John Dyhouse

This is a follow up from the last track uploaded, I used almost the same prompt for style but a different Voice. This is because I loved this experiment with Suno V6. There is a story behind this song, for once it is autobiographical. Not something I normally do, in fact very unusual for me. I had been trying to write this sone for a while, but it just wouldn't work in the conversational style of the way I usually write lyrics. I had lots of attempted lyrics and additional notes, I tried something different with V6. I entered the ideas using prose... and simply asked Suno to "create" a song from that. Again Suno surprised me, I haven't even changed a line, not a word; I was so pleased with it. usually, any lyrics I have used from Suno in the past have been heavily edited. But yes it covers my prose upload so well. I think of it as mine even tho' it is so different, a lot of work actually went into what I wanted to say. I don't think I will use this process again and certainty not as a matter of course. But if I fall into a similar hole, I might use Suno to pull me up. Any way, I hope you like the song for what it is.

Still experimenting with V6, the song I am covering here was one of the first I worked on with Suno V3.5. I have to admit in those early days |I was prompting for lyrics with a title and a few lines of the chorus &/or verse. I did however edit the resulting lyric to suit my style.. In this cover I was trying to generate vocal stacks ( I used several other songs hoping that I could enhance the vocal arrangements. I was a little disappointed with the results overall but this one I thought worked. I also used my own cloned Voice so It was not really suited to the genre, but here it is warts and all. Hope you like it.

A trial of the latest version, V6, of Suno. A cover of the song of the same name

Well after that little excursion I am back in more familiar territory. An alternative Rock number (do you know what the definition is?) a broken relationship seems to have run it's course, but has it really? Hope you like it.

And now for something completely different! (apologies to Monty Python - again). I have set many of my poems music with Suno, but most of my poetry was quite short and this had left me unable to use it. UNTIL I came across this: https://soundcloud.com/re-ma-614543942/prague-by-renata-stefa-ska . Thanks for the idea Renata! A haiku for those who are not sure is a 3-line japanese poetry form, with lines specified as containing 5,7 and 5 syllables. They do not usually rhyme. This track brings together seven, almost unrelated haiku with free-form prose sections, interspersed throughout, which attempt to bring the haiku sections together. I believe it has worked quite well with a traditional japanese musical back ground.

A latin alternative rock song with orchestral rock vibes. I am now using my cloned voice almost exclusively with the Suno AI songs. The funny thing is I had started to hear what I thought was my voice on other tracks recently, it is difficult to be objective because you can alter any voice/persona by prompting. E.g. set the required voice and then prompt for tenor/bass or baritone; husky/rough or any number of descriptors. But after this song, I was listening to, for a last time before downloading and blow me if I did not hear the next related song with a very clear rendition with my own voice. What a coincidence? I checked the prompts for this "related" song and would you believe the guy generating this had used my cloned voice, The name and graphic icon even checked. And what's more the prompts for his song were unaltered from the prompt associated with the cloned voice. So the song even sounded like one of mine. I knew this could happen but to see it there in black and white (as it were) was amazing. Should I be angry or accept it and be flattered?

I have always liked this song, but decided that I would cover the original version, already posted on Sound Cloud, but using my cloned voice. - I would love to go back and do this with all my favourites, but..... Anyway, I hope you like this version, I will say however that I cannot sing like this, though I have been practicing a few of the Suno generated versions, for my own enjoyment. These are me and my guitar/ukulele only. I shall post some of them when I feel happy with them.

It has been a while since I have deviated from a similar style prompt, Well here it is. No special reason for sticking to a particular style, it just happened while I was experimenting with fairly minimal differences in some style descriptions. However, I felt a need for raising the tempo for this "Latin - Jazz" version of an alternative rock track.

This is an old poem, which I have set to music and restructured to be more in the format of a song. I have posted a reading of the original poem on SC a few years ago, but never set it to music before. After MIL died, My wife had to sell the family home in which she grew up, in many ways a sad experience. But the poem tries to think ahead and the memories we make with our own youngsters.

A warning: if you can listen to the very end, there is a twist in the tail which you may find amusing. This was something I learned from a song by Hank Marvin in his song "London's Not Too Far". In my usual way, I started writing the lyric without planning out how to end the song and after several cul-de-sacs, I remembered this little trick. Never used it myself before but ir seemed appropriate here. Hope you like the song, I do not do many country songs but this seemed right for the lyric.

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Another of those songs which took me for a walk. I had no idea where or how I would get to the end when I first wrote the title. I have also been playing with creating short video loops from Suno - fairly unsuccessfully so far. Difficult to create a loop which doesn't jump as it loops - even with the help of AI. Pity I cant put these videos on Soundcloud though. But I hope you can enjoy the music....

One of those songs you start writing with no idea where you are going - just a first line, which in this case becomes a chorus. And then it simply seems to write itself. Yes I did a lot of editing (and made use of a rhyming dictionary (Rhymezone) but it flowed from the pen like magic - yes I still write with a pen/pencil/etc and paper. Always carry a notebook with me for when I have a spare moment. In this case my better half had gone shopping while I waiter in the car. Any way, I hope you like it!

This track has a history. The original track is on Sound Cloud, on an Album, "This Is Me". Twelve tracks created by myself using software called Acid Forge, I borrowed my son's computer. I used sampled riffs from various instruments, placing them on a piano roll and the editing individual notes (pitch and length of individual notes mostly) to create an original piece of music. The one called, "Classically Me" has been remixed here in Suno and vocals added (see below). Part of an experimental series, playing with the power of Suno. So the backing is a cover of an original classical piece by myself and uses lyrics by myself. Although the main melody is due to Suno. The vocalist is a Suno Persona, I have named Angelina Lee. Face The Music - John Dyhouse (15/08/2026) [verse] I love the music. I love the romance, It reminds me Of Innocence [verse] A kind of magic, Opens my world. Darkest fears, Are all unfurled [chorus] Face the music Who. what. where. You'll find it all, If you should care. In my room alone, No one is listening but me.... No preconditioning [verse3] Show compassion. Never regret, Step aside. Release the debt [Bridge] Ahhhhhhhhhhhh, Oh oohhh oooohhh. Soak it up, But be astute [chorus] Face the music, Who. what. where. You'll find it all, If you should care. In my room alone, No one is listening But me... No preconditioning [verse3] Show compassion Never regret, Step aside, Release the debt [llast chorus] Face the music, Who. what. where. You'll find it all, If you should care. In my room alone No one is listening But me... No preconditioning

Have you ever been hit in the eye with an idea? Clouds was such to me, But I feel I may have used the metaphors, etc, too many times in this lyric. Looked into figures of speech using clouds... and just go carried away. Maybe a very different bridge with a rest from using this idea. Will be back in the near future if this works. Must admit I do like it just seems to be a little overdone - too long in the oven perhaps? Let me know if it works for you.

Idly humming a melody, I started putting words to it: I built a story from those first lines. It's how it happens with me. I never know where I am going as the song develops. It's the lyrics which matter to me. I kept the story simple and the backing sparse. Suno however added far more than I actually wanted. I added a harmonica in place of the sax in my last upload, just for a change but I think it seems just right in this song. Hope you like it.

Another cover of one of my own songs originally put thru Suno when I first signed up. I very quickly used many of my songs to experiment with the possibilities without any real aim; I had a quite large back catalogue. But with v5.5, I am now trying to do my best for some of those early experimental trials. This particular song uses only the lyrics and I thought that a country genre would fit, however during the process I added a saxophone just to be different. Hope you like this updated version.

This was one of my first songs given the Suno treatment two years ago, when I first signed up. Always one of my favourite songs for a number of reasons, but although I was "0ver the moon" with the result then, Listening to it yesterday I felt the production compared badly with more recent tracks. So here is an updated version for my listening pleasure, I do hope you like it. It was originally uploaded to Suno as a complete track; myself singing and playing a uke (in this case) for accompaniment. So the lyrics, melodies and harmonies (chord sequencies) are all down to me. Something I have become lazy about with newer songs, prompting with just the lyrics. Anyway, I have covered the first results and here is the new, updated result. Whoops nearly forgot to mention, the first Suno version (on SC) is titled "Good Times Turn Up Too".

A couple's life is about to be turned upside down. Although no details are included in the lyrics, he is telling her that he needs to go away for a short time. Asking her to wait and believe it will turn out right. I have been neglecting new songs lately, trying to turn one or two songs into versions to play and sing myself. But I am excited about the new song, hope you like it....

At first, with Suno, I was so taken with hearing my songs for the first time with a fully developed and produced format. I was soon adding my catalogue of nearly 300 (ish) songs to Sound Cloud with backings in various genres and styles and yes I was captivated. I took to writing more songs motivated by the sounds I heard when subjected to the "Suno treatment". I loved them all. But lately, I have come to realise that I had stopped singing/playing my own songs. What's more I had started allowing Suno to create melodies for my lyrics. I was not able to cope with learning to sing the songs, especially with some of the rock songs. And then Suno recently added "VOICES" so I could hear "myself" with these wonderful backings. I started to miss singing... Creating the simple version of this track, allowed me to sing and play for myself, again. I intend to do more of this in the future and may even subject you to these posted on Soundcloud. I will produce the fully instrumented versions and experiment with styles/genres, just to hear what can be done with them, but I think I have come to a point where I need to hear myself playing and singing in my own way. I will probably not do this for all the songs as It takes me a while to transcribe the songs for fairly simple uke chords, but I am sure it will give me something I have been missing whilst letting Suno do all the heavy lifting. BTW Hope you like this simple version of this song - of course Suno is creating the music and using my voice on this track.

The original cut of a country styled version of "Yesterday changed my life" wondering whether I should have stayed with this version? Funny how thinking too hard can hide the musical "truth".

A song which was intended to be a folk song. But some where along the way I changed several things, including the title, and found that I had written a lyric with few or no rhymes. Of course rhyming is not essential, but usual! Anyway, it ends up as a pop ballad - featuring ..... a trumpet.

This title has been in my head for some time, but I had a little while today in a dentists waiting room - so took out my trusty notebook and and pen and started making a few notes. In the end the song relies heavily on the chorus, with only two short verses. Suno, of course came up trumps for me again.

For me this is the continuation of experimenting with adding lyrics to some of my old keyboard attempts. The lyric is just a space filler to see how "it" works. But I did quite like this one so have included here, I have used a persona/voice I called Billy Blue. Hope you like it. The Basic instrumental track is on Sound Cloud , called Blue Me.

Well here we are again with a another new song, Seem to have been doing a lot of covers recently - but the I still have dozens created with v3.5. Every time I go back to listen to one of these, I start wondering if a version in 5.5 would be any better.... This time It is a duet, by the persona, "Just-In-Love". In doubt as to whether their love is strong enough to overcome problems. Hope you like it/

This is an example of how I write most of my songs. A title, from a phrase I heard or saw somewhere was the start. From there , I start to sing to myself and develop the lyric line by line, maybe with a guitar or uke to develop the harmony and melodies. Very few are based on personal experience and I rarely know where I will end up. maybe not a classical approach, but it has always been my way. The first draft is never sacrosanct and I may not always go forward without copious editing until I feel it is right. So this track is a remix/cover of the song which I first worked on when I worked on with Suno v3,5.

The second of the available bedtime songs, I wrote for my son. Again I had issues and ultimately had to reduce the tempo by 0.75, Suno would not slow the tempo down no matter what BMP I specified. But I was finally happy to call it a day.

The hardest I have ever worked to get even close to where I wanted to be. As a new dad, as my lad grew, I always used to sing / read him to sleep. He had a large collection of soft toys which resided on his bed. Of course this gave me lots of scope to make up stories and songs on the fly. This is one of the few that were ever noted / recorded. When I attempted to give it the Suno treatment, I have never had such a difficult job. Of course, The AI was used to my personal styles, but the major issue was it insisted that a childlike voice should be female. And half the time/iterations gave me a duet between an adult and a child. In the end, I slowed the tempo down by about 0.75% (keeping the original pitch) and then slowed this by another .95% and let the pitch become lower. Whew, what a job. But at last this is almost there. Maybe the next will be easier.

And yet another cover/remix. Well almost, the earlier version of this on Sound Cloud vis Suno, was a plain, vanilla cover of a clip of me and a strummed uke, using v3.5 if I remember correctly. And yes I liked the song, being biased, but it sounded like a dirge. I simply had to create this version, using the prompting skills I have aquired after 2 years on Suno - plus a little knowledge of what can be done to extract the best (?) from a song. So here is the v5.5 version with my voice clone. I hope you like it as much as I do.

Another cover. Why? Because I can! And songs I love deserve my best shot, this was originally covered in v4 (on Sound Cloud) . But I have been learning for two years AND now have a voice clone. Although not sure this is a very good example but then I am not a perfectionist... Hope you like this version as much as I do.

Once in a while, something seems to work out right and for me personally this song just hit the spot. Not the title I started writing with but I changed it once I had finished, by shrinking down to just one word. I do hope that you like this track (I have several alternatives all of which I love) one of a number of versions which I really had difficulty deselecting. I may well post one of these alternatives in the future - who knows when things are slow.

Not sure why, but browsing thru some recent uploads I was moved by this song, which was produced in V5, prior to the VOICE feature was introduced, As I liked this I decided to remix (in v5.5) and use my voice clone. It also neatly compared the two versions of Suno. As far as I was concerned, for this song, the re was little difference. Hoope you like it!

I was really pleased with the last upload, "Wonderful Lives", and so I specifically set out to use the same vibes/instruments. I was not sure of the theme for the lyrics however, so ... I started by using a method I have worked with before. I took a few random phrases, not knowing where I was heading. After two verses, I stood back and thought right time for a chorus, and for the first time ever for me, I followed it by a post chorus. This then gave me the title, which had been elusive up to this point. Rearranging the earlier sections and finalising the structure with a bridge, I felt I had scored. Of course Suno came up with another winning arrangement and I love it.

I don't know why, but this idea came to me without warning. Not really me, I think. I wrote a verse and chorus and asked Suno for a test run. I loved the chorus and soon wrote another verse and a bridge. That's when the trouble started. Trying to get Suno to manage the vocalists (obviously a duet) to sing the right lines. I did all the right things , but eventually rewrote the lyrics so that they were right for the gender of the singers. Eventually got it to work.... Must admit it seems very dated But I like it, Hope you will like it too.

I enjoyed the last upload, so decided to do a very similar thing with another (whimsical) poem. The Barbershop quartet, the tuba, a little whistling and some woodwind. I very nearly loaded two versions back-to-back, as they are very short. What made me almost do this; the second version of this iteration has a much faster tempo and I thought a repetition of the whole track sounded "cool". However in the end I decided to leave well enough alone, Hope it brings a little smile to you face?

Another early poem, set to music. Most of my poems were short and humorous, this is no exception. Set to a brass band sound with the tuba taking the bass line, Just a little fun, hope you like it?

I have been deliberating about using this poem for a long time; it tells a story of a young man struck with a life changing illness, and describes one of the changes to his life. I have kept the music deliberately minimal as the words say everything. EDIT: I have just realised that I have in fact used this poem before about two months ago. It is a more upbeat and less sad version - I had totally forgotten it, In a way I prefer it but still like this because it is more in tune with the real life situation. NB After listening to this track a few times, I decided to add another stanza. In fact a copy of the intro, becoming an outro. This used the title again. The alternative would have been to change the title - I felt. This seemed to finish the track much more positively. I borrowed the title from a magazine article, as it seemed to be so true in the circumstances.

Another experiment... Browsing Sound Cloud, as you do, and heard one or two tracks with some fantastic guitar work. Well, it set me thinking; could I cover one or more tracks from my old keyboard tapes/CD. Purely because guitar music is for me the ultimate experience - you may disagree, I won't mind. But I hope you can enjoy this guitar instrumental. I like it and may even see if the old keyboards still work/are in tune.

I was intending to carry on with my experimenting, this lyric when I started writing should have been one to add to A keyboard piece. However I found out that as I was writing I began to feel that it deserved to be a new song, so here is my latest NEW song. My lyrics sung by my cloned voice with music by Suno. The Circle80 Initiative in action. Hope you like it as much as I do!

This is another experiment , adding lyrics to an instrumental track. The instrumental track has a long history. Originally a tape recording of the author (myself) doodling on an electronic keyboard, the resulting melodies only exist on this tape recording, which was uploaded to Sound Cloud as one of a batch of a dozen of so, The collection was referred to as "The Coming Of The Keyboards". After I started working with Suno, I covered the batch using Suno and again uploaded to SC in an album of a similar name, with the epithet, "40 after". I have been using these "Doodles" to experiment with adding lyrics to an Instrumental piece. This track is a cover of the third generation instrumental with an additional lyric.. I therefore refer to myself as being the writer of both the lyrics and the music, Suno AI has been utilised to improve the production of the song. The history of the track is carried in the title for my own convenience. I have enjoyed the experiment and are likely to repeat for all seven doodles, as time allows. I hope that this is received as well as the first two and that you will enjoy the piece.

Not sure why I ended up with this song... I had been exploring some metaphors, I might use for a song; but nothing really clicked. One of the lists I looked at was metaphors for friendship, I thought about this as a theme for a song, but again nothing really set the brain aglow. Then I decided and set to work asking myself some questions. OK, I have reached a certain age, and thought drifted to old age and LOST friends. This lyric slowly wormed its way on to paper (well a screen...) But by now I had too much material, so I had to start sieving out some ideas/lines/etc. Which is why I called it a radio edit. This is the shortened version, the whole this was too long breaking thru Suno's 8 min barrier. I soon approached the country blues genre, and so selected a little used persona/VOICE who I had called "Sunny" Blue. I have to say I really like it after all the issues, hope that it strikes a chord with you!

Lyric below. Just loving these experiments adding vocals to covers of original tape recordings by my younger self, from the eighties. Still using what I have been calling "throwaway" lyrics, written in 30 mins or less from lists of various words and phrases I have collected in notebooks. Hear the instrumental used as the base this song, on the album "Coming Of The Keyboards" track "Doodle 2". For link scroll to bottom of RHS links You make me wanna dance - John Dyhouse [verse1] So many ways You know you can count on me You canput me to the test Just be sure, my love will last [chorus] You make me wanna dance You make me wanna dance, with you Whatever you’ve heard Just know we’ve a lifetime ahead You make me wanna dance, with you [verse2] I’m no doormat I’ve got no Shady secrets I don’t regret my life But I know, I count on you [chorus] You make me wanna dance You make me wanna dance, with you Whatever you’ve heard Just know we’ve a lifetime ahead You make me wanna dance, with you [instrumental interlude] [instrumental solo] [bridge] I Promise I won’t change No, not at all Can’t you hear the music Don’t forget the music [ shouted ] “Come on” You make me wanna dance [final chorus] You make me wanna dance You make me wanna dance, with you Whatever you’ve heard Just know we’ve a lifetime ahead You make me wanna dance, with you [outro] You make me wanna dance You make me wanna dance You make me wanna dance You make me wanna dance [fade out to end]

More experimenting with v5.5. I have again added a lyric (a few minutes + a couple of edits) to an instrumental cover (Suno) of an original composition on some early keyboards. Again not sure what to expect produced the "throw away lyrics so as not to waste time/decent lyrics. Both trials have worked quite well, I might try this again when I have some spare time to try it with some decent lyrics.

I seem to be getting into a rut - or maybe I am finding my style, particularly with the new "my voice" feature. This is another song in which I have as usual, written the lyrics, and left Suno to complete the backing, with a little help from me. I am finding that is the way "The Circle80 Initiative works best". My Lyrics, my voice (with a little help from Suno) and most of the heavy lifting left to Suno. The AI has also "learned" the styles I prefer (and how to achieve them). Well what can I say, I love the song, I hope that you can like it too.

Possibly one of my favourite, self-written songs. Of course they all are at first but this seems special. Hope that you like it...

I explain about this version and the previous "Concert Version" if you listen to both, I would love to hear your thoughts. I think the "concert version" has a much better Feeling/vibes, except for the crowd noise/applause. But at any rate, I thank you for getting this far and hopefully listening to the track.

The first time I have prompted for "audience participation, live recording". In the past, I have had applause, etc, added to a track by Suno. It had always sounded like an audience clapping! This time crowd noises sound like "white noise" to me, however, I loved the effect of an entire audience joining in on the choruses and hooks . So after initial failures to improve the applause, I decided to upload this to S/C. Whilst I attempt to work out if I can improve on the crowd effects. I think I have few directions to explore, yet. I also think the whole ambience of a live concert improves the track, so here it is , "warts and all" for the time being. The next upload will be a "studio version", which misses the feeling and emotional content of this "live" recording by Venicia Starchild, my very first "persona" and now one of my available Voices from Suno.

I seem to have been gravitating toward classical music recently, and when thinking about this track I went for it again. In a big way.... Love the way it turned out, hope that you will be able to as well.

I was completing the album in which I was bringing the set of songs I produced from my sessions with ACID FORGE, up to date in Suno 5.5. However rather than just remixing the instrumental version, I decided try to add a vocal element - not something I had done before. So I produced something off the top of my head, something I thought would work with this instrumental; in this case very short lines. I did structure it as a simple chorus/verse/chorus/verse/bridge/final chorus without tagging the sections. I let the AI do what it could. Surprisingly, After just one reiteration, Suno produced this result. Hope you like it. It is another alternative way of adding a vocal to an instrumental track. The other way I had tried it was the Mash-up feature, however I found it gave me less control.

I still seem to be involved with emotions, I did not mean to write this but lacking inspiration, I used what I call the "David Bowie" method. Also known as the "Cut-Up" method. When I need extra help with starting to write a lyric I have used this a number of times in the past few decades - not often - but it can be useful to write something different. Basically, it depends on discovering potential lines/phrases/words in a newspaper or magazine. Cut the found results out and sift and build a lyric. Of course these days there are online apps to do the cutting up, etc. I also allow the use of anything else (textual!) to complete a meaningful lyric. Anyway, I found a couple of titles, this one was chosen for no particular reason and starting building the lyric from the randomly (with a little thought) cut-up collection. I saw a TV interview with Bowie just after he had had a couple of hits, and he described this method when the interviewer asked where he got the ideas for his songs. I have occasionally used it since that time. It can work in difficult times!