Atlas In The Junkyard
"Atlas In the Junkyard" was inspired by the defendants in the Sokolowski et al. v. Digital Currency Group et. al case. While I wait for Deep Research legal reports and o3 queries to return, I've had 300+ hours to concurrently run music models. Now that briefwriting is done for a few weeks, I am able to put the finishing touches on several tracks. This song is about picking up the pieces and doing what can be done to, as the lyrics state, "make the small ones right."
The "styles" feature of Udio is a breakthrough, and it shows here. I was able to get the unique junkyard sounds to remain consistent throughout the song, make sure the unusual F# dorian atmosphere was maintained, and transpose a harmonized voice from another song to completely remove a terrible starting vocals. These things were not possible in older music models.
The sharp keys in dorian are some of the most rarely used in popular music; even songs that used dorian like "Billie Jean" used flat keys. The D# that is repeatedly sung on syllables like "YES-terday" distinguishes this song from the far more common aeolian minor.
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