Link: Just Be A Good Person

Summary:
A duet, like Romeo and Juliet, only louder.
With an epic grand finale.
Turn up the volume and enjoy the ride.

Behind the scenes:
Surprisingly, many people are concerned when they learn that I don't believe in any deity and try to convert me into a believer.
My usual response (and the way I live, by the way) is: "You don't have to believe in God to be a good person".
That's what this song is about.
I am well aware that not everyone will like the lyrics, but you can't please everyone.

The "Making of":
  • After a couple of quiet songs, I wanted to do something loud and heavy.
    Or as Floyd called it for my song "At Home": Heavy Theatrical Rock
  • The vocals are a hybrid of SynthV, a locally installed and trained so-vits-SVC implementation,
    Sonarworks SoundID VoiceAI plugin, Suno (thanks to tommyad for bringing this to my attention) and
    RipX DAW and Melodyne to change the melody to what I wanted.
    A tedious job (the SVC training took about 5 days 24/7 on my computer, and ended up not being used much),
    but I like challenges and learned a lot.
  • The band is also a hybrid of BIAB, me and Suno, fused with the RipX DAW (a really VERY versatile and innovative app).
    The timing irregularities were a PITA, but tempo tracks in Cubase solved this problem elegantly.
  • Lessons learned: AI may be good enough for your daily average song, but if you have your own lyrics
    and a clear vision of where you want the song to go, the work you save at one end has to be reinvested elsewhere.
    Doubly sometimes. 62 re-takes until it was the way I wanted.
    There's (still) no shortcut.
    But I've also accepted that for some things it's a great tool to have at your disposal.
    Like BIAB.
    Or Cubase.
    Or an instrument you can actually play...
  • With a length of almost 5 minutes, this is my longest song so far.
    No station will play it.
    As always smile


A big thank you to Marty for his lyrical and spiritual support.

Feedback (the good, the bad and the ugly, I'm here to learn) is, as always, highly appreciated.

Some technical information:

Style:
BROKEN.STY

The band:
Drums: Suno, me
Bass: Suno, me
Guitars: 4176, Suno, me
Synths: 1265, me
Vocals: See above

You can find the lyrics in the next post.

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