“Imitation is not Art. I just don’t think there is any substitute for ‘lived’ experience, actual emotion, grief, human processing.”

A perk of my job is that I get to hear a lot of music outside of the usual radio and algorithm prescriptions. So, getting to chat with the exceptionally talented musicians behind Hammock was an unexpected treat. We cover a lot of ground in this first of a two-part series, including AI's place in music, the importance, then, of human interaction. That a void can be filled, and does not HAVE to be exclusively negative. The pair are disarmingly open on their struggles, past and present and remain optimistic for the future.
(image: Eric Ryan Anderson)