I’m still debating whether writing here in my lil’ blog or writing articles for Medium is more satisfying, or can get before more eyes.

I wrote recently over there about an amazing tool I hadn’t ever heard of: Suno. (Here’s my Suno profile page of songs.)

It can do amazing music creations, based on whatever you tell it in a prompt. You can pick a genre (not an artist to mimic, it suffers copyright heartburn), tempo, instruments, even give it lyrics or let it make up it’s own, or a combo.

I have had, and told many people about my long-time dream of a Broadway musical idea. So with a simple prompt, it easily gave me a realization of just what it could sound like.

More than one, actually – it’ll give you plenty of versions, most just keep getting better.

You name the musical type, give it some lyrics or not, and it’ll give you a wonderful rendition – an amalgam no doubt of all the music it’s been trained on. Not quite like any one piece, but evocative and wonderful.

Is it a bit homogenized, not quite as rough around the edges or totally unexpected as a great songwriter can create through blood, sweat and tears? Perhaps.

But imagine what a tool like this can do in the hands of a school choir and/or its director, an assisted living activity director, or just a whole lot of regular folks who love music and can never hear – or amazingly create – enough.

I don’t believe it makes songwriting or the amazing musicians I have loved over the years any less special. It feels like magic, and I’m sure video will be the next chapter (create your own movie with a wave of a wand!)

I’m excited, despite the inevitable questions, concerns and challenges, from financial to philosophical and all the rest.

But for now, I am simply blown away. I have met some fine creators over there and of course am asking how much they made it happen – or they used the many tools Suno has for musicians to reach higher heights, even quicker and easier, if they want.