, Eleanora and Andre they featured your art there.

27:30 Speaker 21: Wonder if they do a black line and and now.

27:34 Speaker 1: Now you have a third place feature in your artwork.

27:36 Speaker 21: I'm super excited too. I never would have thought that this was going I know, right, So what's going to happen.

27:45 Speaker 20: What's gonna happen right here in the Queens City on March fifty, there's going to be a unique art show.

27:54 Speaker 21: This is called the Uncensored Underground.

27:57 Speaker 20: Art Experience and it's going to be how the twenty garden Way, excuse me, twenty garden Walk for give me right here in the Queen City from six to nine pm.

28:08 Speaker 21: And this show is uncensored, it's for adults.

28:11 Speaker 20: It's political, it's ugly, it's beautiful, it's amazing, and you really really get to come see it. They actually fell in love with my insurance collection, and they've actually requested that I bring all of the paintings in, even though they don't think they're going to be able to hang all of them, all five of them, but they wanted to see all of them. So you actually brought all of them in and one of them you can play with with some three D glasses which I also sent in as well.

28:40 Speaker 21: For those that don't know.

28:42 Speaker 20: The insurance collection was my outlet of fighting with insurance companies for coverage and for the things I'm supposed to be able to have, and that ended up coming out in my artwork.

28:54 Speaker 21: So it started with the illustrious agent.

28:59 Speaker 20: And how wonderful they treated me, and it went on from there to you know, dealing with the vice President who was attacking and came across so attacking that it came out as quite the interesting painting, which you can check out at Gencoffee dot com.

29:16 Speaker 5: J E. N. N.

29:17 Speaker 20: Co f f uy dot com. Check out my creations, lots of things there, lots of information on my activism as well. And actually my website got a revamp recently. I have an amazing webmaster. Yes and yeah, I'm pretty excited about the changes and I'm going to be you going to see a little bit more of me I think in the future.

29:38 Speaker 1: Very good. Well, congratulations on that, of course, thank you. We should also plug two. Someone with your last name is performing live later today.

29:47 Speaker 21: Yes, they are at the Great North Alworks right here, also in the Queen City. Oh forgive me cool.

29:56 Speaker 20: My son Jesse Coffee will be performing tonight starting at four pm at the Great North. He's a singer songwriter. He has an amazing voice and if you've never been to the Great North, it's an amazing place.

30:07 Speaker 21: They have a lot of homegrown creations and if you love sporting, local small business, you definitely want to go support the Great North.

30:14 Speaker 1: Absolutely absolutely, and we have an exciting show for you today. Of course, we did speak a few minutes ago with John Denton, a very impressive young man from the UK, and his first single and his first time on American radio is track Not the Same, Great song Coming up. In the second hour, singer songwriter Ian Gallipo will be here, and in the third hour we're going to be talking with Jordan about his project Becoming Human. He will be skyping in from Texas. I love that so oh Becoming Human.

30:44 Speaker 21: Yeah yes, yeah, really they've been on my playlist now for well over a year.

30:47 Speaker 1: Really great, really great. By the way, we'll say hello to a few people in the chat room too. In the Facebook chat I see Chris Porrier better known as Chrispy, a great local comedian who's been on the show. He says, Hi, Matt and Jenny, I love your art. Oh, very nice, very nice. Our friend Ricky Mapleton in the chat room and said hello. That's why I decided to open with a Ricky Mapleton song today at the beginning of the show, the cross contamination song food safety very important, very important, very important.

31:13 Speaker 1: So no, we love that song and we played it in Ian Gallipo track, and then of course played not the Same by John Denton to open our conversation. Also Eric Lesniak in the chat room. Eric does a lot for the city here, for Manchester and very important part of things here and is on the morning show. I believe every Friday. He is on the morning show with Peter White here in the studio and actually one of the oh wow, was a while ago now, it must have been like a year and a half ago at least, but there was a morning show that I was on, not here, it was in the old studio.

31:46 Speaker 1: That's how I know it was a while ago that Eric was also on a Friday morning. Oh, it was when we were making the format change with this show and we were kind of announcing everything. So it's great to actually get to sit with Eric on the morning show. That was a while ago though, But yeah, Eric Lesniak does a lot of great things. Let's see. Also, we've got bfraid, Boston's Final Raid in the chat room. H And we haven't done this in a while, but our old friend Isaac Banks from from Greensboro, North Carolina in the chat room.

32:18 Speaker 1: Let's see, Isaac says, good morning, Matt. What's happening Matt. Yesterday my friend Pete ives rube Ly or Ruby passed away and he was old time friend of mine since he is from Greensboro, North Carolina. He was in a wheelchair. He rides the bus. Rest in peace, Michelle Tractenburg. We love. This is all Isaac rest in Peace, Michelle Tractenburg, We love you, good morning. Hashtag Jen coffee. Hashtag Jen Coffee. I am known as Eichman Breezy and I did videos of cover tunes hashtag Jen coffee. I did cover song of Peter Set just Like Love.

33:02 Speaker 1: Hashtag Matt and hashtag Jen. Jeff Pegari and Johnny McKee v formed a or Maybe It's Five. Johnny formed a singing quartet mixed group called GSO six with Evan McGraw, Valerie Miller, Kathy Clifton, and Egan Conrad. Matt connorton Unleashed check out on YouTube is Aikman Breezy back on the block GSO Generation Socially six for the singing quartet mixed group. Of the lineup is Jeff Pegari, Valerie Biller, Johnny McKee five, Egan Conrad, Evan McGrath and Kathy Clifton. Generation Socially six manager is Joshua Walker and producer is me Isaac Banks.

33:55 Speaker 1: Hashtag Matt and hashtag Jen. I'm watching you from Greensboro, North Carela. Very good. Well, It's wonderful to get caught up with Isaac Banks from Iikman breezy. Yes, yes, very nice, very nice.

34:13 Speaker 22: Hey.

34:14 Speaker 1: So something we started to do recently too on the show and we didn't get we didn't get far with it because we just ran out of time. But uh, you know, because we talk about AI and we do have a couple of news stories involving AI and music and so forth that we might get to. But we also started to I thought it would be fun. And this is something I've kind of had in the back of my mind for months and months and months, and we've just ever had time to get to it. But we might do it right now. And this could be This could be a lot of fun.

34:41 Speaker 1: This could be a disaster. I don't know what's going to happen. But Sono is one of the services where you can create AI music AI generated music, and I thought it would be fun because they do have a free version, because I don't like to pay for things, especially if I don't think I'm ever going to use them again, although who knows, I might use this again in the future. We shall see. But Souno Suno dot com. I did set up a free account. This was a few weeks ago. We had started to do this and then, like I said, we just ran out of time, but I thought it would be interesting if we create an AI generated song live on the air and just see what happens and see what all the fuss is about.

35:23 Speaker 1: So I created an account and didn't get very far. But one of the options is so song description, and they give you an example of a song description that you can use a prompt if you will an AI prompt. So the first song description, well, here's what it says. Describe the style of music and topic you want. For example, acoustic pop about the holidays. Use genres in vibes instead of specific artists and songs, So they don't want examples of artists and songs that you want to sound like, but they want they want a description of what the vibe should be.

36:02 Speaker 1: And an example that they give is an emotional classical song about a faded photo on the mantle. So what should we Jenny, what should we prompt it to to write about? What should be?

36:17 Speaker 8: Uh?

36:18 Speaker 21: Death destruction?

36:19 Speaker 1: K okay? So I'm going to type that I'm channeling Melanie death destruction. De kay. Now let's see, and then you can you can select a lyrics model. Uh, you know what I think? So there's two options here. There's uh remy, which is our newest, most creative model, may generate content that some find offensive. Okay, so we don't want that because.

36:56 Speaker 21: One, because we need to uh it's Saturday morning.

36:59 Speaker 1: We don't want to create something that I can't actually play on the air. Or the other option is that we can stick with classic follows prompts closely and takes fewer risks. But you know what, I'm also too because I just to be sure. I mean, we are on a delay. I can always set the dump button, but I don't want to have to do that. So I'm going to Okay, so I typed death, destruction, decay, but I'm also going to say with clean lyrics, no profanity, because we don't want it to spit out something I can't even play on the air.

37:39 Speaker 1: Okay, So, well, it doesn't want it doesn't want specific. It wants vibes, not I don't. That might be that might be getting too specific if I say that. Okay, So now, so now I'm going to click create.

37:56 Speaker 21: And does it tell you it doesn't give you, like the ability to pick like John.

38:01 Speaker 1: Well no, I oh no, oh no, I could have, but I just typed. I mean we can we can always. I just I just typed death, destruction, decay, and then I also said with clean lyrics, no profanity. Okay. So it is generating. It looks like it is generating more than one option. It's it's given. Oh okay, it's created a couple of files. So they both have the same name though. Walts of the Shadows is the name of the song, and there's a descriptor underneath it. It says clean, haunting orchestral dark. It's called Walts of the Shadows.

38:40 Speaker 1: But it looks like it's created two of them. Okay, So I'm gonna click the first one and let's see what happens. This is we're doing this live on the air. I never done this before. This is AI generated by this service Souno dot com. So I'm going to go ahead and click this and I'm gonna click play and let's just see what happens. Sounds like the beginning of an Evanescence song so far.

39:10 Speaker 23: In Blood for Shadows dotre Oh, it's kind of nice.

39:17 Speaker 18: Whispers of vended.

39:20 Speaker 21: We can't see.

39:26 Speaker 23: The care of said songs around time as dusk transforms into.

39:39 Speaker 18: Nice, what sings a quiet beneath the song for.

39:51 Speaker 23: Destruction writes letters in a dreams turn to dust in a flash.

40:01 Speaker 1: Well I can see, well, I can see why people are worried because this is this is AI generated. But it's also really yeah, it's it's good. It's it's legitimately good. It's not even like, oh, this is good for AI. I guess no, this is like, this sounds legit. I'm understanding song.

40:25 Speaker 21: It really does.

40:26 Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm understanding on a new level why people are legitimately worried, you know what I mean.

40:32 Speaker 21: And it just did that in a split second.

40:35 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's a couple of prompts.

40:37 Speaker 21: It's disturbing.

40:42 Speaker 1: Okay, Rather than listening to the whole song, though, let's pick because it gave us it. Well, it gave us two options, so let's listen to the second option and see what this is, and it might be similar. We'll see.

41:07 Speaker 2: Through the land where shadows dance.

41:11 Speaker 1: Oh, now we have a male vocalist.

41:13 Speaker 2: Whispers of endings. We can see.

41:21 Speaker 13: Dka wraps its arms around time his dust transforms into nine.

41:36 Speaker 2: All things a quiet to.

41:41 Speaker 18: Beneath the sord.

41:48 Speaker 1: So now we have acause, Jenny, you had to leave the room for a moment. Now we have a male vocalist on the On the second example.

41:56 Speaker 2: Dreams turned to dust In a.

42:05 Speaker 1: What's really good? It's really good? Oh boy? But why is it good?

42:14 Speaker 8: Stories I have and it's just.

42:22 Speaker 15: And steagetation times.

42:29 Speaker 8: I just.

42:31 Speaker 1: This is so much better than I expected. Really, yeah it is. I didn't expect it to be this quality.

42:42 Speaker 2: Whos trees so embrace?

43:05 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's that's really good. Now I do want to just for the heck of it. Uh, this is not something that we've This is a subject we haven't visited in a while. But I just want to see what it does, so you know how of course, you know, last week we were talking about Kendrick Lamar super Bowl appearance and everything during the halftime show, and of course you know we're talking about you know, the great hip hop beefs of all time. Now, I had a hip hop beef which we haven't mentioned in a long time because I hate to poke that bear because I do fear for my life.

43:33 Speaker 1: But well, of course mc Hammer for for uh. This was quite a few years ago now, but I was concerned MC hammer was going to uh to come here and harm me. I would like to ask this program, soono to create a disc track about MC Hammer that my alter ego M Sizzle could perhaps a death lyrics. Yes, yes, I'm going.

44:00 Speaker 21: To I don't have to hit the dump, right.

44:04 Speaker 24: I don't know if this will even this might be if this works, Oh my god. Okay, so will it tell you to not going to go there?

44:15 Speaker 1: Okay? This track it did because it did say not to mention specific artists, but this is about a specific artist. Okay, So this track about uh about MC hammer, clean lyrics only, no offensive words. Uh, and let's just see what happens. Okay, So I'm gonna click create. Yeah. For those who don't know what I'm referring to, if you if you go on YouTube and just type in Matt Connerton mc Hammer, you can find the whole saga. I was in fear for my life. Okay, so we're gonna.

45:02 Speaker 21: Start trouble again to change my phone number again.

45:06 Speaker 1: People who are new to the show are like, what are you talking about? And people who know and people who are not new to the show are also like, what are you talking about? But but yeah, just go on YouTube and just okay. So it has created a song called Hammer Time out Out. Yes, oh, my God, and the uh and the description and the description it says hip hop, funky, clean and great news. It has also given us two It says, yeah, yeah, It has also given us two examples. So well, all right, let's play the first one.

45:39 Speaker 1: I hope Hammers not listening. He's going to be angry with me all over again. All right, here's the first one.

45:52 Speaker 15: Always told us, can't just this do that, dude, this now for them shine it. Parachute pants thought she was so fly wow, But now you're just a memory dancing in the swing past, faded from the lime like beust.

46:08 Speaker 8: Good things never last.

46:10 Speaker 2: It's hell of time out.

46:12 Speaker 8: You couldn't keep the beat.

46:15 Speaker 2: Dance your way to the top.

46:17 Speaker 15: Now you're off your feet something you had your moment.

46:22 Speaker 2: Now it's sitting away.

46:27 Speaker 15: Hamming time out.

46:28 Speaker 2: Looks like you're yes, oh.

46:32 Speaker 1: Wow, Wow, what's the wow?

46:35 Speaker 2: Soul?

46:36 Speaker 15: Millions like hotcakes, But those fans moved on. Now they vibe with new steaks. Your moves were sling, but transchange real quick, cause it's tough when the time don't match the track.

46:50 Speaker 2: Wow, it's ham and time out. You couldn't keep the beat. Dance your way to the top. Now you're off your old feet.

47:01 Speaker 9: You had your moment.

47:03 Speaker 2: Now it's slipping way Hamlet sime out looks like you're yesterday.

47:14 Speaker 15: You had the flash, the cash, a mansion, soul grand, But fame is a fickle frame things getting out a head came and swinging hard. I thought you'd always stand toll. Now it's Hammo time out. Ain't we see it?

47:36 Speaker 2: Oh my good? But it ain't no denying.

47:39 Speaker 9: You rocked.

47:40 Speaker 2: That Golden Age brought some fun and.

47:43 Speaker 8: Flare to the concert stage. Know the curtain clues. Damn, the crowds moved on.

47:51 Speaker 15: Can't erase the groove of your classics, son of sime.

47:57 Speaker 1: Out there deep the beat as.

48:00 Speaker 15: Your way to the top.

48:02 Speaker 2: Now you're off your feet.

48:05 Speaker 9: You had a moment.

48:07 Speaker 15: Now it's say.

48:12 Speaker 2: He looks like you were yesterday.

48:16 Speaker 1: Wow, it's hamn same out.

48:21 Speaker 2: It's heaven sad out.

48:26 Speaker 1: It's not quite what I expected though in the sunset poppy because I said distrack, so I thought it would be somebody rapping instead of singing. There's more.

48:34 Speaker 15: Wow, that Golden Age brought some fun to the concert stage. The curtain clothes and the crowds moved on.

48:45 Speaker 1: Yeah, I think it's repeating the first verse. Yeah, all right, let's check. Let's check the other one.

48:51 Speaker 21: Let's see. Well this female around.

48:53 Speaker 8: Can't touch this?

48:55 Speaker 5: Do that?

48:56 Speaker 24: Do this?

48:56 Speaker 2: Now them shining parachute pants.

48:59 Speaker 8: Thought you were so fly wow, But.

49:02 Speaker 1: Now the one dancing in the swank sort.

49:06 Speaker 2: Of faded from the limelight. I guess good things. Never less, it's had a time out.

49:12 Speaker 21: You couldn't keep the beating.

49:15 Speaker 1: Dance your way, Yeah, your feet. You had a moment.

49:20 Speaker 2: Now it's being away.

49:24 Speaker 15: Hammer sound looks like you yesterday once upon a time sold millions like hot cakes, but those fans moved on.

49:35 Speaker 9: Now they've vib.

49:37 Speaker 2: Your mapples were slick, but trans changed. Real.

49:42 Speaker 1: What's that? What's that?

49:43 Speaker 21: Maybe you have to tell it for you around?

49:45 Speaker 1: Maybe?

49:46 Speaker 21: Yeah, the lyrics is the first one. Yeah, they're both poppy yea bubble gum pop.

49:56 Speaker 1: All right, let me uh, let me say rapping disc track and that by the way, So for anyone listening, if you're listening to the show and you want to hear the full versions of this, I will put these on YouTube. I'll put the full things on YouTube because I know we gotta Yeah, yeah, and uh is our is our? Is he in here? Yes, okay, and our next guest is here, so we want to get them in shortly because we're already approaching the top of the r But I just want to try this really quick, so I I changed the prompt.

50:28 Speaker 1: I put rapping in the prompt and let's just see if this works, and we'll just listen to a little bit of it and then we'll move on.

50:34 Speaker 8: And uh.

50:35 Speaker 1: But like I said, I'll put these all on YouTube later. I'll put them up on the i PM Nation YouTube channel and I'll share them out so you can see. Okay, oh okay, So this one is called and again it made two versions, can't touch your missteps.

50:54 Speaker 7: And uh.

50:56 Speaker 1: In the uh description it says rap clean, rhythmic, edgy, hip hop edgy. Okay, but Cleen is in there. All right, let's see what we got.

51:09 Speaker 15: Yeah yeah, uh uh pencil baggy looking like hot air balloons.

51:18 Speaker 1: Dancing on TV.

51:19 Speaker 15: But your career popping soon through saxic cash inside.

51:22 Speaker 8: A golden room.

51:23 Speaker 1: Now your bank account emptier than.

51:24 Speaker 7: A monsoon chasing trend's hard, saw your flaws on display, paid for your fame.

51:29 Speaker 21: Now you can't afford to stay used to be a star, Now you're in disarray.

51:33 Speaker 1: Can't touch success when it slips away.

51:36 Speaker 17: Can't touch your missteps, man, it's of it, falling from grace pass so relevant, yeah, can't touch your future, man, it has it.

51:51 Speaker 2: One s the king now a.

51:53 Speaker 15: Broken testinent, spent all that dough on a lavish throne, built up an empire.

52:00 Speaker 2: Now you're all alone.

52:01 Speaker 1: Thought you were on touched a bullet now all right, I'm gonna pause out on. Let's just check the other one really quick, Like I said, if you want to hear the whole thing, I'll put it on YouTube later, I promise. Yeah.

52:17 Speaker 25: Pay so baggy looking like high air balloons dancing on TV.

52:21 Speaker 2: But your career, puppy soon.

52:23 Speaker 25: Sex and catch is not a golden room. Now you bake account emptier than a month soon. He's in trend's hard saw your flaws on display. Paid for your fame, man, you can't afford to stay. Used to be a star now.

52:34 Speaker 8: Your wind disarray.

52:35 Speaker 1: Can't touch success when it slips.

52:37 Speaker 25: Away, can't touch your missteps, man, it's of it and.

52:40 Speaker 21: Fallen from grace past, so relevant.

52:43 Speaker 1: Can't touch your future.

52:44 Speaker 21: Man, it's hesitant.

52:46 Speaker 1: Once a king now a.

52:47 Speaker 2: Broken testament, spent all that dole on the Lavish throng.

52:52 Speaker 1: These are really good?

52:54 Speaker 21: Why are they really good?

52:59 Speaker 1: I don't know. I mean, I'm extremely impressed. Well, we know why because you know generative AI. We know how it works, and it sucks up everything and and.

53:08 Speaker 21: Uh because it learned it all from real artist.

53:10 Speaker 1: Right exactly exactly. But but what it's what it's giving us. This is so this, this far far exceeds my expectations as good. I didn't think it.

53:19 Speaker 21: I didn't think it would be good.

53:20 Speaker 1: I didn't think it would be this good.

53:23 Speaker 21: So but then, you know, you think about it.

53:25 Speaker 20: There's so much talent in the world and how many millions or billions of data that has it sucked in every potential artist out there, every yeah, you know, from from the the person who's at home in their closet.

53:39 Speaker 21: It's her in it. Yeah, and it's putting all that data into this.

53:44 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's too easy. It is, it's very I mean, we created these with a simple prompt, a prompt like one prompt, and and this is what we got. So I don't know, is this it is this the end of music? Is music dead?

54:02 Speaker 2: Now?

54:04 Speaker 21: You don't protect the artists.

54:05 Speaker 1: I don't know what to I don't know what.

54:06 Speaker 21: Don't protect the artist, you won't be able to know which ones what.

54:09 Speaker 1: I'm just I'm I'm amazed.

54:11 Speaker 26: I mean this is uh, I mean, Testament spent all that toe on eleve stroll, built up in the empire.

54:23 Speaker 8: Now you're all alone.

54:24 Speaker 15: Thought you were run such a bullnell over Blowncastle turned to say, left with just a tone orsement.

54:32 Speaker 1: I mean, I'm I'm more impressed with the beat than anything, really, I mean, the lyrics are clever, but I'm but I'm impressed with the but the beat to the production, you know, I mean it's like, oh my god, what have we gotten ourselves into? Well, this is I'm glad we finally had a chance to do this so on the show. This is fun and this is interesting, but it's also terrifying,

54:54 Speaker 1: you know, I mean, and uh, I don't know. I'm kind of almost speechless. But anyway, all right, so we're gonna fade that out than I thought.

55:07 Speaker 21: We're even more concerned than I heard he was.

55:10 Speaker 1: Yeah.

55:10 Speaker 20: Yeah, for artists to protect their work, I mean, if it's learning off of everybody else's.

55:19 Speaker 21: Work, yeah, it's not coming up with something unique in that way.

55:23 Speaker 20: Yeah, it's repurposing everything it's learned from something else, the human something else.

55:30 Speaker 1: But let's not lose track of what I think is ultimately the most important thing here in this moment, and that is just like Kendrick Lamar with the final nail in Drake's coffin, with that halftime show performance. I, by creating these disc tracks using AI, within seconds, Peter have emerged triumphant in my long standing beef with mc hammer. I don't know, yes, And if I look at my Google Analytics.

56:00 Speaker 21: Again, you're gonna be sleeping on the couch.

56:01 Speaker 1: If I look at my Google Analytics for my website later and I see Oakland, California showing up again, I'll know that he knows that once again he has been bested by his arch nemesis M sizzle. Oh God, yes, effortlessly. So all right, well here we're going to end the hour with UH. We're gonna play another one of these great studio tracks from a real, living, breathing musician, Ian Gallipo and UH, And then we'll show some love to our amazing sponsors. And then when we come back in the second hour in just a few minutes, Ian Gallipo will be here with us alive, in studio.

56:38 Speaker 1: This is Matt Connorton unleashed, and we have a lot more show to go, so don't go anywhere. I didn't. I didn't mute the still playing. Now it's away, all right, okay, I close that out. All right, here we go. This is uh, this is Ian Gallipo. Check this out.

57:04 Speaker 2: Count down the lift off, knowing you and I be worlds upon.

57:11 Speaker 27: Expectations were a couple of months at most, we would do our level.

57:17 Speaker 2: Best to carry on firely, rumbling down below sky above.

57:27 Speaker 22: On folds, and it's getting dark.

57:33 Speaker 2: Sky above U falls AND's getting dar.

57:43 Speaker 5: We made it farther than anybody evergot of home. Starlight filled us up so we could stab beyond the limits.

57:55 Speaker 2: Everybody said it would take their toll.

58:00 Speaker 22: We opened up the whole world to explore together, just a light on in the dark together, just a light on in the dark, all on the horizon, and all that you could do.

58:28 Speaker 2: Was ward.

58:31 Speaker 27: While I was overwhelmed, and there was nothing I could say, but my baderi is long and it's getting dark. My badi is long and it's getting dark.

59:07 Speaker 2: We tried to hold on. The week's turned into months, still out of range, until that moment when you sang out yr goodbye. I was too far gone for you to hear me. But the morning sun let the heart in sight, A fine no pulse, a glamor the dark.

59:35 Speaker 5: A fineal pulse of glamor and the dark.

59:42 Speaker 8: Together, just a light on in the dark.

59:50 Speaker 27: The sky above and fall, and it's getting dark, My bad,