Suno brought a personal 25-year songwriting passion back to the surface and rebirthed a long dormant vision. At Flair AI Radio, we have heard innumerable similar stories. For most of my first month using Suno, I either wrote entirely new song lyrics, or reframed decades old lyrics into relevant and re-invigorated music that I was proud to share with the world.
About a month ago, I had a friend coming over to learn Suno in detail. To add some fresh lyrics to the session, I decided to venture over to Chat GPT to create a few fast new song lyrics I could then generate in Suno.
The lyrics that Chat GPT were far better than what I had imagined. This was unusual, because I have written about how Generic the “look” of Chat GPT writing is, in an article of Medium) and shared about it here: https://open.substack.com/pub/rethinkerpub/p/ai-might-be-a-stale-non-fiction-writer
Still, as Paul Saxberg said in the Suno Music Creators Facebook Group, most of the time you can tell which songs were created in AI. Suno does a great job with the music and vocal. But it often can only go as far as the lyrics it’s presented.
For this article, I will share how you can USE AI, but still use YOUR OWN creativity to generate something so much more powerful and, well, human, than AI is capable of producing. How to use AI to accent your creativity and not rely on AI to do all the heavily lifting.
Last week, I had a song hook idea for a story that I knew would be relevant for many women listening: the “Ma’am” conversation and debate. I know dozens of women who bristle when a grocery store clerk refers to them as “Ma’am” as they leave the store. So, I just needed to create a song around the hook concept. Until a month ago, I would handwritten the entire song. This time, I decided to prompt Chat GPT with the concept, in some exacting detail.
PRO TIP: the amount of detail is important, the more writing and direction you provide, the better the final generation will be… at least to start.
I’m going to show you the lines generated by AI and the final song, so you can observe how you can change your AI lyrics to turn them from meh to magical!
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FIRST VERSE (AI ORIGINAL LYRICS) Sweats on, ponytail, just grabbing some bread, |
FIRST VERSE (MY FINAL CREATION) Sweats on, ponytail, grabbing some bread, |
PRO TIP: ALWAYS be thinking about you audience when you are editing your AI music. Is every word adding to the story you want to tell.
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MY FINAL LYRICS |
First, think about the visual of the word I made up: “Frat-brat” – can you see him? Can you picture his look?
“Without much of a glance” – how many women get this reaction when they are at the counter. We all want to be seen.
“Changed all my plans” – Sets the stage for the entire rest of the song. What plans? We find out when you listen to the song!
PRO TIP: see how the song lines are broken up? When you listen to the song, you’ll see that Suno perfectly aligned to the story. Suno is SMART, it doesn’t just create vocals and music, it learns the theme and story “aura” of your song and will create accordingly if you format your lines to amplify the story.
I hope this has given you some great strategies, on how to USE AI and not RELY on it.
We know that this will further your chances of being added to the Flair AI Radio online music station. We are starting to create amazing relationships with many of you, so please share your own story as we communicate.
Here’s to your amazing music!
Final PRO TIP:
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Final Chorus (AI ORIGINAL LYRICS) I don’t need the dress, don’t need the shoes, |
Final Chorus (MY FINAL CREATION) You don’t need the dress, don’t need the shoes, |
By changing the story from “I” to “You” and “We,” you add more relational connection with your audience, and turn it from a song, into an inspiring mantra. Note the formatting changes again.