I've been writing poetry since I was 12—nearly two decades of filling notebooks with words, searching for ways to capture the complexity of human experience. Poetry was my earliest form of expression, a way to lighten dark things, simplify the difficult, and add nuance where it's often missing.
While I've always loved music, I was never gifted at any instrument and have what I'd kindly call a terrible singing voice. I resigned myself to being an appreciator rather than a participant, despite writing an entire musical that never saw the light of day. I could hear the melodies in my head as I wrote my lyrics, but had no way to bring them into reality.
The Closed Gates of Traditional Music Production
The traditional path to music creation remained closed off—producing a single song professionally costs over $1,000, a prohibitive sum for most independent creators. For someone making fringe music about topics not often explored in the mainstream, the gatekeepers of the music industry presented an insurmountable barrier.
The Traditional Cost Barrier: Professional music production typically costs $1,000+ per song, making it inaccessible for independent creators exploring unconventional topics or styles.
AI as Collaborator, Not Replacement
While many fear AI will replace human creativity, my experience has been the opposite—AI gave me a voice I never had. When I discovered Suno AI, suddenly I could translate the music I heard in my head into reality. I could provide detailed direction about instrumentation, mood, and style to create compositions that matched my vision.
My process remains deeply human. First come the words—always the words. I approach my songs as stories, sometimes starting with lyrics I've been writing for years until a theme emerges, other times researching a specific topic until songs are born exploring it. When the words are ready, I think about how the music should complement them, often already hearing it in my head.
After creating the initial compositions with Suno AI, I partner with professional mixing and mastering engineers who add the final human touches, bringing warmth, depth, and emotional resonance to the sound.
The Human Process Behind the Technology
Over time, I've created nearly ten albums that I'm excited to share over the next two years. I understand some might worry that this pace makes it unfair to artists who produce all their music traditionally. I don't see myself as replacing human artists—rather, I'm exploring territory that's often overlooked in our current sonic landscape.
This isn't about replacing traditional musicians—it's about opening doors that were previously closed, allowing voices and perspectives that might never have been heard to find expression.
The topics I cover in my debut album Whispers Between Words are deeply resonant and meaningful to me—the contradictions we all live with in "Gray," the digital alienation captured in "Lost in the Scroll," the spiritual questioning in "Prayer." These are human experiences that deserve expression, even if the traditional gatekeepers of music production might not make space for them.
Poetry in a Digital Age
We live in an era where deep thought and slow contemplation struggle to find their place. Poetry—that ancient art of concentrated meaning—can seem increasingly distant from our daily digital rhythms. Yet I believe the timeless human truths that poetry captures are more essential than ever.
By embracing AI as a collaborator—rather than seeing it as a replacement for human creativity—I've found a way to translate my poetic vision into a multisensory experience that can reach people where they are. This allows my work to connect with audiences who might never pick up a traditional poetry collection but who might connect deeply with these same words when set to music.
The Reason We Create
I hope my songs reach someone somewhere out there who needs to hear them. I believe that despite all the technological changes around us, the reason we create and share art remains the same—to remind each other that we are not alone in our experiences, our contradictions, our questions, and our hopes.
The Core Truth: Whether created with traditional instruments or AI collaboration, art serves the same timeless purpose—to connect us through shared human experience and remind us we're not alone.
I'm excited to continue this journey between words and waves, and I hope you'll join me.
My Creative Workflow
Here's how I approach creating each piece:
- The Words First - Poetry, lyrics, stories that have been living in notebooks for years
- Theme Development - Research and exploration until patterns emerge
- Musical Vision - Hearing the composition in my head, imagining instrumentation
- AI Collaboration - Using Suno AI to translate that vision into sound
- Professional Polish - Working with mixing and mastering engineers
- Human Connection - Sharing the final work with listeners who might need to hear it
This hybrid approach honors both the ancient tradition of poetry and the modern possibilities of technology, creating something that couldn't exist without both elements working together.
The future of creativity isn't about choosing between human and artificial intelligence—it's about finding ways to combine them that amplify our ability to connect, express, and create meaning together.