About Tracy Sabin

Tunes just pop into my head sometimes. If I don’t record them–create a version on the piano, reconstruct them in GarageBand, or simply whistle them into a phone–they flicker away like fireflies in the forest. I never knew what to do with these recordings. But recently, AI music apps, like Suno, offer a way to put flesh on those bones. The app digests the recording while user prompts give guidance to generate orchestrated versions. The first 50 iterations are mostly forgettable. However, by tweaking prompts and exploring genres, a version appears that offers some direction. With luck, the song that emerges, after refining and expanding that concept, just feels right. I’m trying to bottle some of those fireflies.