Episode 418: ChatGPT Roasted Our Band’s Set List: What Working Musicians Can Learn

In this episode, we put a real band set list in front of ChatGPT and react to the results with Mike Schulte of The Pork Tornadoes.

We break down what AI got right, what it completely missed, and what working musicians can actually learn about set list strategy, crowd flow, and song selection.

If you’ve ever wondered whether AI can help your band build a better live show, this one gets into the good, the bad, and the gloriously stupid.

This episode is for anyone who writes set lists, plays in multi-singer bands, or cares about how energy actually moves through a room. We get into emotional arcs, genre clustering, why fairness can kill momentum, and how to actually use AI as a creative tool instead of a gimmick.

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### What we get into:

* The closer debate: **Mr. Brightside** vs. **Lose Yourself**
* Why “slow songs need runway”
* BPM brick walls and mid-set energy crashes
* Country clustering vs. demographic pinball
* Engineering the perfect photo-op peak
* The nuclear run and where your biggest weapons actually belong
* Fairness vs. emotional inevitability in multi-singer bands
* Using AI as a rut-buster (not a replacement for taste)

There’s also a brief mid-episode emergency when Adam’s kid takes a headshot at recess. He’s fine. Scalp wounds just bleed like Tarantino directed them.

If you build set lists for a living — or even just obsess over them — this one might mess with your philosophy a little.

Protect the dance floor.

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