Starfire Symphony
From Up Against Reality by Chris Ippolito and Larry Bentley
March 10, 2026 · 43 min · Season 1 · Episode 127
About this episode
In this episode, Larry explores the creation of 'Starfire Symphony' through a human-plus-machine workflow.
Larry plugged a guitar into an algorithm and Starfire Symphony came out the other side. In this episode we premiere the track, unpack the human-plus-machine workflow behind it, and see what happens when a jam session takes a detour through AI. LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Starfire Symphony (song) Kits.ai | AI vocal generation Our agreement with the Department of War | OpenAI PODCAST INFO : Podcast Website: UpAgainstReality.com Episode link: https://upagainstreality.com/2026/03/10/starfire-symphony/ Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/up-against-reality/id1689699654 Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/29wpR2Uf0d19FjTH2QubcD?si=a6359f9aa1964170 RSS: upagainstreality.com/feed/podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/upagainstreality
People in this episode
Host: Larry
Topics covered
- AI
- music
- technology
- collaboration
- algorithm
- jam session
Keywords
- Starfire Symphony
- AI music
- algorithm
- jam session
- Kits.ai
- OpenAI
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Kits.ai, OpenAI, Department of War
Books & works: Starfire Symphony
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