I'll be honest — it took me a while to finally press play. At the outset — this has been a challenging journey for me. When my partner in crime and great friend told me he was creating an AI album, I nearly stopped dead in my tracks. He anticipated my reaction, knowing I'm a musician — or at least have tried to be one at times. He prefaced the announcement by acknowledging that he understood why musicians like me might have reservations. Because of my staunch purist tendencies, it took me a while to truly listen with an open mind — to look past the fact that it was made with a machine. Then something dawned on me. We've grown so accustomed to musical creativity being limited to those who are naturally gifted in certain areas, or those who simply have the time to create great things. Perhaps AI is the key that unlocks the messages people have desperately wanted to share but never had the means to express. After sitting with that thought, I had to ask myself: Why not support...