The 20,000-Hour Ear: Where Musical History Meets Modern Synthesis.
I am a musical archivist and producer dedicated to the "lost" sounds of the human experience. My work is built on a foundation of over 20 years of daily, obsessive study. I’ve spent four years meticulously analyzing and rating almost 15,000 archival recordings from 1890 to 1939, before that I spent fifteen years building out playlists by year and by genre and learned as much as I could about the music of the mid 1950's to the late 1990's.
This is Expert-Led Curation.
I use cutting-edge generative technology as a surgical tool, not a shortcut.
Every track on this channel is a product of Human Intent. I personally oversee every concept, lyric, genre-blend, and sonic texture to ensure that the "warmth" of the past isn't lost in the digital transition.
What you’ll find here:
Authentic Recreations
Genre-Bending Experiments
New sounds built from a mental library of 30,000+ songs.
CreekyJarls Productions
Hey, just in case the algorithm doesn't let you know about this song. If you are a fan of story songs, Horror movies or Rock/Metal you don't want to miss this one.
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New day and new stumbling block put in my way by this platform. I have noticed recently that subscriber comments on my videos have been disappearing and then when I go to the last song that I commented on of theirs my comment isn't there either. So not only is the algorithm punishing me and limiting my reach but now I guess I can't have back and forth exchanges with subscribers in the comments either.
[Gemini gave me this as a possible explanation: The Overly Aggressive AI Spam Filter (Coordinated Engagement Flag)
YouTube's automated moderation algorithms have become incredibly sensitive. The system constantly monitors for bot nets and unnatural engagement patterns.
How it happens: If you two support each other frequently—meaning you leave comments back-and-forth on almost every video, use similar hype-up phrases, share links, or reply rapidly—the algorithm can misidentify the relationship as an "engagement farm" or a coordinated spam bot circle.
The Result: The system flags the account-to-account connection and systematically hides the comment strings between you two to prevent what it thinks is artificial view/comment boosting.]
What's the point of having a comments section and subscribers if you can't communicate with them without an algorithm deciding if it's authentic speech or not.
On one hand Google is spending billions of dollars on putting A.I. into everything but on the other with YouTube they are building a well-deserved backlash against A.I. and algorithms. It's stupid and self-defeating and shows that they can't handle the power that A.I. and algorithms give them over people's lives, speech and livelihoods.
In any other time period of YouTube's existence, I would have gotten a fair shake and a chance to grow my channel on my own merits but now I feel like they are openly hostile to creators and I for one am sick of their shit.
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Hey, what's up everybody?
Just giving you a heads up that I created a new playlist of my Klezmer tracks in case you were into them when I released them. More Klezmer instrumentals will be coming soon.
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLc...
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My song recommendation this week is a Piedmont Blues song from 1927 that I discovered while rating my way through the 1920's. The artist is Barbecue Bob, and the song is called Honey You Don't Know My Mind. I like a lot of his songs and I'm glad I came across his music. I really like the lines, "I got a handful of nickels, pocket full of dimes, house full of children ain't nair-one mine." I rated the song a 4 out of 5.
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I'm going to start doing a Creeky Recommends post every Sunday. I'm not sure if anyone will interact with them but Youtube wants proof that I'm not just throwing up mass produced slop, so this is a way of letting them know that there is a person with tastes and discernment behind the channel. I've been back at it again on Rateyourmusic.com and have been rating my way through the genre of Digital Dancehall (Digital dancehall is a form of Dancehall music that emerged in the mid-1980s with the King Jammy-produced "Under Me Sleng Teng" by Wayne Smith. The main characteristic that makes it different from the first forms of dancehall is the rhythms are digital rather than having the traditional backing band. After the Sleng Teng hit digital dancehall became the standard style in dancehall, up until the early 1990s where the more hardcore style of Ragga took over.) and will be sharing a song that I rated a 4.5 out of 5, the aforementioned Under My Sleng Teng by Wayne Smith from 1985. I love the electronic riddim underneath the vocals, this is a top-notch example of the genre. I'm hoping this deep dive into the genre will tighten up my future Digital Dancehall and other Reggae genre projects.
2 months ago | [YT] | 3
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This week's showcase was my attempt to make an authentic sounding early 1960's British Invasion Mod Rock song. I was just starting to figure out how to use Udio and rewrite Chat-GPT lyrics back when I made this in June of 2024. What do you think? Did I nail the sound and the style?
2 months ago | [YT] | 1
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Alright folks, I give up and I'm going to post less often, it's not worth getting 10 views on some of my best work. I'm going to post 3 times a week from now on. The Udio instrumentals are kind of evergreen so I will be posting one of those a week. Let me know which day of the week I should post my showcase Suno song in the comments, I'm thinking Friday but I'm open to suggestions.
2 months ago | [YT] | 5
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📢 Community Post: The Evolution of the Archive
A New Chapter: Introducing CreekyJarls Productions.
For a long time, I’ve shared my music here under a simple username that was my old gamertag. But as this channel grows, it’s time for the name to match the mission.
Most of you know me for the sounds I create, but few know the "why" behind them. This isn't just a hobby; it’s the result of a 20-year obsession with the history of recorded sound.
The Foundation:
Before I ever touched modern synthesis tools, I spent fifteen years deep diving into the evolution of music from the mid 1950's to the late 1990's, cataloging everything from the global hits to the most obscure, forgotten gems. I followed that by spending four years submerged in the past—rating and analyzing almost 15,000 archival recordings from 1890 to 1939.
The Mission:
CreekyJarls Productions is about using 21st-century technology as a surgical tool. I’m using my "20,000-hour ear" to synthesize that lifetime of research into new sounds—recreating the "un-recreatable" textures of the past and blending them with the possibilities of the future.
This isn't "AI slop." It’s Expert-Led Synthesis. Every note, every lyric, and every genre-defying blend is a deliberate choice made by a human who has lived and breathed music for two decades.
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Nice, another milestone. The channel just passed 900 subscribers. Thank you for being a subscriber and supporting my ideas and creations.
4 months ago | [YT] | 9
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In case you missed it last year or are new to my channel since then I have a pretty good Christmas playlist of the classics with a Creeky remix and some new Holiday beats as well.
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLc...
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