Lilly Schwartz
@lillyschwartz.bsky.social
Photographer, artist and musician (Polarcoaster) who makes videos about all that stuff too. Mostly analog.
https://www.youtube.com/@LillySchwartz
https://polarcoaster.bandcamp.com
https://www.youtube.com/@LillySchwartz
https://polarcoaster.bandcamp.com
Keyfluencers are indeed mega mega nerds :D I would keep the influencing to a minimum and amuse myself with the intricacies of recording the clackety clack of the keyboards + making music out of it 🤣
December 5, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Keyfluencers are indeed mega mega nerds :D I would keep the influencing to a minimum and amuse myself with the intricacies of recording the clackety clack of the keyboards + making music out of it 🤣
Hey, it gets worse, I've even been thinking about making a video like that 😂 I've recovered from that temporary insanity though except perhaps to make a point about how weird and wonderful YouTube can be because it brings all us mega nerds together. Might still do that at some point.
December 5, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Hey, it gets worse, I've even been thinking about making a video like that 😂 I've recovered from that temporary insanity though except perhaps to make a point about how weird and wonderful YouTube can be because it brings all us mega nerds together. Might still do that at some point.
Haha, been there, done that!
December 5, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Haha, been there, done that!
My new album is still name your price because it just dropped last week!
polarcoaster.bandcamp.com/album/dreams...
polarcoaster.bandcamp.com/album/dreams...
dreams long forgotten, by Polarcoaster
9 track album
polarcoaster.bandcamp.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:43 PM
My new album is still name your price because it just dropped last week!
polarcoaster.bandcamp.com/album/dreams...
polarcoaster.bandcamp.com/album/dreams...
This isn’t the final screen or the final keyboard most likely because it’s a 68 key layout, but the functionality is there already. The connectivity is pretty similar to what I’m actually planning to do too, so I’m now just waiting for deliveries.
November 23, 2024 at 11:07 AM
This isn’t the final screen or the final keyboard most likely because it’s a 68 key layout, but the functionality is there already. The connectivity is pretty similar to what I’m actually planning to do too, so I’m now just waiting for deliveries.
Already got it along with the Toning book by Annette Golaz. They’re both so good! I’m kinda trying to keep things affordable, so I’m quite happy that Canson XL works quite well for me.
November 23, 2024 at 10:41 AM
Already got it along with the Toning book by Annette Golaz. They’re both so good! I’m kinda trying to keep things affordable, so I’m quite happy that Canson XL works quite well for me.
That was the mysterious thing: same paper, same chemicals. I can only conclude that I forgot to add vinegar while I was developing the one on the right.
November 23, 2024 at 8:41 AM
That was the mysterious thing: same paper, same chemicals. I can only conclude that I forgot to add vinegar while I was developing the one on the right.
I've figured out how to get vim to show markdown formatting inline and I already coded the last dialog for my proof of concept. Now it's time to install the raspberry pi and test it.
November 22, 2024 at 7:11 PM
I've figured out how to get vim to show markdown formatting inline and I already coded the last dialog for my proof of concept. Now it's time to install the raspberry pi and test it.
Ah, the joys of time travel! youtu.be/TZQk8Buamak?...
"Alright, let's just get started before my headache gets any worse." Captain Janeway
YouTube video by April 5, 2063
youtu.be
November 21, 2024 at 11:03 PM
Ah, the joys of time travel! youtu.be/TZQk8Buamak?...
😎 Hilariously it's not too far from what I'm actually planning to build 🤣 Super excited about this one!
November 21, 2024 at 8:39 PM
😎 Hilariously it's not too far from what I'm actually planning to build 🤣 Super excited about this one!
My broken iPad arrived. The description said it doesn't turn on, but it actually did. The touchscreen is half broken, but the screen itself is intact and clear without any hotspots. That's a tenner well spent! This could be fairly usable with a keyboard and a mouse, but it's too old for iPad OS.
November 21, 2024 at 7:06 PM
My broken iPad arrived. The description said it doesn't turn on, but it actually did. The touchscreen is half broken, but the screen itself is intact and clear without any hotspots. That's a tenner well spent! This could be fairly usable with a keyboard and a mouse, but it's too old for iPad OS.
25 years ago I complained bitterly about the uselessness of coding bash menus in this day and age 😂 I was young and foolish 👵🏻
November 21, 2024 at 7:00 PM
25 years ago I complained bitterly about the uselessness of coding bash menus in this day and age 😂 I was young and foolish 👵🏻
There we go. Nearly done. I just need to code one more entry and this should be functional enough to try. I just got my raspberry pi zero 2W in the mail straight from China and I have a little touch screen that I can use to test this little concept.
November 21, 2024 at 6:50 PM
There we go. Nearly done. I just need to code one more entry and this should be functional enough to try. I just got my raspberry pi zero 2W in the mail straight from China and I have a little touch screen that I can use to test this little concept.
Sounds about right. And if those other artists can just use AI to get their loops it's gonna get a little difficult for a lot of musicians. Royalties from music that is used in all sorts of media is similar.
November 21, 2024 at 5:40 PM
Sounds about right. And if those other artists can just use AI to get their loops it's gonna get a little difficult for a lot of musicians. Royalties from music that is used in all sorts of media is similar.
But then I wouldn't want it to be entirely automated either because it's also a nice thing to spend time with your images. When I have 20+ rolls to dust spot I wish for a one click solution. When it's just a single roll I really don't mind. And the picture I restored in the video was in a bad state.
November 21, 2024 at 2:44 PM
But then I wouldn't want it to be entirely automated either because it's also a nice thing to spend time with your images. When I have 20+ rolls to dust spot I wish for a one click solution. When it's just a single roll I really don't mind. And the picture I restored in the video was in a bad state.
It really depends how much dust is involved and how many pictures too. I spend many hours dust spotting my images, so a one click solution would save me a lot of work when it comes to film. Already digital ICE helps, but I shoot a lot of BW. It's this video here.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNkN...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNkN...
Restoring a 70 year old picture - AI can’t do this (yet)
YouTube video by Lilly Schwartz
www.youtube.com
November 21, 2024 at 2:42 PM
It really depends how much dust is involved and how many pictures too. I spend many hours dust spotting my images, so a one click solution would save me a lot of work when it comes to film. Already digital ICE helps, but I shoot a lot of BW. It's this video here.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNkN...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNkN...
In different ways ... AI gets trained on the behaviour of people, on trends in music etc., etc. but the music library itself also at least used to be a target for that. Back in the day when I studied at uni there was an article about that which has mysteriously disappeared from the internet.
November 21, 2024 at 2:30 PM
In different ways ... AI gets trained on the behaviour of people, on trends in music etc., etc. but the music library itself also at least used to be a target for that. Back in the day when I studied at uni there was an article about that which has mysteriously disappeared from the internet.
You know captchas on website to test whether you're human? That stuff is perfect for training AIs. Spotify is also a problem in this way. They actually have never been profitable and yet they somehow stick around. The purpose of that service is to be an AI training set.
November 21, 2024 at 2:28 PM
You know captchas on website to test whether you're human? That stuff is perfect for training AIs. Spotify is also a problem in this way. They actually have never been profitable and yet they somehow stick around. The purpose of that service is to be an AI training set.
At the moment there is no way of preventing that and nothing within copyright law that gives the artist any way of fighting back against that. And of course there will be a period when this is exploited until there is a court case that settles it, like with sampling etc.
November 21, 2024 at 2:23 PM
At the moment there is no way of preventing that and nothing within copyright law that gives the artist any way of fighting back against that. And of course there will be a period when this is exploited until there is a court case that settles it, like with sampling etc.
Frankly a lot of stock music is just as generic as this AI generated stuff. Musicians make income with elevator stock music, so this is definitely hurting people already. Not to mention the make-this-in-the-style-of musician X instead of hiring the musician because they're expensive.
November 21, 2024 at 2:21 PM
Frankly a lot of stock music is just as generic as this AI generated stuff. Musicians make income with elevator stock music, so this is definitely hurting people already. Not to mention the make-this-in-the-style-of musician X instead of hiring the musician because they're expensive.
And of course photo applications are also quite promising. I actually would like a tool that removes dust intelligently from film scans. In its current iteration it's pretty unusable - I made a video about that which nobody watched because the vid got targeted by bots 🙄
November 21, 2024 at 2:18 PM
And of course photo applications are also quite promising. I actually would like a tool that removes dust intelligently from film scans. In its current iteration it's pretty unusable - I made a video about that which nobody watched because the vid got targeted by bots 🙄
It can speed up work tremendously with tedious work - hunting resonant frequencies for example - and generally it's a really great tool for many different purposes in music. Unless of course it is used to replace actual musicians and audio engineers by scraping their work without permission.
November 21, 2024 at 2:15 PM
It can speed up work tremendously with tedious work - hunting resonant frequencies for example - and generally it's a really great tool for many different purposes in music. Unless of course it is used to replace actual musicians and audio engineers by scraping their work without permission.
Considering that most musicians have destroyed their hearing to some extent thanks to loud gigs, loud instruments that tax only one part of the frequency spectrum etc and age related hearing loss, it's really useful to catch your "blindspots", i.e. the stuff that you simply don't hear anymore.
November 21, 2024 at 2:11 PM
Considering that most musicians have destroyed their hearing to some extent thanks to loud gigs, loud instruments that tax only one part of the frequency spectrum etc and age related hearing loss, it's really useful to catch your "blindspots", i.e. the stuff that you simply don't hear anymore.