I feel like we have more powerful tools at our disposal, than ever before.
I’ve been an imager on a personal budget for 17+ years. Purchasing the right tools, can be just as much of a hurtal as learning how to use them. I’ll always remember purchasing Torch FX from Alien-Imaging. I heard the demo before it was released, and had to have it, and the only way for me to have it, was to open a new line of credit. It was $400. I was pore, and didn’t have any money at the time. That library though, is still a fallback for me, when I am producing something with loads of energy. I’ve never regretted that purchase. I learned so much from using those workparts, and I was, one of the first to have them in the internet world. Flash forward 10 years, and I am fortunate to have a job and getting libraries can be a bit easier these days. I say all of this though, to bring to light how things are evolving, and continuing to stay ahead of the curve has always been important to me. Here’s how I’m going about it near the close of 2025.
AI is out of this world! learning how to use a few tools we have in front of us can maximise our potentual!
Suno:
Moises (iOS):
Elevenlabs:
Before I move forward, I want to stress my commitment to staying true to human art. Though the tools above are ridiculously powerful, I stay true to form as an imaging artist, meaning, I write, and produce the imaging you hear from me. My voice is the male voice talent you hear on the imaging. Shells are cool, and can give the appearance that you’ve got it all together and got epic imaging on your broadcast, but the questions remain for me. #1: Do I have the knoledge/know how to produce this imaging from scratch? If I can’t learn, understand all the technicals, and replicate exactly the tips/tricks that are being used in the production, I don’t use it. #2: Did I write this imaging? If I didn’t write it, it’s not my art and again, I more than likely won’t be using it. I’ve used a couple production house companies who provide shells, and I grab the workparts out of said shells, and don’t use the cooky cutter audio. Taking the time to be a creative, Imaging is absolutely that important to me.
Suno: This tool is still one of those futureistic, dreamy, wo that’s actually possible? tools for me, at least a year in. Though I don’t have all levels of control of the output yet. I don’t seem to be able to control the key, or absolute rithem of what I get. Still we can make A-I songs that can be used in imaging, as jingles, or other musical elements with a singing message. I have no problem using human music clips in imaging, when it comes to promoting artists, here’s what we play, here’s what’s up next. I do have a problem with pulling a song with a very spisific lyrical messsage to excentuate imaging, because someone, somewhere will know that song, and want to hear it now. If that song doesn’t play next up after the imaging element, they may tune out and pull it up to stream somewhere else, or at least his/her mind set will be changed, and taken away from what my message is projecting. I don’t want that. So, to have songs that haven’t existed, created by AI, that will no doubt project the exact message I’m wanting? I’m down! The listener will have never heard the chorus, and they can’t go get it to listen to, and more importantly, it’s just as original as the imaging surrounding it.
Moises: This tool just as futuristicly crazy as the prior, but on a different level,allows you to extract stems, from a stereo audio track. So separates, isolates each instrument and vocal into it’s own track or audio file. As a music producer, I still say WTF? As you may want the same chord progression without the vocal as a bed under a spoken message, this is now possible, as the output from Suno may not provide the instrumental parts you need. You can also highlight different parts of vocals, move sang phrases around, use different processing, really anything you want on Suno’s output.
Elevenlabs. Gives you more options for Voice talent, so you can keep your listeners mentals active, by hearing different voices throughout a piece of imaging.
Enough written text. Lets hear some examples.
Top of hour, legal. A musical jingle element can really make these pop! ssound big and professional. Suno and Moises to the rescue! staying true to human art. I wrote out the lyrics which the AI sing.
Imaging with singing music elements to excentuate the message. Also, a couple of mixed jingles without imaging surrounding them
Suno, also will spit out instrumental music. So? naturally, beds come to mind.
In closing. I always do my best to stay sharp, cutting Edge. AI is opening up an entire new world, allowing us to stay true to human art and add AI elements to really enhance the imaging we produce! Don’t forget my Imager course is available to help you grow and learn more about my workflow!
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