FAWM: @headfirstonly / Chris Harris

Chris Harris

@headfirstonlyMod

Songs

Joined

2009

Charfield, UK
www.headfirstonly.com/blog.htm

The past year has been a bit of a wild ride. Since the last FAWM I have:

discovered that I am autistic
discovered that I've got ADHD
discovered that I have complex-PTSD
worked on music projects with Chris Merrick Hughes and Portishead's Adrian Utley
recorded at Peter Gabriel's Real World studio with Robert Brian and David Rhodes...

Read more about my musical adventures

#noai

I don't use any AI tools in my work. Even if you ignore the the fact that they only function because their programmers ripped off the work of thousands upon thousands of creative people without their consent, quite honestly, I just don't see the point of them. If I hand over any aspect of my creative process to what amounts to a glorified plagiarism machine, how is that going to improve my skillset? The answer is brutally simple: it can't. For me, AI is an artistic dead end that must be avoided at all costs. I don't even use iZotope's machine learning mastering wizards when I'm mixing or mastering something; I prefer to rely on my ears.

If you use AI, that's fine, you do you; knock yourself out—but don't expect me to have any interest in ever listening to the results.

Chris Harris (he/him/HFO)

Songs

One Ping Only by @headfirstonlyMod 18h #moviequote

Who Do I See About That? by @headfirstonlyMod 1d

Soundboard

Messages left for you by other fawmers.

@chill4matt 1d

Happy FAWMing Chris! I hope that the COVID bug is gone!

@sailingmagpie 2d

Hey, Chris. Hope you have a great FAWM!

Totally agree with you on AI. Why would I give my time to listen to something that someone couldn't be bothered to put time into creating?

PS Adrian Utley! 🤩

@damschen 3d

Happy FAWM! Can't wait!

@heliosonorous 3d

Look forward to your new works!

@acousticmaddie 3d

Hi Chris! I look forward to hear your songs this year. Happy Fawm

@beej 3d

Hola Chris!

@musicsongwriter 3d

Thank you Chris. I'm looking forward to hearing your music 🎶

@andygetch 3d

Lets. Do. This.

@musicsongwriter 4d

Happy FAWM Chris 🎶

@johnstaples 4d

Hey Chris, have a great FAWM!

@headfirstonlyMod 4d

Hi John - thanks! Happy FAWMing!

@reinderd 4d

Good to see you in here again, Chris!

@dragondreams 4d

Hi Chris! 👋 😃

@ajna1960 4d

Good to see that you have survived ! Can't wait to hear your FAWMing this year.

@squirrelhavenstudios 4d

That pic of you with Hugh Padgham (on the New Gear forum) is awesome. To this day, my favorite song is still Every Little Thing She Does is Magic. I just love the sound of Ghost in the Machine.

@fuzzy 4d

Hey, glad to be back and to see you back!!! I will be as surprised as you by the output here at Fuzzy Sound Labs; I never know what's going to happen!!!

@robertmyers 4d

Whew - wild ride, indeed! Although it's never been officially identified I suspect I share some of the early points on that list. I hope items 4 & 5 helped smoothed out the rest.

Here's to a successful FAWM and more music brought to a world that's also a bit more rough around the edges, this year.