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.
