Hi there, I'm Sammy Coulter,
a musician, singer/songwriter, author, and observer of human nature. I've been writing and playing music for most of my life. I took some time away from music to work on other things, but you know what? You can't stay away from it for long. So, here we are.
A Little More About Me
I live somewhere in the American West. I'll leave it at that. A little mystery never hurt anybody.
My love affair with music started sometime around the third grade with a set of bongos and a cheap guitar. Apparently, it stuck.
Away from music and writing, I'm still pursuing a couple of life's more elusive goals—among them perfecting the best pot of chili con carne on the planet and a respectable pot of Cajun red beans and rice. The research continues.
I also have a weakness for late-night radio shows about aliens, UFOs, and things that supposedly go bump in the night. I don't necessarily believe all of it, but that doesn't mean I don't enjoy listening. The same goes for science fiction movies. Sometimes wondering what if? is half the fun.
And then there's Charlie the spider plant. We've shared a home for more than twenty years, which makes it one of the longer relationships in my life. Apparently, I've finally figured out how to keep something alive.
About AI and My Work
There's been quite a bit of talk about AI lately, so in case it's important to you, absolutely ZERO of my music is AI generated. Not the music, not the lyrics, and not my books either. While I use electronic instrumentation along with the real thing, it's all controlled by me. The machines are tools; they don't do the creating for me.
That doesn't mean I'm opposed to AI. In fact, I've discovered that it can be a pretty remarkable tool when it's used as just that—a tool. I use it to help organize things, market my work, and even to help bring Electronic Sammy to life.
But when it comes to my books and music, I draw a pretty firm line. I don't use AI to come up with the ideas, write the words, compose the music, or tell me what I ought to create. That part comes from my own brain, my own experiences, and occasionally whatever strange place a songwriter's ideas come from.
The songs are mine. The words are mine. The books are mine. The mistakes are mine, too—and there have been plenty of those.
You'll occasionally see an AI-generated picture around here, and now you'll even meet an AI-powered digital companion named Electronic Sammy. I'm comfortable with that. I've simply learned there's a difference between using technology as a tool and asking it to be the creator.
For me, that distinction matters.
Technology can help me share what I create. The creation itself is still mine
