Juilliard-trained composer, prog rock frontman, and 30-year piano teacher Mark Asch joins Up Against Reality to ask the question musicians are quietly panicking about: can AI make real art, or just really good karaoke? From scoring Fortune 500 brands to fronting X.Atlas, Mark brings real musicianship to the debate over what happens when machines start humming along.

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Steven Wilson: Home Invasion In Concert At The Royal Albert Hall

SUNO | AI Music

For inquiries relating to music composition, instruction, performance, production, or technology, Mark can be reached at info@markasch.com

AI-read Herculaneum scroll / PHerc. 1667

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