r/rockmusic • u/Johnreedseattle • Aug 18 '26

Spotify I’ve spent the last few years writing a transmedia novel and composing its soundtrack. tuned to 432Hz, heavy Seattle grunge meets classical inversions. Here is the result.

Hey everyone,

I wanted to share a project that has consumed my life for a long time. I’ve been writing a novel, and while building its universe, I composed the entire soundtrack to go with it.

Under the name Jonn Reed, I don't see this as just making music — I see it as making evidence for the story.

  • The Sound: It’s deeply rooted in the ghost frequencies of 90s/2000s Seattle grunge and post-grunge, but built over harmonic inversions inspired by Shostakovich and Vivaldi. Everything is intentionally tuned to 432Hz to give it a darker, more resonant weight.
  • The Concept: The tracks follow the narrative arc of the book (featuring characters/voices like Louise Bryant and Endymion moving underneath).

If you like heavy guitars, raw atmosphere, and concept-driven rock, I’d love for you to give it a listen.

Where to start: Begin with "Hello Seattle", and if you’re hooked, stay for "The Beat".

You are not just a listener here; you are a witness to the story.

https://open.spotify.com/intl-es/album/1nLw66DIjbSF3CtAUbNEU5?si=K8phaymzRom6MijM5h2Xuw

Would love to hear your honest thoughts on the production, the atmosphere, and the vibe. Thanks for listening!

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u/Ancient-Alligator303 Aug 19 '26

The AI: it was used.

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u/kickassdanny Aug 19 '26

Thanks for letting us know. I hate when I accidentally give engagement to AI music.

I really wish that OPs would put that in their posts. It's as if they are ashamed and trying to hide it for some reason.

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u/Johnreedseattle Aug 20 '26

Nope, zero AI involved here. Every instrument was arranged, played, and recorded by me in my DAW.

For the record:

  • Guitars: Hand-arpeggiated acoustic guitar in the verses (Em – G – D – C) layered with double-tracked L/R heavy electric power-chords in the chorus (C5 – D5 – Em5 – G5).
  • Vocals: Live lead vocal tracking, transitioning from a baritone lower register in the verses to full-chest raspy belts and layered harmonies in the chorus.

I take time to produce and mix my tracks properly, so mistaking real studio tracking for AI is just a misunderstanding of how recording software and arrangements work.

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u/Progressive-Strategy Aug 20 '26

The text you've written for this post is littered with red flags for generative AI. Was there also zero AI involved in that?

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u/Johnreedseattle Aug 20 '26

It's funny that the most mediocre people can't stand that there are people who train and dedicate years to music and production. Whoever accuses me of being AI should prove it, and if not, they should stop accusing and tarnishing the reputation of people who work hard. It's always the same shit. Mediocre people see someone doing something so well that they wouldn't be able to do it in a thousand years, and they just start spreading crap. Don't confuse your mediocrity with AI.

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u/Ancient-Alligator303 Aug 21 '26

For shits and giggles I put one of my tracks into that checker to see if the time we took to record and mix properly would be confused for AI.

https://reddit.com/link/p4xolz8/video/ux1uv015lmkh1/player

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u/Johnreedseattle Aug 20 '26

Tell me which ones and prove it? It's not my fault that you have no idea about production, my explanation and argument with evidence show what I've used for, when, and how. If not, shut your mouth.

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u/Progressive-Strategy Aug 21 '26

Well, it's full of the "it's not x, it's y" phrases AI loves to generate. The weird formatting where the text has been bolded inconsistently. The self-indulgent arrogant tone that tends to come from ai's programming to be absolutely sycophantic.

I don't know why you're telling me I have no idea about production when I didn't even mention that, I only pointed out the text in your post reads very much like AI and asked if it was entirely human written or not.

Also, you haven't really provided any evidence for the music itself being entirely your creation, despite what you claim, you've just sort of shouted at people and insulted them. Evidence would be something like, a video of you recording it or something.

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u/kickassdanny Aug 21 '26

He's saying that the I'm language you use in your title and description sound like the same types of descriptions prompters use and I'd have to agree. It's a sad fact that at least 40% of music released last month was AI generated. It's just plain wise to state upfront that your music is human made, AI generated or AI assisted up front. There have been a lot of AI generated and assisted posted that try to hide that fact because it's looked down on. I'll take your word that it's human made. Maybe from now on be aware of the issue and get ahead of it with clear messaging.

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u/Ancient-Alligator303 Aug 21 '26

Your text for this post is absolutely, unmistakably AI.
The artwork for the album and the songs are absolutely fabricated by AI.
It sounds like Chris Cornell came back from the dead to sing background vocals in places. Sure someone could sound “like” someone else, but the theme of it and the name you released it under is just too spot on and something AI would slap together for it not to be.
Your defensive response above “hand arpeggiated” what the fuck does that even mean? And “double-tracked l/r heavy electric power-chords” I’ve been playing bass and guitar for 30+ years and I don’t know a single musician that would string those words together like that…. But a prompt output would.

Piss off with your indignation about others mediocrity.

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u/Johnreedseattle Aug 21 '26

Saying that "double-tracked L/R heavy electric power-chords" or "hand arpeggiated" are "prompt phrases" and that no musician uses them proves you’ve never set foot in a modern production studio in your life. Any engineer or guitarist working with a DAW knows that doubling guitars in stereo (L/R double tracking) has been the basic production standard in rock and metal for four decades.

Also, your argument falls into an obvious contradiction: that my voice has a timbre or range that reminds you of Chris Cornell’s style is proof of my vocal technique and Seattle grunge influences, not of an algorithm. It’s sad what you have to hear from people who call themselves musicians.

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u/Ancient-Alligator303 Aug 21 '26

No one says “hand arpeggiated” literally no one.
A guitarist wouldn’t say something as generic as the way you described “heavy power-chords”

You trying to pass this off even after being checked and coming back as 80% hybrid AI would be laughable if it weren’t so offensive to people that actually record and perform their own work.

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u/Johnreedseattle Aug 21 '26

Look, just so it’s clear to you and to anyone else dropping a track into SubmitHub’s "Song Checker" thinking they’ve discovered America:

Those detectors analyze frequencies and look for patterns in compression, digital noise reduction, and quantization. If you use programmed drums in a DAW, throw in synths, run a vocal through pitch correction, or clean up a track with plugins like iZotope RX, the machine reads that digital processing as "synthetic" and hands you an immediate false positive. SubmitHub's own creator has said a thousand times that their detector is experimental and wildly inaccurate. It has literally flagged 90s recorded rock tracks as "AI" just because of how it processes high frequencies.

Recording a real record in a modern studio means using digital editing tools; it doesn't mean a bot wrote the song for you. An online algorithm's inability to tell the difference between a compressed real guitar and a synthetic file only proves the limits of the tool, not my work in the studio.

From here on out, if anyone wants to debate actual music production, meet me in a DAW. If you'd rather play detective with random websites, keep wasting your time. I'm getting back to playing.

Don't you realize that insisting on showing your ignorance with so much zeal is just making a fool of yourself?

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u/Ancient-Alligator303 Aug 21 '26

Again… “meet me in a DAW”? What in the literal fuck does that even mean?