How I "WRITE" songs with AI

 I have found a new favorite Hobby. It's AI song writing and AI producing. 

What exactly does that mean??? 

I thought I'd give you a peek into my process and the outcome. 

Here is where it starts- I have an idea and I give that Idea to Chat GBT. 

What I asked/Told Chat GBT 

I'd like to write a song called "when God says NO" it's about someone who is praying and asking for

something that they deeply want, and then God answers, not right away but clearly, and he says NO.

so now this person is having to come to terms with this answer, and is just asking for God's guidance

and direction going forward, trusting that his answer is BEST

Sometimes I have to ask a second time - for a version with the same feel but less Wordy, or more worshipful, but this was was pretty good on the first try.
(Chat GBT and I have spent hours together working through verses, and devotionals and writing songs, so "he" has learned a lot about my preferred song style, so this process is a lot more refined then it used to be)

Chat GBT’s version (the highlighted areas are the parts of the song that I re-wrote. and Below it in BLUE s the

FINAL version with my rewrites.

When God Says No

Verse 1

I prayed for the mountain to move

I prayed for the answer I knew

But silence was all I could hear

Till Your whisper came clear

Verse 1

I prayed for the mountain to move

I prayed for the answer I knew

But silence was all I could hear

Till Your answer came, loud and clear

Chorus

When God says no, I will still trust

When doors won’t open, I’ll follow Your love

You see the road I can’t understand

So I’ll hold to Your heart, and I’ll rest in Your hands

Chorus

God

When you say no, I will still trust

When doors won’t open, I will still trust

You see the road ahead, every twist and every bend

Help me Lord to understand

that Even NO

is perfect in Your hands

Verse 2

It’s hard to lay down my own plans

It’s hard to release what I’ve held

But You are the Author of days

And Your ways are higher than my ways

Verse 2

It’s hard to lay down my own plans

It’s hard to release what I’ve held

But You are the Author of days

And Your ways are higher than my ways

Chorus

When God says no, I will still trust

When doors won’t open, I’ll follow Your love

You see the road I can’t understand

So I’ll hold to Your heart, and I’ll rest in Your hands

Chorus

God

When you say no, I will still trust

When doors won’t open, I will still trust

You see the road ahead, every twist and every bend

Help me Lord to understand

that Even NO

is perfect in Your hands

Bridge

Your “no” is mercy, Your “no” is grace

You guard my steps and You light my way

Though I can’t see what tomorrow holds

I know You’re good, and You won’t let go

Bridge

Your “no” is mercy, Your “no” is grace

You guard my steps and You light my way

Though I can’t see what tomorrow holds

I know You’re good, and You won’t let go

Chorus

When God says no, I will still trust

When doors won’t open, I’ll follow Your love

You see the road I can’t understand

So I’ll hold to Your heart, and I’ll rest in Your hands

Final Chorus

God

God

When you say no, I will still trust

When doors won’t open, I will still trust

You see the road ahead, every twist and every bend

Help me Lord to understand

that Even NO

is perfect in Your hands

I thank you Father for your answer

As you can see, Verse 2 and the Bridger were left just as Chat GBT wrote it, because they met the prompt in a way that made sense.

Verse 1 was ALMOST there.

and The chorus was a great start but I wanted to sing the Chorus TO God and the version I got from Chat GBT kind of switched from singing about, to singing too, and it didn't quite hit the point that I wanted this song to make, so THIS is where most of my re-writing happened for this particular song.

I then take the finished song and I "spin" it through Suno. To control the "feel" of the song and the outcome, I told it to give me a specific style- 

Female voice, emotive, breathy, worshipful, piano intro and outro

Perfection was found!! It was version 6  - the others before it were not "quite right" but that's ok, I enjoy the process so much. 

Then I take the final song- and download it to my computer. 

I head over to Canva and I use their program to make a Video. I choose some video clips that match the songs theme and feel. I find a font that I like (I'm kind of partial to one called "Brightwall" so a fair bit of my videos feature this font (as does THIS video) - I match the videos/lyrics to the audio file from Suno.

Then I upload it to Youtube. to my Aileen Loves Jesus channel. I upload it with free use/ creative commons, so that any one, anywhere can use this song in anyway they choose. I hope that churches and Christian creators will use my music to further their ministry. but for now, it sits on Youtube, for anyone who wants to, can listen to it. 

At the time of writing this blog, I've created 171 songs. I have CERTAINLY gotten better at every aspect of this process but I am still very proud of the first few songs I created too. 

Sometimes my prompt to Chat GBT is simply a Bible verse, or portion of scripture, and then my re-write process is about the same (but I am checking to make sure the song is theologically sound as well) 

Here is the link to the video for THE song example from this Blog post. 

One year "clean" (eating)

 It was April of 2024 that I decided to start eating clean, and MAY is when I started getting really strict and defining what eating clean means for me. 

I did it because I want to be healthy, I want to live a quality life for all the years that I'm alive and I know that God made the body to do amazing things, BUT that we need to feed the body with the appropriate fuel to support his wonderful design. 

Slowly I am replacing all my STUFF too, with natural ingredients, natural fibers, and non-toxic (but it's a slow process, because it cost money to do so). 

How I look is where OTHER people notice the difference, and I'm 100% ok with the changes (but it wasn't my motivation for changing). I put together a collage of before and Now photos. It's hard to really show because I tend to gravitate towards flowy clothes so you can't really see that much difference, but I have gone from a size 12 down to a size 8 currently. 

I can't tell you how much weight I've lost because it's not something I keep track of. 

But I can tell you that I sleep better, I wake up better. My digestion is better, my skin in less dry and red, my vitiligo is reversing, my hormones are balancing, my body is HEALING!!!! and FOOD was the medicine!!!!

I would say I had a wee bit of a sugar addiction before (if you know me, you KNOW this to be true), I had a very unbalanced apatite, and even though I didn't eat a ton of fast food, and never drank alcohol, my "healthyish" diet wasn't doing me any favors. 

So WHAT is CLEAN eating according to Aileen???

It starts with Protein first thing in the morning, for ME that means 3 eggs (usually with some sort of cheese added).  

and my eggs are Free range -and if I can find a good deal, I'll get ORGANIC free range

Organic Fruits and veggies (and right now I'm obsessed with Gala apples, so I eat about 2 a day)

Dairy has to be grass-fed, hormone free and if it's from another country that's even better. I'd love to add RAW milk to my diet but it's imposable to find where I live so I just do organic, grass fed A2 whole milk.

Beef is hormone free, grass fed and Organic. 

Meat in general needs to be hormone free, nitrate free, uncured and organic. 

and the BIGGEST criteria for me, is SEED OILS, I don't consume anything with seed oils in it and that's about 95% of the American diet. 

I also try to limit highly processed sugars or artificial sweeteners. 

I also have a food curfew of 3 hours before bed which usually just means that I don't eat anything after dinner, and I don't feel like I'm missing out or starving myself.

I try to share my journey as much as I can on social media, from my grocery hauls to my cooking adventures. 

I honestly don't feel deprived. 

I don't crave the stuff I used to live for, I don't crave sugar, I don't feel hungry all the time. 

I actually LOVE the challenge of trying something new (cooking wise)

And I Hope that maybe I can inspire some of you, who are reading this to take a step in the same direction. 

You will be amazed at how good it feels to be disciplined in a healthy way, it's empowering to know that you are doing something good even if it's really hard. 

It did get easier as time went by. 

those first few months were very hard, as I learned what I could and couldn't eat, while I weaned myself off of the "diet" I had eaten my whole life. 

I think this next year; I am going to try to add in consistent work outs. I am going to try to get in the habit of 10 mins in the morning and 10 mins in the evening, as well as 1-2 group fitness classes a month. 

I think by continuing my clean eating and clean living and adding positive structured movement, I'll see even more positive changes. 

I have a little Secret to SPILL

 Secret to confess

Nope, I'm not pregnant, so if you were reading this post hoping for that confession, sorry to disappoint you.

Ever since I left Oregon, in Feb 2013, I have visited my family once a year (at least) usually in the summer. 

That's 11 years!!! 

My secret, are you READY???

is...

 that I want to move back to Oregon!!!!!!

I know, I know, I complain about being cold in Florida, and Arizona, and I'm VERY VERY against being cold still 

(& so is my body, and my EDS joints) BUT so so so many of the people I love are there, and I'm tired of being so lonely.

I'm tired of being the far away sister/daughter/aunt/friend.

I long for community, with people who know me.

I want game nights and craft nights with my friends, I want to go to my nieces choir concert, go to karaoke, thrift and yard sale with Natalie and Karina. My once a year visit just isn't cutting it anymore. 

Video calls once a week with Mom and chatting on the phone with Natalie and Karina, and texting Joelle is NOT ENOUGH anymore. My heart and soul are homesick.

But I'm an adult with responsibilities and there are many obstacles that stand if our way. Mostly financial obstacles but also the practical stuff like jobs and housing. 

My husband is actually the one who started the discussion, back in October, when we lost our job suddenly and while we were in the mushy middle of limbo land. I didn't think he would ever want to live in Oregon so I never let my heart even consider the possibility. 

This confession is, in no way, an announcement, or a plan, just a strong, deep desire. 

I LOVE the beach, and I will soak up every moment of sand and ocean while I am here, I'll enjoy my job and do the best I can and maybe get to spend some time with Tim's family that lives a few hours away, while we are still here in Florida 

but my heart is elsewhere.

Maybe a year from now, maybe two, hopefully not too much longer than that.

Join me in prayer, that if it's God's will, he will move away the mountains that stand in the way  !!