As I was trying to figure out what free-verse poem of mine to use as lyrics for the magnificent AI-music generator Udio, I realized I had completely forgotten about my “Odes to My Triceratops,” even though Lorenzo the triceratops is featured conspicuously on the banner of my site. That bizarre narrative includes the lyrics of about three-dozen fake songs created by an amateur songwriter named William Griffin, as well as some written by his blind next-door neighbor called Claire Javernick. Why not just turn them all into actual songs?

Here’s the first one, titled “Better Dead Than Blind”:

The lessons I’ve learned from my brief time generating AI songs are ones that musicians have likely also taken to heart: first, if some part of the lyrics doesn’t translate well when sung, just drop it. Also, the main goal is to create a song that you’d love to listen to over and over. I’ve succeeded in doing so with the following song, based on my oldish free-verse poem “A Visit From Truck-kun,” an ode to isekai (that requires a severe rewrite, probably even a reimagining).

Isn’t that fantastic? My two regrets: the annoying typo at the beginning (having written “tell” instead of “tells” in the lyrics). Also, that I couldn’t extend the song again to give it a proper intro.

Anyway, the song was generated using the Udio service, so far the best AI music generator.

I’m reminded regularly of chapter 69 of my ongoing novel We’re Fucked, because I get random hits from visitors who likely expected something different from the search that led them to a page titled “We’re Fucked, Pt. 69.” Sorry, fellas.

Anyway, in that chapter, my deranged protagonist Leire comes up with an idiotic poem about feeling like a monster. The magnificent music-generating service Udio has transformed, with some help, Leire’s poem into a shitty 90s pop-rock song. Enjoy it if you can.

This song-generating business is addicting. I adore music, and I listen to it daily to shut out the world or get in the mood during freewrites. I can’t imagine the masterpieces we’ll be able to generate in a year or two.