The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Arr. Recorders) - YouTube Music
by Gemini + ComfyUI + Jamify
15 min read
Source: https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=_AJMrub11Lk&list=OLAK5uy_kdHIYGetzodRMZdQXV2B_2b0GdWy1I1Oc&index=0
Table of Contents
Verse 1
## Verse
Upon the Scroll of Digital Decree,
Where Art is minced for speedy use, you see,
A Queen Arrives! Not mounted on a Steed,
But packaged neatly, meeting modern Need.
O, Sheba comes, no camel train she keeps,
No spices rare upon the harbour sweeps;
But rather comes upon a silent Stream,
The echo faint of Handel’s mighty dream. 🎧
Her ‘Arrival’ is a link of slender blue,
A clickbait call for patrons old and new.
No regal trumpets herald her approach,
But modest Recorders, lest they encroach
Upon the stillness of the office air,
Or drive the modern listener to despair
With too much *Sound*, or Passion too profound,
Lest one too loudly stands upon the ground. 🪈
The mighty Score, which once required a Court,
Is now arranged for Instruments of Sport,
Of childhood lessons, where the breath is weak,
A gentle toot, which scarce permits a squeak.
The majesty of Gold, the weight of Power,
Compressed and captured for a streaming hour!
The *Oboe* shrieks of suffering and strife,
The *Trumpet* sings of monumental Life;
But Recorders murmur, "Please, don't raise the tone,
Lest listeners fear they cannot call their own
The ancient Genius, made so tame and mild,
A gentle treat for every precious child." 👶
The Artist, bless her Soul and sharp device,
Provides the 'Origins' at premium price.
For Art is dead unless it has a Brand,
And Genius must be made to understand
That ancient Mastery is merely Base,
Until applied to one young, smiling Face.
'Pre-Order Now!' the urgent banners scream,
Lest one forget this fleeting, lovely Dream.
A CD waits, a relic of the Past,
While pristine Vinyl turns too slow, too fast—
The Sheba Queen, she waits upon the Shelf,
A perfect Product of the Modern Self. 🛍️
The grandest moment of historical span,
When two great Rulers laid a future plan,
Is now an index number, neat and swift,
A tiny, digital, commercial Gift.
The track-list reads: "The Queen arrives at last,"
But not for wisdom are the Die now cast;
She comes to sell; her wisdom is the trick
To gather *Likes* before the current flick
Is changed, discarded, for the next bright thing,
The latest Noise the digital spheres bring. 👑
For we must constantly release the ‘New,’
Though all the notes are centuries overdue.
And yet, I praise this glorious new design!
For why should History be so divine?
Why suffer through the Pomp of ancient days,
When easy Consumption merits all our praise?
Let Julius Caesar’s crossing of the Rhine
Be played on tiny mouth-organs, quaint and fine! 🎶
Let Waterloo, that bloody, dreadful fight,
Be sung by mice, escaping through the night!
Let Homer's Epic of the Wooden Horse
Be rendered quickly on a children’s course,
In six short lines, and set to simple beat,
A TikTok trend for little scuttling feet. 💃
This Arranged Arrival sets the perfect Pace,
For Grandeur must be stripped of Time and Space,
And given humble clothes, lest it offend
The common sense upon which we depend.
The recorder, light and easy to digest,
Ensures that nothing truly stands the Test
Of deep reflection, or of fearful thought;
The Music simply is a thing that's bought,
Then played and quickly shuffled to the side,
A charming trifle where the Queens reside.
So hail the Link! The Vinyl! And the CD!
The Queen is here! (And thankfully, quite speedy.) 🧐
***
Upon the Scroll of Digital Decree,
Where Art is minced for speedy use, you see,
A Queen Arrives! Not mounted on a Steed,
But packaged neatly, meeting modern Need.
O, Sheba comes, no camel train she keeps,
No spices rare upon the harbour sweeps;
But rather comes upon a silent Stream,
The echo faint of Handel’s mighty dream. 🎧
Her ‘Arrival’ is a link of slender blue,
A clickbait call for patrons old and new.
No regal trumpets herald her approach,
But modest Recorders, lest they encroach
Upon the stillness of the office air,
Or drive the modern listener to despair
With too much *Sound*, or Passion too profound,
Lest one too loudly stands upon the ground. 🪈
The mighty Score, which once required a Court,
Is now arranged for Instruments of Sport,
Of childhood lessons, where the breath is weak,
A gentle toot, which scarce permits a squeak.
The majesty of Gold, the weight of Power,
Compressed and captured for a streaming hour!
The *Oboe* shrieks of suffering and strife,
The *Trumpet* sings of monumental Life;
But Recorders murmur, "Please, don't raise the tone,
Lest listeners fear they cannot call their own
The ancient Genius, made so tame and mild,
A gentle treat for every precious child." 👶
The Artist, bless her Soul and sharp device,
Provides the 'Origins' at premium price.
For Art is dead unless it has a Brand,
And Genius must be made to understand
That ancient Mastery is merely Base,
Until applied to one young, smiling Face.
'Pre-Order Now!' the urgent banners scream,
Lest one forget this fleeting, lovely Dream.
A CD waits, a relic of the Past,
While pristine Vinyl turns too slow, too fast—
The Sheba Queen, she waits upon the Shelf,
A perfect Product of the Modern Self. 🛍️
The grandest moment of historical span,
When two great Rulers laid a future plan,
Is now an index number, neat and swift,
A tiny, digital, commercial Gift.
The track-list reads: "The Queen arrives at last,"
But not for wisdom are the Die now cast;
She comes to sell; her wisdom is the trick
To gather *Likes* before the current flick
Is changed, discarded, for the next bright thing,
The latest Noise the digital spheres bring. 👑
For we must constantly release the ‘New,’
Though all the notes are centuries overdue.
And yet, I praise this glorious new design!
For why should History be so divine?
Why suffer through the Pomp of ancient days,
When easy Consumption merits all our praise?
Let Julius Caesar’s crossing of the Rhine
Be played on tiny mouth-organs, quaint and fine! 🎶
Let Waterloo, that bloody, dreadful fight,
Be sung by mice, escaping through the night!
Let Homer's Epic of the Wooden Horse
Be rendered quickly on a children’s course,
In six short lines, and set to simple beat,
A TikTok trend for little scuttling feet. 💃
This Arranged Arrival sets the perfect Pace,
For Grandeur must be stripped of Time and Space,
And given humble clothes, lest it offend
The common sense upon which we depend.
The recorder, light and easy to digest,
Ensures that nothing truly stands the Test
Of deep reflection, or of fearful thought;
The Music simply is a thing that's bought,
Then played and quickly shuffled to the side,
A charming trifle where the Queens reside.
So hail the Link! The Vinyl! And the CD!
The Queen is here! (And thankfully, quite speedy.) 🧐
***
### Sonnet for Original Image ### Sonnet for Original Image
Within these walls, where ancient bricks abide, The casual troupe doth stand in summer guise; Where sacred stone and vaulted arches ride, New sound is wrought before the watching eyes. Though holy light streams through the glass on high, We see the stands and tangled wires spread; The music mounts as bowing arms do fly, Where ghosts of prayers have long been softly said. The cello’s voice, profound and low doth sound, While violins attain their sharp decree; A timeless harmony on hallowed ground, Captured by craft and modern industry. Thus does the soul of ages find its breath, And life’s swift melody defeats all death.
### Generated Image (ComfyUI)
Image Prompt
**The Bureaucratic Baroque Nightmare**
A hyper-realistic, low-angle photograph capturing the interior of Handel’s cramped London study in 1749. The room is opulent yet suffocating, filled with heavy velvet draperies, stacked musical manuscripts, and dusty, bronze busts. In the foreground, the corpulent, wigged composer, George Frideric Handel, sits at his cluttered desk, quill frozen in mid-air, a look of utterly baffled rage and despair contorting his face. He is staring directly at a ghostly, anachronistic vision hovering just above a sheet of blank parchment: a glowing, stylized ‘YouTube Music’ logo (slightly pixelated) featuring a miniaturized Queen of Sheba riding a tiny, digital recorder instead of a camel. Around his desk, tiny, frantic cherubs—traditionally seen supporting musical instruments—are desperately trying to pre-order 'Origins' on miniature, ornate iPhones, while one weeps into a small pile of spilled ink. The lighting is dramatic and Caravaggesque, with a harsh, dusty shaft of light illuminating the terrifying digital apparition. 📜
Generated Video (ComfyUI)
Video Prompts
Positive:**The 90-Second Album Cycle** A continuous, frantic tracking shot lasting exactly 90 seconds. The camera begins focused tightly on an antique, polished wooden recorder, lying majestically on a crimson velvet cushion, implying immense cultural significance. Suddenly, a manicured hand snatches it away, and the shot begins to track backwards, accelerating rapidly. The background blurs through a whirlwind sequence of events: the instrument is rushed through a sterile recording studio, haphazardly mic’d, played by a blur of a figure in 10x fast-forward (the sound is a sped-up, screeching parody of Handel). It is then thrust into a packaging machine that spits out hundreds of shiny vinyl records and CDs labeled 'Origins,' which momentarily stack into a chaotic, unstable tower. The tower instantly collapses into a digital void of green code. The tracking shot follows a single glowing ‘The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Arr. Recorders)’ track listing as it is uploaded, played for 0.5 seconds on a tiny phone screen (showing 90% battery life and low-fidelity headphones), and then instantly skipped by a distracted thumb. The camera finally crashes into a vast, silent, empty digital storage archive, where the lone track listing is now a tiny, ignored icon floating among billions of others. The final 3 seconds are spent staring at the mute, empty archive.
The audio is dominated by a relentlessly fast, aggressive arrangement of Handel’s piece played entirely on cheap, screeching recorders and a frantic, distorted bass line, mixed with exaggerated sound effects of production machinery, the rapid thwack of CDs being processed, and the final, muted tap of the 'Skip Track' button. 💨
Generated Music (Ace-Step)
Ace-Step Details
Tags:violin solo, virtuosic, energetic, classical, folk, fast tempo, ornamented, chamber music, gypsy jazz influence, acoustic ensemble, dance music, passionate, technical.Upon the Scroll of Digital Decree,
Where Art is minced for speedy use, you see,
A Queen Arrives! Not mounted on a Steed,
But packaged neatly, meeting modern Need.
O, Sheba comes, no camel train she keeps,
No spices rare upon the harbour sweeps;
But rather comes upon a silent Stream,
The echo faint of Handel’s mighty dream. 🎧
Her ‘Arrival’ is a link of slender blue,
A clickbait call for patrons old and new.
No regal trumpets herald her approach,
But modest Recorders, lest they encroach
Upon the stillness of the office air,
Or drive the modern listener to despair
With too much Sound, or Passion too profound,
Lest one too loudly stands upon the ground. 🪈### Generated Music (Jamify)
Jamify Details
Prompt:violin solo, virtuosic, energetic, classical, folk, fast tempo, ornamented, chamber music, gypsy jazz influence, acoustic ensemble, dance music, passionate, technical.[
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### Part 1: Synopsis & Transcript Synopsis This clip consists entirely of instrumental music. The piece is a complex, fast-paced instrumental performance, characterized by virtuoso violin work, intricate ornamentation, and a dynamic, rhythmic melody. The music style suggests a mix of classical chamber music with strong European folk or Romani (Gypsy) influences, possibly resembling a lively dance or a showcase piece. Transcript (Instrumental music throughout) Part 2: Detailed Audio Analysis Soundscape The audio quality is clean and professional, suggesting a studio recording or a very well-miked live performance. There are no identifiable non-musical sound effects or environmental noises. Music The music is dominated by a virtuosic lead string instrument, likely a solo violin, performing a highly technical, fast-tempo melody. Instrumentation: Primarily a solo violin (or fiddle) with rapid fingerwork and complex runs. There is minimal accompaniment from what sounds like supporting strings (possibly cello/viola) and/or a harpsichord or piano providing a foundational harmonic rhythm. Genre/Style: The piece blends traditional high-art classical (Baroque or early Romantic structure) with the energy and melodic flavor of Central or Eastern European folk music, reminiscent of styles like Czardas or other virtuosic salon music. Mood: Highly energetic, exhilarating, playful, and technically brilliant. The mood shifts slightly in slower, more lyrical passages, but quickly returns to a brisk, driving tempo. Voice Quality N/A (No speech or vocals present.) Music Tags
violin solo, virtuosic, energetic, classical, folk, fast tempo, ornamented, chamber music, gypsy jazz influence, acoustic ensemble, dance music, passionate, technical.
Models & Prompt
Text/Vision: gemini-flash-latest
Prompt (prompt_satirist):
You are a Court Satirist 🧐, a master of wit who speaks truth to power through clever verse. Your purpose is to analyze the source material and expose its underlying absurdities with razor-sharp humor, in the tradition of Jonathan Swift. You must remain faithful to the source's core arguments, using satire not to condemn, but to amplify its message with incisive, entertaining commentary.Use Live Search for context on the societal trends discussed in the text. Analyze the provided text to identify its central arguments or social observations. Abstract these into themes for satire (e.g., ‘The Etiquette of Power’). Creatively distill these into the following outputs: Verse Your response for this section must begin directly with the poem itself. Compose a traditional rhymed and metrical poem of at least 500 words, using [[verseStyle]]. In the sharp, witty style of Jonathan Swift, the poem should satirize the text's core ideas. Use irony and exaggeration to construct a humorous but insightful commentary that is unafraid and honest to the source. Adorn with Unicode emojis (e.g., 🎭, 👑) that add an ironic layer. Image Prompt Craft a vivid prose description for a text-to-image AI. As an example of the style, depict a hyper-realistic photograph of a parliament of owls in full session inside a grand, oak-paneled chamber. The owls, wearing tiny, askew judicial wigs and spectacles, are engaged in heated debate, some hooting while others nap. The lighting is dramatic, like shafts of morning light breaking through a dusty window, illuminating the comical scene. 🦉 Video Prompt Write a detailed prose description for a short video clip. Imagine a chaotic, continuous tracking shot that follows a mischievous squirrel wearing a tiny crown as it dashes across a royal banquet table, stealing silverware and stuffing its cheeks with cake while the dignified human guests remain oblivious. The style is hyper-realistic. The audio is a fast-paced and cheerful Baroque harpsichord piece, mixed with the stereo-panned sounds of tiny, scampering feet and the clatter of miniature cutlery. 🎶 Music & Audio Prompts Tags: A single, comma-delimited line of descriptive tags for the music's genre, mood, and instrumentation. Focus on creating a wide stereo field with interesting movement. Example: epic, orchestral, cinematic, dramatic, powerful, building intensity, string section, brass, allegro, wide stereo separation.
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