Composed Better Music by Modeling a Reclusive Producer I Could Barely See

I used RAIKOV to model a songwriter/producer with very limited public visibility. After establishing a baseline understanding of their style through listening, I spent three days subconsciously analyzing a single song — occasionally with RAIKOV playing simultaneously. The result was an original composition inspired by the same underlying concept but with distinct execution. A listener said the recreation was actually an improvement and didn't sound derivative until I explained a specific chord progression choice. What RAIKOV ultimately created was a new mental location — a perspective I could inhabit and create from.