AI expands creative possibility
Lincoln builds design systems and prototypes interfaces with AI agents. Ben produces music and curates sets with AI-assisted tools. Same brothers, different mediums, same discovery: AI doesn't replace creativity — it removes the technical barriers to expressing it.
A musician who can't code can now build an app. A designer who can't produce music can now score a video. A developer who can't draw can now generate visual concepts. The gatekeepers were never taste or vision — they were technical skill. AI dissolves the gate.
This podcast explores that expansion. Not the hype. Not the fear. The actual experience of two people whose creative practice changed when the tools changed.
Dad's songs and photos
Ron Mitchell
Our father Ron was a guitarist and songwriter. He left behind a collection of songs and photographs. Recordings from another era, images from a life well lived. They deserve more than a box in the attic.
This is our first project together: reworking dad's songs and photos into new music and video using AI. Ben takes the original recordings — separates stems, reimagines arrangements, layers new production over the bones of the originals. Lincoln takes the old photographs — restores, animates, transforms them into visual narratives that breathe alongside the music.
It's personal. It's emotional. And it's the perfect proof of what agentic A/V can do — not replacing the original, but amplifying it into something new while honouring what was there.
- Stem separation from original recordings
- AI-assisted remastering and restoration
- New arrangements built on original melodies
- Reimagined production — same soul, new sound
- Photo restoration and AI enhancement
- Animated visual narratives from still images
- Music video creation from family archives
- Drums — adding live percussion to the reworked tracks
- Visual identity for the project
The podcast documents the journey — the tools we use, the creative decisions we make, and what it feels like to collaborate with AI on something that matters.
Season one
AI made me a better designer. Did it make you a better DJ?
Lincoln and Ben compare notes on how AI tools changed their creative practice — not replacing skill, but unlocking possibilities that were technically beyond reach.
The skill gap illusion
You don't need 10,000 hours anymore to express a creative vision. AI collapses the gap between what you can imagine and what you can make. Is that liberation or devaluation?
Vibe coding meets vibe mixing
Lincoln prototypes UIs by describing intent. Ben produces tracks by describing feeling. Same pattern: the human provides direction, the machine provides execution. Who's the artist?
The scout bee and the selector
A DJ's job is curation — finding the right track for the right moment. A design systems architect curates components, tokens, and patterns. Both are scouts. Both are amplified by AI.
When the machine has taste
AI can generate a thousand variations. But taste — knowing which one is right — is still human. Or is it? Lincoln and Ben argue about whether AI will develop aesthetic judgement.
Same question, different medium
Design Systems & UI
- Prototyping interfaces with Claude Code
- Design tokens as machine-readable context
- Multi-brand theming from a single system
- AI-generated images for editorial content
- Figma-to-code via agentic pipelines
Music & Production
- AI-assisted music production and remixing
- Stem separation and creative recomposition
- Live performance with AI-generated visuals
- Curation and playlist generation at scale
- The DJ as scout bee — finding what's next
“You don't need to be a developer to build an app. You don't need to be a producer to make a track. You need vision, taste, and the right tools. AI is the right tool.The MITCHELL Podcast — opening thesis
Want to be part of the conversation?
We're looking for guests who use AI to expand their creative practice — any medium, any level. If AI changed how you make things, we want to hear about it.