Jay Thomas 🗝️

𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘐 𝘚𝘢𝘺 — 𝘈 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶 — 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘨𝘰 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘶𝘯 𝘏𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘈𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘶𝘯 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘩 𝘐𝘧 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘐’𝘥 𝘣𝘦 — 𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘈𝘵 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘬, 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴. 𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯’ 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘐𝘯 𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘏𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘐’𝘮 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘐’𝘮 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘥 — 𝘞𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵? 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘩 𝘐𝘧 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘐’𝘥 𝘣𝘦 — 𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘈𝘵 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘬, 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴. 𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯’ 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘐𝘯 𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘏𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘐’𝘮 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘐’𝘮 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘥 — 𝘞𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵? 𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘚𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯’ 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘋𝘰𝘪𝘯’ 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘱𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘱𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯’ 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘐𝘯 𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘏𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘐’𝘮 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘐’𝘮 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯’ 𝘴𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘥 — 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵.

𝐒𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐰𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜. 𝘈 𝘵𝘦𝘢 𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘹𝘦𝘥 𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘯. The first time someone said they were a songwriter and showed me A.I. songs I was taken aback. Now though, I’m finding myself in conversations with people who have written lyrics for a long time and can now bring their words to life with A.I. It’s cool to have more people to talk about Song Creation with. Buddy brought a phrase I said to life with an A.I. country song: *Open Butthole, Closed Heart* 🥹 Banger. Diplo says there’s no way to stop it and if packaged right, people are gunna eat it up. The Machine is going to love not having to deal with pesky humans. [Ha! And “the machine” is humans here 🤪] Movie studios & videogames could save $. I don’t have as dark a take as Billy Corgan’s “it’s a deal with the devil”, but I have seen Terminator many times. Want to mark this moment in time where everything before now has been organic: no autotune, no A.I. I’m not against using A.I. in the future to, let’s say: “add a crazy synth swell to this song”. Would seem a bit wrong to “add a choir of voices behind the main vocal” though. But it could sound cool! Could use A.I. to demo different ideas in big projects like musicals. I’ve asked A.I. about chord progressions a couple times. I’ll let you know if/when I use it. I don’t have music A.I. software at the moment. I would always like to know before listening to a song you send me, if it is a machine. That’s going to be a “new normal” question to ask. I will *stampede* towards A.I. being able to do the *mixing* once I insert all the organic instruments. That will save me lots of time. When I was a kid we had to blow on our physical video game carts to make them work so this is a wild ride. 🤖

No Autotune No A.I. for years but it’s darker than that isn’t it. 😛

@TitanBooks Will there be a tie-in novel 📖 to @AliensFireteamE? 🙏🏼

Thank you Tori Amos  for the new journey:  In Times of Dragons 🐉

#MTGxTheHobbit @wizards_magic

@theclawsoftime Not for me! 😆🧚🏻

𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘐 𝘚𝘢𝘺 — 𝘈 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶 — 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘨𝘰 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘶𝘯 𝘏𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘈𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘶𝘯 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘩 𝘐𝘧 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘐’𝘥 𝘣𝘦 — 𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘈𝘵 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘬, 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴. 𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯’ 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘐𝘯 𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘏𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘐’𝘮 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘐’𝘮 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘥 — 𝘞𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵? 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘩 𝘐𝘧 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘐’𝘥 𝘣𝘦 — 𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘈𝘵 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘬, 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴. 𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯’ 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘐𝘯 𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘏𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘐’𝘮 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘐’𝘮 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘥 — 𝘞𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵? 𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘚𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯’ 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘋𝘰𝘪𝘯’ 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘱𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘱𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯’ 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘐𝘯 𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘏𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘐’𝘮 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘐’𝘮 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯’ 𝘴𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘥 — 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵.

@anishmoonka 💡

If you beat this level as a kid, your brain was doing the same fifty-hour training researchers now run on adult volunteers in a lab. Action gamers react about 45 milliseconds faster than non-gamers and make decisions a quarter quicker without sacrificing accuracy. Brain scientists at Rochester and Geneva have been measuring this for over twenty years. The level is Mine Cart Carnage. Eighth stage of Donkey Kong Country. November 1994. Built by a team of twelve working out of a village in rural Leicestershire. It was the first time the game ever took control away from you. The cart started rolling. You couldn't slow it down. You had to time jumps between broken tracks while lizards drove carts at your face from the opposite direction. And the cart weighed more than you did, so every jump messed with your landing. Daphne Bavelier at the University of Geneva has spent her career studying exactly this kind of game. Her 2003 Nature paper showed that fast-paced action games physically rewire the brain's attention circuits. Fifteen years later, Bediou and colleagues combined dozens of these studies into one big review of the field. You get sharper at picking out what matters and ignoring what doesn't. Spatial puzzles get easier. And in one Bavelier experiment, gamers figured out made-up vocabulary from a fake language in twenty minutes. Non-gamers needed forty. Rare bought Silicon Graphics computers, roughly eighty thousand pounds each, to build this game. Those were the same kind of computers that animated the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park. A single picture of Donkey Kong, rendered on one of those computers, took up more memory than an entire Super Nintendo game could hold. So Rare built a compression trick from scratch and squeezed the 3D models into flat images the console could actually run. The computers ran all night. A massive air conditioner kept the machines from frying, while the team worked through the summer heat with no AC of their own. 9.3 million copies sold. Nintendo spent sixteen million dollars marketing it in America alone, more than triple the industry average. Every kid who got stuck on Mine Cart Carnage and kept restarting until they beat it was running the same kind of experiment neuroscientists now study in their labs. Fifty hours of it.

Lovely day for a show  in West Palm Beach!  🏖️🦈 Full band today Friday April 17 free on the plaza  at The Kravis Center  6 - 7:15pm Before the ticketed  @AirSupplyMusic show!

@floridanick561 Thank you Brother! 🙌🏼

@HeyJayThomas Awesome Jay!

@OasisOfBabylon 😳🙏🏼

@HeyJayThomas People haven’t made content this good in a loooong time. I don’t know how to explain it, but this brought me back.

@jeremy_cheely 😂

@BrandoTXnCA We had to be corralled for sure 😂🍺🤪🫶🏼

@HeyJayThomas Love it, looks like y'all had a lot of fun making this.

@Brad_inthe_Boro Tell em Brad! 😂🍻🫶🏼

@HeyJayThomas Good song Jay! Oh, and It’s your music video, you should be able to drink when you damn well want to. Lol. I chuckled at that part.

@normal_gay_guy Thank you Dan! 💪🏼 😂🍻

@HeyJayThomas love it Jay!! the part in the middle made me literally laugh out loud

@Me31467346 Thanks Matt! 😘🏝️✨

@HeyJayThomas That’s great, Jay!!

@itsthebartman @AirSupplyMusic Thank yew Bart! ☺️☀️🏝️

@HeyJayThomas @AirSupplyMusic fantastic, guys!

*FREE* FRIDAY Full band show Kravis Center plaza.  West Palm Beach,  Florida. 🍊 6 - 7:15pm Before the ticketed  Air Supply show. @AirSupplyMusic This song Rocket Ship is originally written about sibling rivalry —  but when I sing it now  I’m thinking about America’s  inability to get along with itself.  𝘈 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘵 — 𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘮 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘦 …