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.