A couple of reference points on our map for 2023...

The Stones just posted "patience please" along with this famous pic
by Ethan Russel...

So I'll post this famous vid called "patience" (168 million views).
It came out coincidentally in 2010 which was the last time I publicly
(on iorr dot org in fact) disputed a BV announcement that the Stones
were about to tour. "No way" I said quite undiplomatically, which did
not endear me to him lol

New official vids. The edgy actress thing started early on

Brit screen star Eileen Atkins (and she's still active on TV at age 89)



in 4K:



in color:

1) Is the new Stones album AI-assisted? Absolutely yes. In this way:
In private, Mick and Keith let AI suggest various chord-rhythm patterns
(instead of noodling around for hours and hours). Maybe one-in-fifty
suggestions caught their fancy, and they took it from there, evolving it
in the same way they evolved "Sympathy". No sounds or lyrics on the
50 final tracks are AI-generated.



2) Every successful artist is doing this now. How else do you think
Taylor Swift has come out with 3 new albums in the last 4 years?
And how else do you think new rap artists are routinely releasing
albums with 36 or 42 tracks?

3) Of course, on the Stones new album there are also tracks that came
into existence the old-fashioned way. And no one except Mick and
Keith will ever know which tracks are birthed which way. Because every
track will have the unmistakable human touch of the Stones in the studio.

4) On the other hand, for minimalist (c)rap artists, AI these days is
often doing 90% of the work. Even Drake's fans agree that this new
anonymous entirely AI-generated track is as good or better than
anything he has released the last few years (and he's the #1 recording
artist in the world)

1) Keith couldnt care less where the germ of the idea came from.
MT, BW, BJ, AI... it makes no difference to Keith. As long as the
final product comes from him and Mick

2) I've been saying all along that the album is not finished, that
Keith is still perfecting the guitar layers and the mix. 50 tracks is
a lot. And that's where Mick has been too, in case youre wondering.
Perfecting the lyrics and vocals.   

50 tracks is a product of my guessing about what it will require to
make a dent in the current fucked-up music market. I've done the
research, there's a multi-version album approach that I've outlined
earlier in this thread, which will require approx 50 new tracks

And I never implied that Keith has operated an AI program of any
type. Undoubtedly Mick instigated it. And Keith could have rejected
it, but he didnt. I mean, all theyre doing is feeding the fucking machine
KR music and seeing what fresh ideas, if any, the thing spits out.
In my opinion, no different than Keith smoking a joint or taking
a little speed to get something going. The perfecting of it is the
heart of the matter.

remember, at least half of them will be covers...

If you're following this topic on iorr dot org, please don't fret about
the latest fake news over there that the album has been vetoed by
Keith because Andrew Watt's sound is too "modern"

Different tracks will have different producers. You can expect there
to be full production credit for Mick and Keith and partial production
credits for Steve, Matt, Ronnie, Was, and Watt. Different combos
have taken a shot at various tracks to get/refine the perfect
timeless sound...



The criticism we will most hear is that the album is "all over the
place". Yes. Music has been in a lot of great places over the past
hundred years. And the Stones own property in all those places.

With regard to bv-land, only the latest comment from music exec
"georgelicks" is on point (that is, in agreement with what I've
been claiming lol)

Mick and Keith are in perfect alignment at the moment. Otherwise they
would have never sacrificed over a hundred million in touring revenue
for an album that, even if it triples projected sales, will produce for
them only a small fraction of that. This record is not just for us.
Or for them. This record is for the ages.