Right after conflict begins, culture experiences a psychological jolt. The world suddenly feels less stable and less predictable. People sense that ordinary assumptions may no longer hold, even if daily life continues normally. Continue reading
Sea shanties were not originally entertainment music. They were functional technology — a human synchronization system developed long before machines could coordinate labor.
On sailing ships from roughly the 16th through the 19th centuries, nearly every major task required groups of sailors to exert force at exactly the same moment. Raising sails, hauling lines, turning capstans, pumping bilge water, or weighing anchor demanded coordinated effort. If twenty men pulled at slightly different times, energy was wasted and equipment could fail. Rhythm solved the problem. Continue reading
I’ve spent the entire night repairing various albums to make the songs within them be consistent in sound and general mood. The internet crapped out just as I was getting around to writing something or other, and just now came back on, so this is the blog for today. Continue reading
From Albums → Playlists → Personal Reality Streams
Once upon a time, music arrived as an authority structure.
You bought an LP.
You listened in the order chosen by the artist. Track one, track two, and so forth until the end of the record. Continue reading
Imagine a large rather cubic creative grid.
Across the top are ten lyric sheets.
Each lyric sheet contains the same words every time it is processed, but those words are not yet tied to any musical identity. Continue reading
We’re living in a strange and wonderful moment.
For the first time in history, a songwriter does not need a record label, a band, a studio contract, or permission from anyone to create commercially usable music.
The tools now exist. Continue reading
If you hold a Pro membership in Suno, you generally retain commercial rights to the songs you create. That means your songs are not just creative exercises — they are intellectual property you can legally use, distribute, and monetize.
The important shift is this:
You are no longer trying to sell one hit song.
You are building a catalog.
Modern success comes from many uses of many songs.
Below are several realistic paths.
Verse 1:
I drove through a cloud made of bubblegum soup
Saw a goose in a trench coat conducting a troop
The trees did a shuffle, the moon took a bow
And a squirrel read my taxes out loud somehow Continue reading
I’ve developed a method for creating song albums that is less about choosing the “best” version and more about exploring how a lyric behaves in different musical worlds.
Here’s how it works: Continue reading
