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🕑 Added 2025-03-06 15:25:58 +0000 UTCI was getting the urge to play with more music for my next album, and Suno AI has released a couple of new features called Cover Song and Remaster, using its new v4.
So, I started with the first song I ever wrote, and recorded on OctaMed on my Commodore Amiga. Here's my original recording from my Amiga of "Glass Out Of Stone" which you've likely heard before (if not go find your free music benefit download link on my Patreon welcome message!):
https://suno.com/song/55a6c140-831a-4264-bbc7-6cff8d758e35?sh=DMQZyKj9E72Jm4qA
Cool, so I asked Suno to "Remaster it" and extend it. The remaster is interesting; it kept it in a lo-fi quality, but certainly added a lot to the production values.
But where this really shines is from 2:00 when it basically starts riffing so as to extend on my work. Sounds like an 80s Pet Shop Boys demo to me (which is exactly what I was listening to when I recorded this in the 80s). Here it is:
https://suno.com/song/90ba3b77-b7ba-4767-a407-5508cba43088?sh=5eoLS3OheqKIsBQl
So then I thought, why not go all the way and ask it to make a Cover Song of it. Essentially, re-record it. This time I pumped my full prompt into it that I've been using to get some of the production heard in "Lost Angeles". It's a complex prompt but basically calls for atmospheric arpeggios in a synthwave and orchestral EDM style. I don't know if orchestral EDM is even a thing lol. Here is the cover. It's incredible.
https://suno.com/song/56be19c7-63a9-4628-9d74-a12e059464a9?sh=w8nVen9AOMGGrhrl
It also threw out a different version. It's hard to choose between them:
https://suno.com/song/869b2320-d2a8-4002-a3cb-2ac93566a787?sh=IOzQYm3QudKBsa0L
So then I thought (again), speaking of orchestras, what if a real live orchestra performed this, which is one of my dreams for all my music someday:
https://suno.com/song/104e9ab1-97d7-4931-854f-2b1cb143dc84?sh=cJt6XYm8fo1dsS4T
And there you have it. Glass Out Of Stone 2025. I will craft parts of all of this and my original into a fuller album track for "ESP :: Electro Sensory Perifection" which I hope will be out soonish!
Thanks for coming on this journey with me and enjoy the rest of your week retro music fans!
Your friend in retro, Perifractic
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Perifractic's Retro Recipes
Well thank you!
Perifractic's Retro Recipes
Dewit!
Shane Baker
super interesting to see how it handles extending, remixing and covering. might be a good tool to help get ideas off the ground/out from inside my head haha
Levi
I like the original the best. I do like what it did to extend yours a la Pet Shop Boys. The orchestral version feels good but a little fast. I imagine a full orchestra playing it at a slower tempo. Cool experiment!
