Brian Dys

Category: Music

  • Suno’s 2-minute Audio Upload

    Recently, I’ve been using Suno AI music generator to compose some music. I’ll have another time to tell the whole story but I’ll start with what I’ve been experimenting about. Suno has an upload feature which you can use an audio recording to extend or to cover — the thing is that it has a 2-minute maximum limit. So, here’s what I did to still upload my original full song:

    1. Compress the audio file to 2 minutes using Audacity (Effect > Pitch and Tempo > Length (input: 120 seconds)
    2. Export the file as MP3 or WAV
    3. Upload the file to Suno
    4. Cover the song with complete lyrics and structure
    5. That will give you some interesting results

    Uploaded audio file

    The raw lyrics

    These lyrics are automatically-generated when the uploaded audio file gets processed.

    you're the most beautiful mom you're the most beautiful wife you're the most beautiful as night and i love you i love you so much i wanna kiss you birthday you're the most beautiful you're the most beautiful wife you're the most beautiful s m i and i i i love you you're the most beautiful friend i i wish he me friend you're the most beautiful daughter i love daughter you're the most beautiful s m i and i i love you and i i wish all your dreams come true a birthday the most beautiful wife and the most beautiful life most beautiful friend i want i want to kiss you grand and the most beautiful daughter i must you lord and the most beautiful s m i and i i love you and the most beautiful g ysl i love you most i i love you

    Cover song

    The structured lyrics

    The key thing to remember is to provide the lyrics with structure when you cover the song.

    [Intro]
    [E] [Hook]
    [A] [D] [A] [E] [E]

    [Chorus]  
    You're the most [A] beautiful [D] mom  
    You're the most [A] beautiful [E] wife  
    You're the most [D] beautiful [A] SMI  
    And [F#m] I, [E] I, [D] I love [A] you - [E] [E] hmm-hmm...  

    [Verse 1]  
    I [D] love you so [A] much  
    I wanna [E] kiss [A] [A] you  
    It's your [D] birthday  
    I [A] wish you a happy [E] cake  

    [Chorus]  
    You're the most [A] beautiful [D] mom  
    You're the most [A] beautiful [E] wife  
    You're the most [D] beautiful [A] SMI  
    And [F#m] I, [E] I, [D] I [pause] love [A] you - [E] hmm-hmm...   

    [Chorus]  
    You're the most [A] beautiful [D] friend [E] [Hook] (wish you kiss me)  
    You're the most [A] beautiful [E] [E] daughter [Hook] (love you daugh'r)  
    You're the most [D] beautiful [A] SMI  
    And [F#m] I, [E] I, [D] I [pause] love [A] you - [E] hmm-hmm...   

    [Bridge, silent, build up]
    And [F#m] I, [C#m] I wish all your [D] dreams come [A] true hmm-hmm...
    And [F#m] you, you're having a [C#m] happy [D] day  
    [A] A happy happy happy [E] [E] birthday hmm-hmm...  ohhh!  

    [Instrumental solo, wild]
    [E] [Hook]
    [A] [D] [A] [E]  
    [D] [A] [F#m] [E] [D]

    [Pause]

    [Chorus]  
    You're the most [A] beautiful [D] mom
    And the most [A] beautiful [E] wiiife

    [Drop]
    [Interlude]
    hmm-hmm...

    [Outro]  
    And the most [A] beautiful [D] friend [E] [Hook] (kiss you friend)  
    And the most [A] beautiful [E] daughter [Hook] (miss you daugh'r)  
    You're the most [D] beautiful [A] SMI  
    And [F#m] I, [E] I, [D] I [pause] love [A] you

    You're our most [D] beautiful, [A] J-A-Y celle [F#m]
    I, [E] I [D] I [pause] love [A] you  
    And [F#m] I, [E] I, [D] I [pause]

    [E] [A] [E] [E]  
    Love you, hmm-hmm...

    [Fade out]

    Check out some of my songs in Suno: https://suno.com/@briandys

  • Playing with Music

    Playing with AI-generated music is like going to a restaurant, looking at the menu and instead of meals, you find ingredients. You point to the waiter which ones you want mixed-and-matched. It gets cooked and prepared in the kitchen while you wait. Et voila, the dish is served and all you have to do is to thumbs up or down.

    The human touch happens during the arrangement of musical criteria; even my vocals, no matter how dehydrated, was turned (optionally) into a cacophony of instrument-like sounds. In the end, I liked the result of it. I feel like it’s my creation but not in a way I do compared to when I had more control in the output.

    Here’s one song I made using Boomy, under the pseudonym, Ryda Kite. 🚲 🪁

  • Pieces (demo)

  • Trying Out BandLab Mastering

    I’ve got some old recordings of Luna and I’m trying out new ways to enhance the audio quality of the recordings. First I feed the songs to Audacity for some noise reduction and normalization then I use BandLab’s Mastering feature, using Clarity preset. This is the result, enjoy!

    [ntt_percept page=”comfort-room-sessions-remastered”]

  • Amin (version 12)

  • Cascadians School Song

  • Rasyon ng Inspirasyon

    2022-05-05 - Rasyon ng Inspirasyon
    A scanned page bearing the lyrics draft of “Rasyon ng Inspirasyon”.

    Rasyon ng Inspirasyon on YouTube

    Rasyon ng Inspirasyon on SoundCloud

    Just several months after the covid lockdown of 2020, I was already in dire need of hope. While in a life and death, sink and swim situation, a figure appeared on TV who gave me goosebumps that indeed I can rely on the government that we, as Filipinos, got it together. A “we’re figuring it out” response was just what I needed.

    What kind of Philippines do I want for myself and for my family? A country that stands for human rights. A country that stands for fairness and justice. A country that stands for accountability. A country that inspires hope that in order to have a better life, we need to be better with ourselves, and with one another. A holistic approach.

    Thank you, Leni, for inspiring us to hope for a better now and future. That inspiration is the intrinsic spark of your vice-presidency and presidential campaign run.

    Rasyon ng Inspirasyon on Spotify Podcast

    Rasyon ng Inspirasyon Podcast Transcript

    Naaalala niyo pa ba nung magsimula ang covid lockdown dito sa Manila? On-going pa noon ang ashfall mula sa Taal volcano, kaya mag stock na kami ng masks. Magkasunod na pagsubok bumagsak sa ating lahat. Makalipas ang ilang buwan tsaka ko naramdaman ang kawalan ng pag-asa. Pakiramdam ko parang bangkang may butas ang ating bansa pagdating sa pandemic response. Isang araw, lumabas sa TV si Leni at nagpahayag ng mensahe ng pag-asa. Literal na tumindig ang balahibo ko dahil tsaka ko lang na-realize na pwede pala akong kumapit sa gobyerno.

    Ito sa harapan ko ang isang tao na nakatayo sa gitna ng kaguluhan, nagsasabi na ito ang mga pwede nating gawin para ‘di tayo maglugmok ng epekto ng pandemya — sa kalusugan at ekonomiya. Salita lang ang mga ‘yon pero napakalaking bagay para sa akin na maging matatag at harapin ang takot.

    Anong klaseng Pilipinas ang gusto ko para sa sarili at para sa pamilya ko? Pilipinas na nagpapahalaga sa buhay at karapatang pantao. Isang bansang makatarungan at patas. Isang bansang pinamumunuan ng mga tao na responsable sa kanilang mga tungkulin sa bayan. At higit sa lahat, isang bansa na nangingibabaw ang pag-asa. Pag-asa ang gas at langis natin upang bumangon at magpatuloy, upang maging mabuti unang-una sa ating sarili at sa isa’t-isa. Sa pamamagitan ng pag-asa tayo yayabong.

    Nagpapasalamat ako sa’yo, Leni, dahil para sa akin naipakita mo kung ano ang posible para sa isang pinuno. Ang pagiging matino at pagbibigay ng inspirasyon at pag-asa.

    Para sa inspirasyon na dulot mo ang kantang ito. May mga ilang salita akong naisulat na nagsisilbing pundasyon ng gusto kong sabihin sa kanta:

    Tuloy-tuloy lang
    Huwag pigilan
    Ang pagbuhos ng rasyon ng inspirasyon

    Tindig-balahibo
    Solusyon
    May pag-asa

    May takdang araw
    May araw-araw

    Ang mismong eleksyon, isang araw. Ang buhay natin, araw-araw.

    Lahat tayong mga Pilipino ay nasa iisang bansa. Nasa iisang bangka. Magkakaiba tayo at magkakasama tayo. Isang matapat na pamumuno ang pinanghahawakan natin para patuloy tayo sa paglayag.

    [ntt_percept page=”music/rasyon-ng-inspirasyon-chords”]

  • Enhancing a Guitar Recording in Audacity

    What I’m showing in this video is a microphone recording of a guitar that’s why there’s an amount of noise. To enhance it, I apply noise reduction and normalize in Audacity.

  • Tara Kiss

    Jaycelle and Brian
    Jaycelle and Brian kissing at Where Is Wina? Photo by Bryce. 31 March 2022

    From a simple coda in the song Tingin Ngiti, comes the birth of another song, Tara Kiss. They are related yet independent. I felt like I wouldn’t have given it justice if it were to remain within the main song. It’s a story about how we, as a couple, are wooing each other after an LQ (lovers’ quarrel).

    [ntt_percept page=”music/tara-kiss-chords-lyrics”]

    Brian and Bryce performing live

  • Tingin Ngiti – Version 8

    2022-03-25 - Tingin Ngiti Lyrics
    A scanned page of Tingin Ngiti lyrics.

    This instrumental version of Tingin Ngiti is nearing completion. What I mean by “completion” is self-satisfaction. Satisfaction that the melodic story has run its full course. Satisfaction that parts of the song have individual subtle flavors to them — this was done by sprinkling and interjecting chords and notes that I wanted to try. Without these twists, it might sound like a broken record, and I’m aiming for uniqueness in the verses.

    A Sudden Turn

    “Tingin, ngiti lang ba ang isusukli sa akin?” One line, yesterday morning, was dropped by my muse in my head. I excitedly shared it with Jaycelle even if the story has yet to unfold. A song title that was a mere wordplay is unraveling itself into a story of our lives together. The lyrics are currently crystallizing, taking the shape of the melody, and the melody taking the shape of the lyrics — a heterogeneous mixture.

    [ntt_percept page=”music/tingin-ngiti-lyrics”]

    I’m particularly excited because I finally have a follow-up (potential) song for Jaycelle to sing. The last time was a long time ago.

    [ntt_percept post=”save-myself-music-video”]