Context and Intention The Song

Context and intention
made to add dimension
To give arguments balance and a view
 
For its where we are coming from
that determine where we go
and determine how we treat people too
 
No one hears an argument
that's meant to hurt
and few validate intentions that are mean
 
Life is not meant
to be energy pettily spent
and discussion that contains not a hill of beans
 
If you engage
and run into your rage
that haze will forever control how you talk
 
but if you engage
and reach out to grasp
you pull the other in with real thought
 
For no one person is wholly right
nor the other wholly wrong
but you surely gain more opponents with smoke and steam
 
And you attract more flies
when you speak without lies
and from the heart with an open mind
 
For communication isnt
unless its heard, acknowledged and returned
and nothing gained by immature acting out
 
A discussion after all
Is rational dialog by all
And a monolog is just a vent

If you engage
and run into your rage
that haze will forever control how you talk
 
but if you engage
and reach out to grasp
you pull the other in with real thought

For no one person is wholly right
nor the other wholly wrong
but you surely gain more opponents with smoke and steam
 
And you attract more flies
when you speak without lies
and from the heart with an open mind
 
For communication isnt
unless its heard, acknowledged and returned
and returned nothing gained by immature acting out

A discussion after all
Is rational dialog by all
And a monolog is just a vent

and...
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Manley Avatar
August 21, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Last but not least, this song was constructed with these system prompts pop, rock, rap, psychedelic, blues, grunge, female vocals ( there are a few flaws in the vocals... but I forgave it ) I recently created my first duet . ( a challenge... the system can get confused.. ) Anyone that wants to follow more closely can find me as Artimus The Poet on Suno . com
Rodgers Avatar
August 20, 2024 at 9:54 AM
Dear Susan, I enjoyed so much stopping by and listening to your beautiful song on communications and context. How wonderful. The words, music, and the performance. What software and hardware do you use to record and mixdown. Blessings, My Dear Friend, Daniel
Manley Avatar
August 21, 2024 at 5:07 PM
I construct using my desktop computer which is a PC. Suno is a website, and they have a window you can cut and paste the lyric into and then set system prompts ( setting vocal style, musical interludes, drum solos, your imagination is your limit, learn from other musicians) You can use it from any MAC or PC. Suno does work on modern IOS and Android but I can't imagine its near as easy with less screen real estate and touch typing. Some people are constructing lyric with Chat GPT or in some cases uses it to edit or expand their lyric ( I write poetry .. have since the 80s and this is all my original work and I expand it myself to create bridge, outro and name the chorus... etc ).
Manley Avatar
August 21, 2024 at 4:56 PM
And if you are teaching yourself or your students.. this article Complete List of Prompts & Styles for Suno AI Music (2024) by Travis Nicholson is gold for a list of what is possible on Suno. ( there are other AI music places... they all have merit and flaws... but Suno is the best).
Manley Avatar
August 21, 2024 at 4:51 PM
Hey Daniel, it would take a long time to create all of this music if I was working it out on my own electronics at home. Or with a band. This is my poem ( and almost exactly the same poem that I wrote in 2007 ) and I put it into Suno . com.
Manley Avatar
August 21, 2024 at 4:51 PM
I then try it out with various musical combination possibilities and listen for things that work with the mood I am trying to convey. I then download the WAVs and master them on Bandlab . com. I pay for the professional tools there. I am working to publish my music now and it will appear on Tik Tok and then up on Spotify and Pandora and the like and be for sale as well. It will also be available to be licensed.  And that ... is my full business plan and release tool chain in a nutshell. ( Oh I can edit WAVs in camtasia my video editing tool and there are tools for editing the various tracks ( the STEMS) should I want to minorly alter what the machine spits out. BTW AI music creation is a bit like educated guess pachinko machine music creation. Its knowing a bit about what sounds good... and being able to hear it in your head. The philosophy poems are kinda fun music pieces. 
Chunn Avatar
August 17, 2024 at 9:03 PM
I really like this poem/song. Nice arrangement and vocals as well. A modern song with real thought and lyrics....wow! Nicely done!
Manley Avatar
August 17, 2024 at 11:10 PM
Thanks Andy! Its a poem I wrote just arranged into a lyric. Finding the write music to dress it up in was key. - Susan
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