President Adam Manning welcomed everyone to the Centerville Rotary Club and led reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. Brian Hayes provided the prayer.
Today’s quote provided by Don Overly: "Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you." Arnold Palmer
Today’s Announcements:
- Thanks to today’s greeters: Don Stewart & Dale Berry
- BIG thanks to Frank Perez for great leadership of this year’s successful Golf Outing
- Ron H presented Frank with a Paul Harris Fellow +6. Thanks Frank for your support of the Rotary Foundation!
- Ron and Adam presented 10 scholarships to graduating seniors at Centerville High School this week. Thanks to Brad Thorp and the Scholarship committee for their work selecting these students. The students and their families will be at the June 18 meeting.
- Board meeting highlights
- Kristy Spivey was approved as a new member.
- May 28 Dragon’s game tickets are still available. Game starts a 7:05 pm with gates opening at 6:00 pm. See Uriah A to get yours.
Happy Bucks this quarter will be donated to Operation Warm, providing winter coats to children in need in partnership with Hannah’s Treasure Chest.
Pat Beckel was our Sergeant at Arms with help from Brian Hayes.
Happy Bucks were generously given for:
- Pat B was happy Kristy is joining, that a tornado hit Centerville but everyone is ok, Duncan left for his LA Adventure but he can’t announce the details until July, He recently posted Duncan’s song/dance scene on FB HERE.
- Adam M’s oldest nephew graduated from Wittenberg in Environmental Science and is looking for a job at a Park District!
- Frank P’s 3 year old grandson’s birthday party will include 90 people coming for a pig roast and his other son and his wife are expecting their first child!
- Don S is going to FL to see the band Triumph in concert.
- Mark K for being here, the rain that makes the grass grow, and he lost 6 tree limbs but no roof damage, and the Reds 6 wins.
- Kristy S was happy to be a new member and looks forward to getting to know everyone.
- Wyatt T announced the Camp Kern Golf Outing will be August 17 at Shaker Run, and they really need golfers!
- Brad T while golfing with sons Wyatt and Bo in TN, on the 17th hole, he hit his first Hole in One (122 yards.) The tradition is to buy a drink for everyone in your group, so he had to buy for the 32 guys on the trip!
- Lee H’s Farm Report was on Monin’s Fruit Farm that started in 1961 by Roger & Phyllis Monnin The second generation kept it going but they thought they were going to have to close, when grandkids stepped up to keep the 45-acre fruit farm going.
- Arnie B was happy Kristy is joining us, and she started by volunteering at the Golf Outing starting at 6:30 am!
- Ron H welcomed Kristy and is happy Sofie is back.
- Elda GG was super happy to see Sofie, and her granddaughter graduated from Miami University.
- Harvey S was happy Sofie is back.
- Sofie A was very happy to be back, missed everyone, spent time with family while visiting Denmark, N Germany, and France.
- Dale B had all 5 great grandkids together for his youngest grandson’s bar mitzvah.
- Dan J announced with over 100 applicants for the Library’s design competition, his 9 yr old Julia is a top 3 contender. You can can vote online. She is entry #3. Deadline is May 22nd! VOTE HERE
- Gina S for Kristy, Sofie, this great Club, and her husband surprising her with a trip away for the weekend.
- Carol K thanked Boyd for filling in last week. She had a great time at the birding festival, seeing 94 different species of birds, including a Kirtland’s warbler, which is rare, and then enjoyed her youngest granddaughter’s dance recital.
- Dan S was happy to see Terry as he has seen his band play multiple times.
- Jake H’s son graduates from preschool tonight and he will be at CWPD camps all summer, so Jake will get to see him more.
- Bill M announced Washington-Centerville Public Library won the Dayton Torch Award for 2026. It’s a big deal so congrats to them!
- Uriah A said we are still a little under where we want to be with Operation Warm but are getting there. Please donate what you can to keep kids warm over winter.
Our speaker today was Terry O’Brien, Owner. Producer. Songwriter, owner of Trilevel Productions in Centerville
Terry, a record producer, videographer, podcaster, creator of Centerville in 60 Seconds, and leader of numerous community projects, joined us to discuss the impact of AI on music and creative work.
Terry shared that he works with AI every day and demonstrated how dramatically it has changed the creative process. The first slide in his presentation, which would have previously taken hours to create by sourcing photos and refining graphics, was completed in just two minutes with the help of AI.
He summed up the rapid pace of change with this quote:
“If you are afraid of AI, you can either get on the bus or get underneath it!”
To illustrate how much the music industry has evolved, Terry noted that between 1960 and 1970, approximately 300,000 songs were written. Today, Spotify sees around 60,000 new songs uploaded every single day, creating an overwhelming amount of content and making it increasingly difficult for artists to stand out.
Before AI, producing a song often required 90–96 hours of work and around $1,600 in studio costs for a local recording studio. Now, artists can create and produce music from home in as little as two hours.
During the presentation, Terry played examples comparing traditionally written music with AI-assisted creations. One example featured a songwriter with a guitar performing an original song, followed by an AI-generated version that used AI vocals and music production blended with a real human voice. While AI can create polished music, Terry emphasized that audiences still form emotional connections with real artists and performers.
He also shared a “Rotary 2-Day” song project he created in just two days and encouraged attendees to continue supporting live musicians and human creativity.
Terry discussed how AI tools can help creators produce music, scripts, videos, and animations more efficiently — in some cases completing projects within an hour using modern apps and software.
He was candid about his own initial reaction to AI, admitting that it first made him question his future as a creator. However, he ultimately came to see AI as a tool that can enhance creativity rather than replace it, helping musicians and artists improve and expand their work.
The presentation also touched on ongoing debates around ownership and copyright. Terry referenced discussions involving lawyers, Nashville industry professionals, and songwriters who are actively exploring who owns AI-generated creative works and how the industry will adapt moving forward.
*Editor’s note: This summary was created by AI from the notes I took at the meeting. Not bad!!!
