Ramblings on the good, the bad, the ugly, the sublime, and the ridiculous of music — with Harry Coulson - musician, composer, educator, and general ratbag and Nicole Chvastek - former ABC journalist and radio/TV presenter.

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The Journo And The Muso Episode 3 - AI
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The Journo And The Muso Episode 3 - AI

Nikki stumbled across an AI generated soul cover of "Without Me" by Eminem and was disgusted at herself for liking it, so we listened to Sam Cooke to make it better. Nikki expresses her concern that AI generated slop will rob hardworking muso's of recognition and recompense, and I am mildly optimistic that it could possibly lead to a greater appreciation of real human driven creativity. To prove my point, I play her something by Clown Core... Spoiler alert... She hates it!

Cover image is absolutely not AI and represents a true and accurate representation of the daily activities and overall character of Harry Coulson. Any similarities to the actor Chris Hemsworth is purely coincidental.

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The Journo and the Muso: episode 2 - Reunions
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The Journo and the Muso: episode 2 - Reunions

We’ve (Nicole and I) got the band back together! Though our departure from the airwaves of the ABC was nothing to do with substance induced barneys, incarcerations or good old fashioned death, and we stayed on good terms throughout the whole thing - which is hardly rock and roll. There have been a few notorious band bust ups over the ages, as well as some notable reunions - some better than others!

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The Journo and the Muso: Episode 1 - Christmas Songs
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The Journo and the Muso: Episode 1 - Christmas Songs

Harry introduces Nicole to "Whamageddon" and misinterprets the meaning of the song title "Blue Christmas". Nicole goads Harry into performing his own "Christmas" song, and then points out that it's a tenuous attempt at a Christmas song at best and suggests that Harry is only trying to market it as a Christmas song in order to make money... to which he openly admits.

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