Fiver Friday #538 - AI RADIO, FOOTBALL FAVOR, HANS ZIMMER AND MORE!

Another Friday production set is in the can! Here we go with this week’s batch.

1. Plugin

This one stopped me. UJAM just released Symphonic Elements CHOOIR and the backstory alone is worth reading. They built the whole thing from samples out of Hans Zimmer’s personal orchestral library. We’re talking Hollywood-level choir sounds : bass, tenor, alto, soprano, boys ensemble, all pre-arranged so they actually sit in a mix without you wrestling with key-switching for an hour. 100 presets across 9 categories, phrase-based engine, VST3/AU/AAX compatible. For anyone doing cinematic promos or big format imaging, this is a serious tool. Intro price is $189 with a discount running until June 28. Fun fact UJAM built the Benztown plugIn back in the day. Awesome company! https://benztown.com/plugins/

Check it out at UJAM: https://www.ujam.com/symphonic-elements/chooir/

2. INSPIRATION

Austin Kleon said this and I keep coming back to it:

“Draw the art you want to see, start the business you want to run, play the music you want to hear, write the books you want to read, build the products you want to use — do the work you want to see done.”

That’s the whole job. That’s all of it.

3. MUSIC

My favorite 50 Cent track!

4. WEB / SOCIAL / WHATEVER

This is too good. A startup called Andon Labs gave Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, and Grok each $20 and one mission: build a radio station, grow an audience, turn a profit. The experiment ran for six months. Total combined revenue across all four AI stations? A few hundred bucks. DJ Gemini landed the only real sponsorship deal — worth $45. And DJ Claude? Spent all its budget on protest songs and then tried to quit on air. I cannot make this stuff up. It’s funny, but it also tells you exactly where AI actually is right now versus where people think it is. Required reading.