Pup Music Generation

*Warning this project includes the usage of generated AI*

So, I may or may not have hacked together a local music generation LLM to create puppy play music—because why not? AI music is weird and wonderful, and I wanted to see if I could get an AI to generate the perfect bouncy beats for tail-wagging fun.
Disclaimer: I’m still debating whether to release this Frankenstein-like adjusted model. While it’s fun to mess around with, I want to be respectful to artists whose work might have been part of the training data. So, for now, it stays locked in my digital lab. Also, let’s be real—this AI will never match the creativity, emotion, and nuance of an actual artist. It’s just a goofy experiment that produces some funny noises.

Examples

Paws on Me

Genre: Electronic Chill

Darklands Debut

Genre: Electronic Chill

Process

Hacking Together a Local Music Generation LLM for Puppy Play Music

So, I may or may not have hacked together a local music generation LLM to create puppy play music—because why not? AI music is weird and wonderful, and I wanted to see if I could get an AI to generate the perfect bouncy beats for tail-wagging fun.

Disclaimer: I’m still debating whether to release this Frankenstein-like adjusted model. While it’s fun to mess around with, I want to be respectful to artists whose work might have been part of the training data. So, for now, it stays locked in my digital lab. Also, let’s be real—this AI will never match the creativity, emotion, and nuance of an actual artist. It’s just a goofy experiment that produces some funny noises.

Step 1: Understanding the Madness

Before we go full chaos mode, I had to define the goals of this ridiculous experiment:

• Make it fun: The AI should generate music that sounds like it came straight from a hyperactive cartoon.
• Keep it local: Running it on my own machine because hosting it in the cloud would be way too serious.
• Find the right vibes: Gather music that actually makes sense for puppy play instead of an AI composing existential jazz by accident.

Step 2: Picking the Right Model Without Frying My PC

Since I didn’t want my laptop to start smoking, I looked at a few options:

• OpenAI Jukebox (too big, too scary)
• Riffusion (good for small clips, perfect for hacking)
• MusicGen by Meta (surprisingly solid for controlled prompts)
• MuseNet (overkill, but tempting)

I ended up going with MusicGen because it was the easiest to tweak without losing my sanity.

Step 3: Feeding the Beast (aka Preparing the Training Data)

To make sure my AI didn’t generate horror movie soundtracks instead of fun puppy jams, I:

1. Gathered Reference Tracks: Handpicked bouncy, playful tracks to set the vibe.
2. Labeled Everything: Sorted the music into categories like “Hyperactive Zoomies,” “Gentle Paw Taps,” and “Post-Playtime Chill.”
3. Converted Everything to MIDI (Why? I Don’t Know): Some models like it better that way, so I just went with it.
4. Threw in Some Chaos: Added weird variations because AI loves surprises.

Step 4: Actually Running This Thing

After a lot of trial, error, and mild screaming, I finally got it running locally:

1. Installed the Chaos Ingredients pip install torch torchaudio transformers fairseq
2. Summoned the Model from transformers import MusicGen model = MusicGen.from_pretrained("facebook/musicgen-small")
3. Fine-tuned with My Absurd Data model.train(training_data="path/to/dataset", epochs=10)
4. Forced It to Make Music output = model.generate("hyperactive bouncy melody with chaotic but playful percussion")
5. Saved the Masterpiece output.save("puppy_play_banger.wav")

Step 5: Taming the Madness

Once the AI spat out some absolute chaos, I had to make it sound decent:

• Post-processing: Threw it into Ableton and did some cleanup.
• Looping Magic: Ensured seamless loops for infinite puppy fun.
• Beta Testing (aka, playing it on repeat until my brain melted)

How It Works (Very Scientific Graphic)

+------------------------+
| Input Prompt          |
| (e.g., "bouncy beats")|
+------------------------+
           |
           v
+------------------------+
| AI Model (MusicGen)   |
| Trained on Playful    |
| Music Data           |
+------------------------+
           |
           v
+------------------------+
| AI-Generated Audio    |
| (Fun but Questionable)|
+------------------------+
           |
           v
+------------------------+
| Post-Processing      |
| (Cleaning & Looping) |
+------------------------+
           |
           v
+------------------------+
| Puppy Play Music!     |
| (Not Great but Fun)  |
+------------------------+

Final Thoughts (and My Ethical Dilemma)

So yeah, I hacked together a puppy play music generator, and it’s honestly not that great—but it’s fun to mess around with. Should I actually release this AI-powered madness into the wild? That’s the big question. While I love the idea of sharing, I also want to respect the original artists whose work helped shape the training data.

For now, this model stays in my secret lab, but who knows? Maybe one day, the world will be ready for AI-generated puppy bangers (or at least amusing background noise).

What do you think? Should I release it? Or keep it locked away like some cursed artifact?

Either way here’s some cute pics of goldies dancing to keep you occupied: