Celebrity Chef Demolition Derby
By Cosmic Cairns on May 22, 2024 8:47 pm
I felt like I could stand to lighten things up a little bit, so I went with a silly idea I had about celebrity chefs driving around in cars and smashing into each other. I didn't want to sample any actual celebrity chefs, so I created my own fictional ones using AI voices from ElevenLabs. I used to watch a bit of cooking competition and restaurant review shows on Food Network like Chopped and Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives, so I have a decent sense of the kind of wacky phrases the personalities on these shows would say and had fun getting the AI voices to say them. And then I added some squealing tires and crashing sounds. I don't know where this fits in the pantheon of music I've made, but it was a lot of fun.
In other news, I got through my live show! It went pretty good overall, especially since I haven't played live in, like, I don't even know... ten years? More? I flubbed a few lyrics and I flubbed a few chords, but every time I felt off my game I centered myself and just got back into the song and the music gods provided. Added bonus, I didn't realize it was a paying gig (even though all gigs should be) and I scored an unexpected $50 for my efforts. I also saw a few people I haven't seen in a long time and got to catch up and reminisce, so it was a good experience, and maybe I'll get back up there again sooner rather than later.
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