This video shows a demo of a song written by me, but created by AI, as detailed in ‘Final Word’ in Issue 41.
I wrote the lyrics and set them to some chords, and recorded a quick demo on my phone. Not being the finest singer, and not being that good at singing and playing at the same time, the standard of that recording was extremely low! However, I wanted to share it with the band for comments and to see if they might want to work on it.
However, this song was very personal - and the terrible recording I made was not going to cut it. So I used AI (an app called Suno), uploading my demo and lyrics. It was then able to generate a demo for me, using my words, my melody and my song structure and chords. So it was still my song - but the production was better and therefore I could share it without the embarassment.
In the end, I forgot to describe the vocal style on the app - so it was a female vocal. But a) any would have been better than mine and b) I quite liked it.
It was a song written after waking up from a dream that it was the mid 90’s again (a common theme for me, who lives for nostalgia). My best friend had passed away and it set me thinking about our lives together. So, you can see why sharing an awful demo seemed wrong somehow! For the purpose of this article it would have been better to share the ‘before’ as well as the ‘after’, but trust me, it’s out of tune singing and ropey ukulele playing - it’s bad!