Sunday, September 21, 2025

Turning My Poetry into Songs with AI – Real Examples

 

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Turning My Poetry into Songs with AI – Real Examples

When Poetry Sings: My Journey Turning Poems into Songs with Artificial Intelligence

“Poetry is silent song… so why not let it sing out loud?”

For over a decade, I’ve been writing on this literary and cultural blog — soaring with words, whispering to readers through poems and essays, dissecting culture, reshaping ideas with ink that never dries. But in recent years, I began to feel something was missing… as if the poem, despite its beauty, remained imprisoned on the page — unable to reach those who don’t read, or touch those living in a world of sound and motion.

That’s when the experiment began.

The Experiment I Never Planned

I never imagined I’d sit in front of a screen one day, transforming verses I wrote in moments of sorrow, rage, or love, into full songs. I didn’t have a professional voice, a studio, or even deep musical training. All I had were poems, an idea, and an irresistible curiosity.

I started searching, experimenting, failing — then trying again. I discovered that artificial intelligence isn’t a replacement for talent, but rather a bridge — stretching between what I possess (the word) and what I lack (melody, arrangement, sometimes even voice). It wasn’t magic, as some claim. It was a painstaking process requiring human intervention, artistic taste, and emotional intelligence no machine can replicate.

How Did the Transformation Happen?

It wasn’t a button I pressed to turn poetry into song. No.

First, I had to choose the right poem — one with an internal rhythm, imagery that could be sonically embodied, and emotions that could be sung. Then, I’d deconstruct it: line by line, word by word. I’d define the mood: Is it sad? Angry? Romantic? Mystical?

Next, I’d use AI tools to generate a preliminary melody, then refine it — rearrange, layer sounds, and sometimes blend in my own human voice — even if imperfect — because authenticity matters more than technical perfection.

And most importantly: I refuse to let artificial intelligence be the “artist.” I am the artist. The machine is merely a tool — like a pen, a string, or a sculptor’s chisel.

Real Examples: Songs Born from Poetry

You’ll find the fruits of this experiment on my music blog: Music Beyond Borders – Ali Taha Alnobani. Not all are perfect — but all are honest. Here are some standout examples:

“Rifle or Violin?” — Rifle or Violin?

A poem I wrote in a moment of anger against violence, transformed into a hymn for peace. I used a slow, heartbeat-like rhythm — as if calming after battle. AI helped create the dramatic atmosphere, but every musical decision — every pause, every swell — was deeply human.

“Dove & Letters” — Dove & Letters

Here, I turned a love poem written during wartime into a ghostly ballad — like a message from another era. The machine provided virtual violin






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Friday, September 5, 2025

Echoes of Gaza: A Soundscape of Resistance and Memory

 

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Ali Taha Alnobani’s “Echoes of Gaza” stands as a musical and poetic cry for justice, merging lyrical depth with experimental AI-assisted sound design. Released on August 11, 2025, the track blends spoken-word intensity with atmospheric instrumentation, weaving together human testimony and machine-generated resonance into a single haunting narrative.



Sonic Analysis

The track is approximately 2 minutes and 32 seconds (152.5 seconds) in length at a moderate speed averaging slightly under 80 BPM. The tempo is slow and suits the morbid mood to a word and instrumental section, allowing each to breathe. The frequency range is around 55 Hz, which means that there is a prominent, earthy bass presence enhancing the power of the theme.

With its 0.90 maximum amplitude and strong 0.23 RMS, the sound is powerful without distortion, designed to highlight clarity in vocals while keeping the heavy feel of atmospheric pads and low drones. The mix sounds wide and enveloping, as if introducing an expansive battlefield of sound on which silence and echoes are as important as rhythm and tone.

Vocal and Lyrical Landscape

In its core, the song is lyrical testimony. The verses document oppression and erasure, and "Here is Palestine, here in the land of the burning sun" is an open call to setting and strife. The pre-chorus shifts to imagery of destruction—planes, red skies, and a child's cry—and the chorus specifies the call for acknowledgment, asking if the world is listening still or if Gaza has disappeared.

Ali’s vocal delivery, shaped and textured with AI production support, balances rawness with clarity. The slight electronic manipulation in the voice adds a ghostly quality, reinforcing the theme of a people turned spectral in the eyes of global indifference.



Musical Atmosphere

The structuring avoids traditional pop structures and rather employs ambient layering, drone textures, and floating degrees of intensity change. Percussive rhythms are in short supply, leaving room for word resonance and low-register harmonic bloom. The AI-assisted structuring amplifies this by producing sounds that blur the line between human and machine, mirroring the concern beneath the query of presence and erasure: are these voices present anymore or just digital traces of constricted screams?

Artistic and Literary Aspects

"Echoes of Gaza" is a protest song but also a piece of literature. The lyrics are metaphorically charged:

"History writes with a broken hand" summarizes distortion of accounts.

"Phantom voice, a dream you shed" symbolizes lost humanity.

"Ghosts in the wars you weave" judges global complicity in silence.

The bridge becomes an introspection on conscience, questioning whether the world's moral compass has collapsed. The final chorus is repeated and rephrased from earlier lines, layering hopelessness over revolt: memory is resistance, and even "stolen names" survive by way of sound.

The Role of AI in Creation

AI here is not an independent tool but a symbolic companion. With the development of instrumental layers, vocal treatments, and arrangements led by Ali Taha Alnobani, it shows how technology has the power to louden silenced voices and become the paradox of visibility—heard voices, yet mediated by artificial echoes.

This union of human composition and computer processing adds greater potency to the title: "Echoes of Gaza." The song itself is an echo, a leaving-behind, a din that will not abate even when ignored.


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released August 11, 2025

"Echoes of Gaza"

Written and composed by Ali Taha Alnobani

AI-assisted composition and production using Suno AI

Lyrics: Ali Taha Alnobani

Music Composition & Arrangement: AI-assisted via Suno AI, under the creative direction of Ali Taha Alnobani

Vocal & Instrumental Production: AI-generated elements powered by Suno AI

Producer: Ali Taha Alnobani

Creative Director: Ali Taha Alnobani

This track was conceptualized, written, and produced entirely by Ali Taha Alnobani, with music generation support from artificial intelligence. The lyrics, thematic vision, and final artistic decisions are solely his. No other human performers or composers were involved.

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