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The Ripple Effect
STEAK – STEAK
Well, well, well… looks like the boys from London have been cooking up something rather special! With their self-titled fourth album, STEAK deliver a seriously impressive piece of heavy rock that takes everything we loved about their previous work and pushes it a few steps further.
Right from the opening track "Cometh", it's clear that these guys have no intention of playing it safe. Massive guitar riffs, a thunderous rhythm section and those distinctive vocals create an atmosphere that pulls you straight into the album. "Luxury Junk" and "Dust" keep things wonderfully heavy, combining dirty grooves with enough melodic hooks to make you hit the repeat button.
What really stands out, though, is the band's development. With Tom Cameron joining the five-piece on guitar and vocals, STEAK have gained another dimension. The interplay between the guitars and vocal arrangements gives the songs considerably more depth, while the songwriting feels more adventurous without ever becoming unnecessarily complicated.
"Two By Two" is a great example of that versatility, moving between atmospheric passages and some seriously satisfying heavy-rock moments. "Aether" brings plenty of attitude, while "Infinite" slowly unfolds into one of the album's most captivating moments. And then there's "Short Arms", a fantastic closing track that gives the band plenty of room to stretch out and explore their psychedelic side.
What I particularly appreciate is that STEAK haven't forgotten what makes heavy rock so exciting in the first place. The riffs are enormous, the grooves are infectious and the melodies stick. But there's also a real sense of progression here. Nothing feels forced, nothing sounds like a band desperately trying to reinvent itself. This is a big Jam Session!
Eight tracks, no unnecessary filler and a band sounding more confident, dynamic and ambitious than ever.
Honestly, this is exactly the kind of album that reminds you why you got into heavy music in the first place. Great songwriting, fantastic riffs and an atmosphere that stays with you long after the final notes have faded.
And one last thing I absolutely love: that seemingly simple black cover. You open the gatefold and BAM! You're greeted by this incredibly colourful artwork. What a contrast, what a surprise, and what a beautiful way to present an album. I freakin' love it!
A bloody brilliant record from a band that deserves every bit of attention coming their way. Don't sleep on this one!
-Helge Neumann
MOTOR!K Unveil New Single + Visualizer "Forms" and Announce New Album 6
Belgian krautrock trio MOTOR!K return with "Forms", a new single and visualizer out now via Out Of Line Music. The track is the first taste of their upcoming album 6, which arrives on April 2, 2027 and is available for pre-order now on limited vinyl and CD.
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▶ Pre-Order the new album 6"Forms" is hypnotic, trance-inducing krautrock with an improvised spirit. A steady, forward-rolling motorik beat sets the pace, while looping guitar figures and synth textures build patiently until repetition tips over into trance. Like all of MOTOR!K's music, the track is purely instrumental, leaving the groove and its slowly shifting layers to do the talking.
6 also introduces a new line-up: drummer Simon Ruyssinck now joins Dirk Ivens (Guitars / FX) and Joeri Dobbeleir (Guitars / Synths). Ivens has been an influential force in EBM and industrial since 1980 through his work with Absolute Body Control, The Klinik and Dive, while Dobbeleir is also known from The Whereabouts Of J. Albert.
Across six tracks, from opener "Shifting Paths" to closer "Northern Star", the album continues the band's tribute to 70s krautrock and its role as one of the roots of electronic music. The reference points remain clear - NEU!, Harmonia, Glenn Branca and Wire - and so does the goal: to put the listener in a trance.
Release Formats
Limited black vinyl LP
Jewelcase CD
Tracklist:
Shifting Paths
Photomat
Forms
The Hidden Wiring
Phantom Times
Northern Star
About MOTOR!K
MOTOR!K formed in Belgium in 2018 to pay tribute to the 70s krautrock its members have loved for decades. The band released its self-titled debut on Out Of Line in 2019, followed by 2, 3 (2022) and 5 (2024), as well as the Odyssey EP on Ant-Zen. While MOTOR!K's style is deliberately straightforward, no two concerts are alike thanks to the improvised character of their live shows, which have taken the trio to stages in Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and France.
With "Forms", MOTOR!K set the engine running for 6 - and the road ahead leads straight to the stage.
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▶ Pre-Order the new album 6MOTOR!K are:
Dirk Ivens (Guitars / FX)
Joeri Dobbeleir (Guitars / Synths)
Simon Ruyssinck (Drums)
The Xroadie Files
Gods And Punks- A Shrine By The Sea
Alexandre C. – Vocals, Pedro C. – Bass, Rodrigo B. – Guitar, Gabriel S. – Drum
The Lighthouse [First Wave] drifting in dreams and memories. The Lighthouse [Second Wave] crunchy riffs pounding drums thumping bass and melodic vocals. The Lighthouse [Third Wave] take a trip in your imagination. The Lighthouse [Fourth Wave] lost in emotions and thoughts. Poseidon [First Wave] close your eyes and float in emotions. Poseidon [Second Wave] emotional music that sends shivers down your spine. Poseidon [Third Wave] clap foot tap groove and play air guitar. Poseidon [Fourth Wave] will have the crowd on its feet flowing with the music.
MOON DESTROYS - Omni
Juan Montoya - Guitar, Evan Diprima - Drums/Bass/Synth, Zachary Amster - Vocals/Guitar
Invasion crunchy riffs pounding rhythms that ebb and flow with melodic vocals. Flowers crushing doom metal music that envelops your senses. My Eyes take a trip in your imagination. Motion Sickness is a very catchy tune that sticks in your head for days. Kingdom lost in your imagination. After 5 take a trip thru space and time with many memories. Sowing Stars clap foot tap groove and just let loose. Missing Wish heavy riffs thundering drums thumping bass fist pump and head bang. Nocturne screaming guitars pounding drums thundering bass and strong vocals. Lost Hearts dreams and emotions flood your very being. She Cried slow doom metal music that sends shivers down your spine.
Jerry Giddens - Sad Songs At Sunset Chapter One
Rod Hodges, Joe Cabral, Doug Garrison, Rene Coman, Tom Marron, Gal Holiday, Stumps Duh Clown, Adam Keil
Meet Me At The Saint Roch Tavern is a very bluesy tune with tons of emotions. The Waltz Of The Clowns close your eyes and drift in dreams and memories. The Beauty Of Shadows slow countrified music that envelops your senses. Wait drifting in emotions imaginations and memories.
Saturna- Light And Shadow
James Vieco – Vocals/Guitar, Max Eriksson – Guitar, Rod Tirado – Bass, Enric Verdaguer - Drums
Unheard will have the crowd on its feet rocking. Falling Apart close your eyes and drift away in your dreams. Light and Shadow clap foot tap groove to one catchy tune with tons of emotional musicianship. Absence catchy melodies searing leads that bring back many emotions with great vocals. About You drifting in time and space. So Long clap foot tap play air guitar and just let the shivers run down your spine. Self Told Lies one catchy bluesy number that brings back many emotions as you play air guitar. No Questions is a great tune to crank as you cruise on down the road. Opus One lost in memories. Up for the Ride clap foot tap groove play air guitar and rock top some amazing musicianship and vocals. Drifting lost in your memories and imagination. Words of Doom fist pump head bang foot stomp and just rock all night long A Strange Mix of Humans one interesting musical mind trip.
Tu-Ner - Live Album Rendezvous Rodeo
Pat Mastelotto, Markus Reuter, Trey Gunn
Hogtied and Slightly Slack lost in time space memories and imaginations. The ConstruKCtion of Light clap foot tap sway groove and let the music envelop your senses. Firepower Coda close your eyes and dream. Cusp foot tap sway and just flow with the rhythms. The Mechanical Bride Wore Static strange imaginations an emotional memories envelop your very being. Kuma lost in dreams and space time. Absinthe and A Cracker space rock music that pulls you in with amazing musicianship. Paper Halo Rodeo strange imaginations. Unconditional close your eyes and let the memories flow in strange dreams. Larks’ Tongues in Aspic, Part 4 sway groove and just let the memories come flooding back, .Level 5 tripping the night away.
-Xroadie
Danish stoner doom metal quintet SONIC MOON release new album "In Lack Of Clarity" on Ripple Music!
Denmark-based melodic doom metal revelation SONIC MOON have released their sophomore studio album "In Lack Of Clarity" on US independent label Ripple Music.
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Sonic Moon return with their sophomore effort and Ripple Music debut: In Lack of Clarity. The new material pushes toward heavier and darker territory — menacing stoner doom riffs wrapped in hazy psychedelia, cathedral-sized grooves and soaring vocals. Like their 2023 debut album, it was recorded and produced by the band in their own studio, with mixing and mastering by Haldor Grunberg at Satanic Audio (Behemoth, Weedpecker, Dopelord).
About the album, the band says, "We felt inspired to explore the heavier side of the genre on this album, and it certainly has a doom feel to it. We spent a lot of time experimenting in the studio and tried out a lot of ideas, making it DIY in our own way. With our combined creativity and at times ingenuity, we have created an album that resembles us as individuals, all while diving headfirst into the deep end of doom."
SONIC MOON "In Lack Of Clarity"
Available now on Ripple Music (LP/CD/digital)
Formed in the fall of 2016 in the suburbs of Aarhus, Denmark, Sonic Moon came together around a shared love for heavy, hypnotic rock. The original lineup spent their early days writing in a cold, rundown house, drawing from the likes of Electric Wizard, Kyuss, All Them Witches or Colour Haze. In 2021, new bassist Niclas Fritz Sørensen joined the band, rounding out the current lineup.
After several EPs and a steady run of live shows, the band honed their sound in their own studio and issued their debut full-length Return Without Any Memory in 2023 via Olde Magick Records. The album found its audience in the stoner and doom underground, picking up favorable reviews from major scene tastemakers such as The Obelisk or Doomed & Stoned, while reaching #7 on the monthly Doom Charts and appearing on multiple year-end lists. Described by The Sleeping Shaman as “incredibly difficult to pigeonhole”, the record leaned into fuzz-heavy guitars, slow-burning grooves, and a melancholic, psychedelic atmosphere.
To support the album, Sonic Moon played shows across Denmark with acts like Weedpecker and 1000mods, and took their first trip outside the country in the spring of 2024 for dates in Germany and the Netherlands. Since then, the band has been writing and recording their sophomore effort, In Lack of Clarity, marking their debut release on Ripple Music, the California-based label known for work with The Obsessed, Hermano, Wo Fat, Colour Haze and countless stoner and doom acts of the international scene.
Sonic Moon is
Oliver Lyngkilde - Vocals
Jeppe Rasmussen - Guitar
Emil Damgaard Andersen - Guitar
Niclas Fritz Sørensen - Bass
Emil Gam Klinkby - Drums
Sonic Moon links
Facebook - Bandcamp - Instagram - Youtube
Ripple Music links
Website⎪Facebook⎪Bandcamp⎪Instagram
A Ripple Conversation With Snowy Shaw, Part 2!!
Part II of my interview with Snowy Shaw (King Diamond, Dream Evil, Mercyful Fate, Denner/Shermann, Ill Will, Memento Mori, Dimmu Borgir, Therion, XXX, Notre Dame.
We pick up where he tells me where he was when he found out Andy LaRocque and King Diamond parted company.
Snowy: The thing is like, I was actually in Copenhagen and I met [Michael] Denner , went to the record store (Beat Bop - owned by former Mercyful Fate and King Diamond guitarist Michael Denner) and all that and I was at this amusement park Tivoli because it was my birthday and my girlfriend was sitting there having dinner, very nice. I got this text, “Andy LaRocque has quit King Diamond after 40 years. Holy shit, it didn't really come as a surprise because it's been kind of tricky. They've been planning on the new album for 20 years. (laughs)
Rys: Yeah. And then he does Lex Legion with Mikkey and Pete Blakk and Hal Patino….
Snowy: Yeah, Lex Legion. Yeah. But that's a cool thing. Absolutely. But the funny thing is that, oh my god, so I texted Andy right away and then I got another text from some guy, Dean, ‘Gus G replaces Andy in King Diamond’. And it’s like, wow, kind of incestuous or whatever you say, like a small family because Gus and I play together in Dream Evil and Andy, I've been in King Diamond too, so it's a small family actually. Yeah, so, but I, I totally understand because we have one life. I mean my world view or my view on life in general, I would say. I tattooed on my hand as did my girlfriend “here and now”. That's all we have. You cannot do anything about the past and the future. Who can tell? You're the captain of your own ship. Make it as good as possible. Where am I going with this? And it's been there for 40 years. You have one life. Maybe try to do the best of it. Maybe it sort of got a little bit boring after all these years and all this talk about new albums and it's been like 19 or 20 years. Why not try something different? Just like I, told you that I'm not interested in … been there, done that. I don't want to go on tour and do those things and cling on to some, your own old merits or whatever it might be and cash in on that or something.
I actually planned on opening a dog shelter.
Rys: Oh, that's what I wanted to ask you about. your work with animals.
Snowy: Yeah, but basically I was kind of in low spirits yesterday and I took a long walk, I need to sort of clean my head. And I walk around thinking about what the fuck am I going to do with shit. And the only thing that this happened on a few occasions, where I lit up and were like smiling is when I saw a dog or a cat. That's really what I want to do, which is like a good indicator. What am I going to do with the rest of my life? You should not work but you should have animals that makes me happy. Everything else makes me pissed off, especially this business because I cannot share that enthusiasm with other people. Wow, it's so cool. They were head banging and they had a foot on the monitor. Woo!!! That's crazy.
Rys: (laughs) “Wow, I got to see Iron Maiden do number the beast again!!”
Snowy: Woo!! yay!! I'm sorry, I don't want to be grumpy and condescending or anything like that. But this is occupational damage times 100.
Rys: You're being honest. You're not saying, hey, I'm really happy to be here and I'm really enthusiastic and I got smoke coming out of my ass.
Snowy: I'm the worst liar and I won't lie to myself because fuck it, stay true to myself. I do the best of my situation in my life and do whatever makes me happy. And that's what we all got to remind us of instead of out of convenience, yeah, but you always fit into this. Yeah, but I've changed my mind. I'm, I gotta say for the record that I am super interested in producing music and recording music because that's it's documentation as well. It's just not something that some drunk person saw live or something.
Snowy: It's a documentation because it's going to last. It's some sort of legacy.
Rys: Right, something that leaves a record. It's something that's there. You can go back to it. You can reference it. It'll always exist.
Snowy: Yeah, that's the way I figure. And that is also what leads us to my latest release, which is Shawsome- the Snowy Shaw Collection Volume 1. (available here https://www.snowyshaw.net/product/shawsome-the-snowy-shaw-collection-vol-1/)
And it's gonna be at least three of them. So what I'm doing here, what I've been doing, I don't know if you're familiar with that at all. Have you heard about it?
Rys: Yeah, of course, I've seen it on your website.
Snowy: Yeah, the thing is that I've been doing a lot of, let's say guest appearances or collaboration with people and being involved in so many different bands, different positions I played. For instance, this Volume One features a song with Dimmu Borgir, where I was playing bass and sang. We were doing “Perfect Strangers”. It was just a bonus track for the album in 2010 or whatever. And it was never really properly released. So that got included there. But anyway, there are stuff that I've done with bands in Argentina or Italy or Scotland or whatever. and we're not talking about like Bon Jovi or Iron Maiden level so not everybody's aware or up to speed with that. So I figured that there were people writing me “hey Snowy I discovered that you sing on a couple of songs with this band from Brazil, Never heard about that”, and that was maybe I don't know ten years ago six years ago, I don't know. But how could you because you're a German guy, why would you know about what happened in Brazil? Maybe they are popular in their own home turf, but not on the other side of the world basically. So I figured that I've been doing so much different things. Snowy: So I figured, is there any way I could collect it all under the same roof, just to kind of showcase the legacy or the width of my work. So I was in contact with all of them, like the record companies or the producers and this and that, and I got the permission to put it out. So that is why I made those collections. And it's kind of interesting because it shows width, musical width and diversity.
Rys: It shows your legacy, it shows the diversity of what you've done.
Snowy: Yeah, but that is basically it, because I wanted to do that, it's kind of my legacy. But that's kind of an interesting thing, but I don't know if any other artist has done that before, maybe because they don't... I'm doing stuff with a lot of people like that. So, yeah, but I figured that's an exciting, kind of interesting idea at least.
Rys: Yeah, because people might just know you from King Diamond or just might know you from Therion, you know what I mean? This is like, look, I've done a lot of stuff.
Snowy: Yeah, this is a, how can I put this? I tend to be a little irritated when people only remember you from something you did like 37 years ago in King Diamond. And I'm doing a lot of other things besides playing drums, for example.(laughs) But I was with Therion, for example, as a singer and frontman and this and that, songwriter maybe for about six or seven years. And also then I was, I've been in Dream Evil, for example, I wrote a lot of the songs on the third album, “The book of Heavy metal” and I played all the guitars on the album, except for Gus's solos and stuff like that. People don't know that, of course, because that's the way it works. I have a little bit more to give than just playing drums.
Rys: Right, but people like to pigeonhole because King Diamond has this legendary status. So, oh, you're King Diamond's drummer. It's like, no, there's more than that.
Snowy: Yeah, but I can understand. I'm probably the same way myself. You want to put people in a small box so, he's this blonde guy who's playing with Satanists. He's playing drums with.... But, there's more to a person than that. So, what do you mean you play guitar as well? Yeah, but come on, I've been doing that for a long, long time. Notre Dame, my own horror metal band, or if you want to call it a band, because it was just a fake band. I mean, it was just me. And then I had some models pretending to be a band. And all that, but then I played everything and then produced and did everything. But it's always easier to pigeonhole someone, put them in that little corner, I know where you are, you're into the dark, Satanic metal.
What keeps me going and what has sort of made me be such a long time in this business is because I just follow my heart and quit the band if I'm not excited or if it doesn't stimulate me or pleases me anymore and then I would I would very often I would do two or three juggle three or two different bands at the same time and they were very much contrasting. :Let's say I was with Therion which is kind of operatic and pretentious pompous like high-strung in a way .Then I was like doing this glam rock thing which was more like 70s glam rock with a band called Triple X, And that is it couldn't be any more different. But if I would just do one thing it tends to get too much of it. It's just like if you're watching movies you cannot just watch horror movies. Maybe you should do a family comedy to lighten things up. Otherwise I tend to try to squeeze in some Sweet or Gary Glitter or whatever it might be, Mark Bolan into Therion and it doesn't fit in there. You shouldn't try to squeeze that in. It doesn't belong there. And if you're doing vice versa, if you were doing that kind of T-Rex, Sweet kind glam, glitter rock or whatever, it's not like, if you're only doing that, then you feel a need to be more high sort of {sings high pitch…] It doesn't fit in there, in that kind of style. and be more pompous, and esoteric, stick to the style, keeping it in the box, whatever it's you should produce. But yeah, sorry, I'm babbling away.
Rys: No, that's perfect. This is great.
Snowy: For me, I want to be able to do all kinds of different music that satisfies me because I'm not so hung up on genres per se. even though it would be easier for your audience, like, we know what you're representing, we know what we have you, we pigeonhole you. But I just want to... To me, good music is good music, a good song is a good song regardless of genre. I couldn't care less actually, but this is not metal. So what? It's a good song.
Rys: Yeah, there's so many people who won't listen to a band or something because oh, this isn't a metal band. I won't listen to it. It's like, oh, well, fuck yourself then you're not you're missing out on good music.
Snowy: I can totally understand that. I've been talking to colleagues and friends about that lately. The funny thing is though that I also bump into people who are about my age. Like your generation X been around for a long time and oh no, that's fucking disco. That's not true metal. But give me a fucking break. You're 55 years old. And, if this was your youth revelation or Revolution, where you were like breaking free from your parents or something and wanted to find your own way and if your parents say (imitates annoyed parent) “what are you listening to? Sounds awful, they're just screaming.” Mission accomplished, that's what you want. To kind of revolt against them. But if you still have that mindset 45 years later, it's kind of pathetic I would say.
Rys: “This will piss off my parents.” It's like your parents are in their 90s. Like why do you care at this point? You're a grown man. Stop it.
Snowy: (laughs) I don't know what to say about this. Be open to different things. A good song is a good song. That's what I think.
Rys: Well you're a big ABBA fan, right?
Snowy: Yeah, I'm a big ABBA fan, but I tattooed it on my knuckles. Let me explain, there's always an explanation behind your tattoos. And the thing is when I was with Sabaton and doing this fucking devil horns metal sign in all the pictures, I thought I think that's so goofy and I didn't want to do that. So I took a marker and I wrote on my knuckles ABBA because that is such a contrast to it's also a statement and I show my fist ABBA. And then Joakim [Brodén] the singer came and he said oh you’ve got to fucking tattoo there now otherwise I'm gonna do it. I better hurry up then, so I got it. (laughs) It's such a funny statement and it's a Swedish thing I guess also just because people tend not to think that maybe if they see me they think I'm all metal or something like that but if I have Abba …
Rys: he's a softy he's a sweetheart he listens to “dancing queen” oh what a nice guy
Snowy: yeah but I don't want to be pigeonholed. I don't try to live up to their expectations. I just follow my own rules basically.
Rys: You know one thing I always loved about you is when I was getting ready for the interview I was looking at old promo photos and I found one from when you were doing Denner / Sherman and they're all wearing button down shirts and black leather jackets and you're in the promo photo you got like this black furry thing on and you have all your makeup.
Snowy: Yeah. What can I say?
Rys: It's like you're the one that looks like a rock star
Snowy: Yeah, I grew up with that. I think it's fun. You have to represent your music in a way. What can I say? I think it’s amusing. Not everyone likes to dress up like that. But I grew up with Kiss. If Kiss would have looked like Bay City Rollers or Bachman Turner Overdrive or Budgie I would have never got into them. Because , for me, I started out as a kid being really a nut case for horror magazines, like Werewolf at Night and Dracula, Frankenstein and Tales from the Crypt and all of that. And I was listening kind of casually to what the older guys around me were listening to Nazareth or Deep Purple or Slade or whatever. But then the transition into when I discovered Kiss, I just saw their album cover. Wow, it could be Marvel Comics, like this oil painting for “Destroyer”. And that like, wow, I just got to have that. I don't know what it is. I didn't even know it was an LP, a vinyl album. I thought it was some sort of calendar or something like that, but I just got to have it regardless of what it is. Because I was just so mesmerized by the whole thing. And it turned out that it was the most fantastic album as well, produced by Bob Ezrin, who's like some sort of genius when it comes to sound.
Snowy: So it's like, yeah, and that, it's fucking 50 years ago. And it's still sort of the benchmark or the masterpiece that I kind of compare everything to because it has such a life altering or such a huge impact on me that I changed everything forever. That was just because it was like kids screaming, cars crashing and all these sounds . If you close your eyes and just fantasize or imagine you could, it could be like a dark action movie. And that is basically what I've been trying to do, not in every band that I've been with but that is sort of my biggest passion. I would say like to do make it cinematic or expressive in such a way, even though I love AC/DC. But that is so bombastic and fantastic due to Bob Ezrin, the producer, in combination with Kiss, of course, and combination with Ken Kelly, who painted the album cover. Otherwise I wouldn't have discovered it to begin with, I guess
Rys: That's another thing that's missing nowadays is going to a record store and buying an album cover: That just doesn't exist.
Snowy: That is definitely something, people say that all the time. Oh, we used to buy albums based on what we saw. The album cover looked cool and exciting. But that's all gone. It's so fucking tragic, but you cannot apply all the rules to a new game. Everything has completely changed. , now you get a thumbnail at the most to see the artwork for an album on, let's say Spotify or something like that. So the whole art, the whole experience with the art of having a gatehold album and reading the lyrics and seeing the pictures of the musicians, all of that is gone. What can I say? I totally wish it wasn't that way but I also realized that times have changed and it's gonna keep changing. I've been saying this to a lot of people because all of us musicians that are trying to earn a living from our art and expression and all that , we're facing starvation I guess because it won't work anymore. First we saw the digitalization or everything going digital in the late 90s. And then you have internet a few years later, which completely changed everything for good and bad. There's always pros and cons, I guess. And the world sort of shrunk. , I'm sitting talking to you, not right now in New York.
Rys: Yeah. That never would have happened a few years ago.
Snowy: Yes, that's a lot of good things about it. And the third step is AI. And that's gonna ruin everything. That's the nail in the coffin.
That's the end. Because, I'm talking about artwork by Ken Kelly. I'm listening to those YouTube channels where they talk about how they found him and paint that and that kind of changed my life. Four tough guys looking like superhero comic, blah, on the top of a hill burning and so on. And then you get like 30, 30 pictures. And then you modify a little bit like more white faces or more bigger gestures or something. They get 30 more and it's done in like half an hour.
Rys: Yeah, you don't have to pay an artist. You don't have to deal with it.
Snowy: Yeah, and same thing with music. A lot of people think, oh, I'm a composer. Are you? , you're an architect or you're something else. But, I'm making songs with AI in my phone.
Rys: Oh yeah because I'm telling the AI I want this type of song and these lyrics and they've even having the AI write the lyrics for them which is cheating.
Snowy: Yeah but they're not doing anything. They haven't spent all those countless hours trying to get the hang of how to play the guitar or to sing or play drums or to produce it or anything like that. And the worst part is that the consumer, the receiver, if they cannot tell the difference, if they are so easily pleased, it's, “oh wow, this sounds good.” I always say that, why should you throw pearls before pigs? Like if you can't tell the difference between chocolate mousse and poop
Rys : Why are you knocking yourself out if the people lap. It's the writers
Snowy: I don't know, I haven't been to New York for a long time now, but let's say you go to Burger King for example. In the past you have like ten people working there . The cashier,taking your orders and you pay for that and they have guys in the kitchen making their hamburgers and you wait around in the line and then you get your stuff. Nowadays you go to this machine, it's self-service. You have this menu or you select this and that, I want extra cheese on that, blah blah. And you pay for it with your credit card and you get a number. And they, on the screen, 234, okay, that's me. And they get, you have to get your food. So they can minimize the staff instead of having to pay for 10 people, you can have four. That's gonna happen all over with everything. We don't need people anymore . So what are people gonna work with?
Rys: But they want to get rid of human contact too, they just don't want people to get together anymore at least that's how I feel
Snowy: That's the big plan I guess. I was out playing with this Abba tribute band last year doing a couple of shows with them and I was talking to this promoter guy. We were somewhere in Sweden and it was a really nice place, an old casino or something like that. It used to be a nightclub or dance club where people got together and danced and shit. That's how you hooked up in the past, people, guys would probably say “let's go out and grab a few beers go to this discotheque or whatever”. You do that to drink beer and to check out if there is someone to sleep with. That's the whole thing, that's how you met. Nowadays if you have this online dating thing and you just swipe I don't know. Swipe and then you look at it.
Rys: Based on a picture. It's all based on a picture. And the picture can be AI.
Snowy: But going to a night club all night and dance. Nobody does that anymore. So it ruins so many, so many businesses and everything has changed. Yeah, and it's not necessarily for the better. Some things are for the better, I guess, but for the most part, no human interaction.
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