The Mirror

Artist: Paul Wilson. Visuals for The Mirror
https://open.spotify.com/track/6bb8HF...

🎵 ABOUT THIS TRACK
Originally written in 1982, this song was the very first one I experimented with using AI music technology. The earliest demo was nothing more than me, a borrowed Fender Rhodes piano, and a cassette recorder. About 15 years ago, I revisited the track with another simple piano-and-voice recording.

For this new version, I ran that old recording through a music AI platform, built detailed prompts, and combined the results with traditional recording, mixing, and mastering. The outcome is a far more powerful and expressive version than I ever imagined back in ’82.

The vocal is performed by Ben Porter, an AI-generated singer who appears on a couple of tracks on the album — and yes, he is NOT a real person!

Another version of this song, titled "The Jazz Club Mirror" also appears on the album with a different, stripped back jazzy feel.
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🎧 ABOUT THE ALBUM – 40 Years Plus In The Making
The use of AI in music might be controversial, but for me it's simply the next step in the technological evolution that began with home tape machines, portastudios, affordable synths, sequencers, and early digital recording.
This technology has allowed me to revisit forgotten songs, breathe new life into them, and finally bring them together on this album — over 40 years after they were first written.
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(c) Words & Music by P R Wilson, 1982

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