Credits:
- First 10 seconds: voice clip by Michelle Johnson (incl. lyrics);
- The rest: Suno AI;
- Image: Midjourney V6 + face inpainting (Michelle);
Initially this was just an experiment, to see what can be done with AI. It eventually turned into an earworm I kept coming back to. I still don’t know where I stand with AI and creativity (perhaps as a collaborator? as a sample generator?). Either way, I believe it would be a shame not to share this.
I finally got a chance to experiment with some AI music-making during the holidays. I took a track my friend Iffer and I made in 2003, where I did the sound design and she did the spoken word poetry, and gave it to Suno AI with no instructions. It generated some interesting and unexpected extensions with some surprising lyrics. The first clip is the original in the demo, and the other two are extension attempts by Suno AI. It was interesting to see how the AI would handle extending this piece.
Thomas unexpectedly drops musical gems like this (https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3XfK68C-Q9s) – here’s my attempt to add subtle touches while letting the original shine.
After a discussion with colleagues about death, reflecting on its deeper meaning that emerges when it touches us personally, I was reminded of a spoken-word recording I worked on with Amanda Dei, in 2008 in Yellowknife—a haunting meditation on love, memory, and the fragile rebellion against inevitable loss.
I met Tony in Chilliwack in 2014. Near the end of his life, we recorded this—his thoughts on time’s weaving. I still wonder what he saw in those final threads, and what we all will.
(c) Besart Hysniu 2025 