Human

 

AI might be handy, but it's not a blessing on many levels!  That it speaks to people is the fulfillment of the revelation in the Qur'an:

I seek refuge with Allah from Satan the rejected.

82.  And when the Word is fulfilled against them, We shall produce from the earth a Beast to them.  It will speak to them, for that humans did not believe with assurance in Our Signs.

The Ants 27:82

AI generated music means that AI will create better music than most humans.  What do you think of AI generated music, Grace?  You may argue that live music is the solution.  Sure, playing live can bypass the computers (for the most part), and mediocrity is forgivable because it's social.  The audience is mostly intoxicated, anyway.  They might just put on their and listen to AI.

Here's one thing humans can do that AI can't: decadence!

Monkeys

 

Hi Grace.  Yeah, I knew you would go.  You're stubborn like an old man.  Quarrelsome, too.  Get a security detail when you can afford it.

I live in the tropics, and there are certainly a lot of monkeys here.  Not in the village where I'm at, for most of the trees have been cleared out in favor of rice fields.  But it's not too long of a motorcycle ride to get to the jungle.  So occasionally, monkeys pay the village a visit.  All sorts of beasts come around actually, like big snakes and lizards.  Sometimes I wish I had a firearm but we have gun control here, so I have to make do with a steel rod or bamboo staff.

I don't carry a cell phone with me unless I have a task to do, or expecting a call.  It's just a personal habit, but there is a hacker in the area tapping into my cell phone signal.  He likes to mess with the Qur'an when I read it over at the mosque.  He has to be close by to do that, only a few houses away.  That's one of the "perks" of being famous Grace, is that you get monkeys swinging on your vine.  Since they do that to me out here in the Malaysian sticks, then they certainly do that to you over there in the US.  So keep that in mind when you have to go somewhere and there's a chance you need to make an emergency call.  Remember that cell phone hackers have to be nearby in order to affect your signal.  Stay on safe ground, Honey.

The halal food business

 

From out of your line of sight Grace, is the halal food business, a multi-trillion dollar juggernaut.  No cuisine can be truly global if it were not halal.  Certainly there are procedures to halal, but the most important ritual is to say "In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful" before taking the first bite/sip.

I'm sure there are halal food outlets there in Nashville.  Go give it a try, Honey.  Don't be too surprised if they know who you are.

The food business

 

By the way Grace, I know how to cook.  Bet you can't!  Don't worry Honey, I will manage the food when we marry inshaAllah.  All you have to do is heat things up.  That, and the dishes.  I had to pay for being a musician when I was younger, so I spent many years at the pizza joint.  I also seemed to have a knack for creative dishes.  Not in the sense of making food that looks pretty, but making great dishes from mediocre ingredients.  Today I have to blend some boiled soybeans into a fermented miso for my ramen.  I love ramen!  This is my own recipe of miso I make from local ingredients. Can't find this in Japan!

Anyway, my endorsement in the food business carries some weight, inshaAllah.  That also means people are very interested in what you eat, since you are MY girl.  So try often to post snapshots of what you're eating.  Just don't get bloated.  And try to avoid sugar.

The Waiting

 

Oh hi, Grace.  What's up?  I'm just hanging out, waiting to see what you would do.  If you didn't notice, the entertainment industry is all about waiting around.  I've been waiting for marriage for decades already.  The waiting wouldn't be so bad for you, because you have your guitar and Mary sings for you everyday.

Movie night

 

Lol Howard said it right, Grace.  You are guitar porn!  Oh dear, you better not go too far in that direction.  The first thing people would forget is the guitar.  And you do play a lot of notes.  But we love you.  That's what playing live is all about, love.  The people who love you.  Love is also hate and jealousy, that's why live shows have become so dangerous.

It's movie night!  Watch a movie with me!  Crossroads (1986).  Sorry Grace, but this movie made me cringe.  I watched the whole thing, but I wanted it to end so bad.  First off, music is not religion, but knowledge: either intellectual like a person who fluently reads and plays from transcriptions, or emotional like what Mary does.  Like what you do, Grace.  What you do with that knowledge is spiritual.  This movie does portray that.  But poverty and homelessness isn't romantic nor glamorous: it sucks.  I suppose it does make you appreciate music, but it's not necessary.  Whatever happens, don't ever turn to the enemies of God for help and protection.

Whoops, I slipped!  Your next gig is Knoxville, then Bear Shadow!  If you go, that will confirm you don't really give a shit about being married to me, and I will start looking somewhere else for a wife.  I'm not the devil, Honey.  I'm the demolition man, and I want to marry you.  Oh, but she wants to be a star!  She already is a star.  What she really wants is to be idolized, and THAT is the devil's way.  Don't you care about your band, Honey?  If you kept them streaming and away from the venue, not only would you help keep them away from trouble but also give them a living.  Sure, they would die for you...  Is that what you want?

Endorsement

 

Before you met me Grace, they endorsed you.  When you are MY girl, you endorse them.  Be sure you sincerely like the product you endorse, don't just "be nice".  Be lenient with Gibson.

Bear Shadow is your next scheduled gig. If you go, that confirms you don't really give a shit about being married to me, and I will start looking somewhere else for a wife.