sheet music and audio

November  5, 2025  More Mureka.ai (Concluded) -- "An Unexpected Visit"  Speech from Text

The last look at Mureka.ai provides an example of voice generation for speaking/voice that is generated using text submitted by the user.  In this example it is ChatGPT's poetry generated from my original text and instructions.

Once again, I will refer to an earlier project from March 20, 2025 post located in the More Odds and Ends section listed in the left sidebar, or Click here to read it. 

To use this Mureka.ai feature, first select a  speaker's voice from a list  provided.  The premium version of the app will also allow cloned versions  provided by the user. 

Today's demonstration uses the voice sampling of Hugo Grantham. There is a British inflection in his voice that I thought would be approprpiate for reading the Shakespearean style of verse submitted today.

Hugo wasn't a speed talker but  it was too fast for shakespeare in my opinion.  To remedy this and re-recorded it with Audacity using the Change Tempo option with the slider move to 20% slower.  Tempo alternation does not affect the speech by raising or lowering the pitch like simplying increase or decrease the speed. 

Another edit utilized the Media Player Equilizer option to adjust the various sound  levlels.  In this instance, adjustments were made to create a crisper enunciation. To do this, Windows Media and the equilizer must be opened.  Next, equilizer adjustment are made during playback.  Lastly, Audacity > Record is started followed by replaying the music file (Mp3 for this example) with Media Player's equalizer settings in effect.  The completed Audacity recording can then be exported as an Mp3 or a Wav file.

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Below is the link to today's project accompanied by an  image from August 3, 2025 also in More Odds and Ends  (Shakespeare greets Aliens):

November  4, 2025  More Mureka.ai  (Concluded)-- The Cubbarooska -- Dance of the Black Cat (revisited)  

Two MIDI keyboards ago (about 20 years) I devoted a lot of time playing with music notation software, composing, and pounding on the MiDI keyboard--it couldn't be described as music for the most part.  However, it was something new to experiment with. 

Today's project relates to back then when I recorded a short melody that was reminiscent of old traditional music originating in the Ukraine and Russia--something like Cossack music.  Here is the link to that post that's located further down this page:  The Cubbarooska.

Today, I reused the song title only:   "The Cubbarooska -- Dance of the Black Cat."  The word Cubbarooska is a fictional, made-up word; however, there is a children's animated character in Russia (something like Mickey Mouse) with a similar sounding name.  I wasn't aware of that at the time.

The melody in my earlier composition is unrelated to the melodies generated today by Mureka.ai with the exception they are all very lively and fast.  Mureka.ai has generated vocal and background music based on my submitted lyrics and description in which I described the song to be  a "Cossack/Ukrainian Folk Dance" to be sung by a female vocalist.

Below, are the Lyrics that were submitted along with links to four versions of the completed song generated by Mureka.ai.  I have also included local links (to Google Drive) for the same four song versions:

Lyrics:  ( I know, the lyric are not that great but they keep the song moving along. )

  The Cubbarooska – Dance of the Black Cat  (fictional--Likened to a Cossack – Ukrainian Folk Dance)

Let’s all dance the Cubbarooska, dance the Cubbarooska, dance the Cubbarooska, dance the Cubbarooska,

Let’s all dance the Cubbarooska, dance the Cubbarooska, dance the Cubbarooska, dance the Cubbarooska . . .

hi, hi, hi, hi…  hi, hi, hi, hi…  hi, hi, hi, hi…  hi, hi, hi, hi  . . .
hi, hi, hi, hi…  hi, hi, hi, hi…  hi, hi, hi, hi…  hi, hi, hi, hi  . . .

ya, ya, ya, ya…  ya, ya, ya, ya…  ya, ya, ya, ya…  ya, ya, ya . . .
ya, ya, ya, ya…  ya, ya, ya, ya…  ya, ya, ya, ya…  ya, ya, ya . . .

We dance the Cubbarooska, dance the Cubbarooska, dance the Cubbarooska through the night . . .

We dance the Cubbarooska, dance the Cubbarooska, dance the Cubbarooska through the night . . .

heh, heh, heh, heh…  heh, heh, heh, heh…  heh, heh, heh, heh…  heh, heh, heh, heh . . .
heh, heh, heh, heh…  heh, heh, heh, heh…  heh, heh, heh, heh…  heh, heh, heh, heh . . .

yah, yah, yah, yah…   yah, yah, yah, yah…  yah, yah, yah, yah…  yah, yah, yah, yah . . .
yah, yah, yah, yah…   yah, yah, yah, yah…  yah, yah, yah, yah…  yah, yah, yah, yah . . .

Faster Now . . . dance the Cubbarooska…  dance the Cubbarooska…  dance the Cubbarooska…  dance the Cubbarooska . . .
dance the Cubbarooska…  dance the Cubbarooska…  dance the Cubbarooska…  dance the Cubbarooska . . . .

Faster . . . hah, hah, hah, hah…  hah, hah, hah, hah…  hah, hah, hah, hah…  hah, hah, hah, hah . . .
hah, hah, hah, hah…  hah, hah, hah, hah…  hah, hah, hah, hah…  hah, hah, hah, hah . . .

ya, ya, ya, ya…  ya, ya, ya, ya…  ya, ya, ya, ya…  ya, ya, ya, ya . . .
ya, ya, ya, ya…  ya, ya, ya, ya…  ya, ya, ya, ya…  ya, ya, ya, ya . . .

ya, ya, ya, ya…  ya, ya, ya, ya…  ya, ya, ya, ya…  ya, ya, ya, ya . . .
ya, ya, ya, ya…  ya, ya, ya, ya…  ya, ya, ya, ya…  ya, ya, ya, ya . . .

ya, ya, ya, ya…  ya, ya, ya, ya…  ya, ya, ya, ya…  ya, ya, ya, ya . . .
ya, ya, ya, ya…  ya, ya, ya, ya…  ya, ya, ya, ya…  ya, ya, ya, ya . . .
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Songs: 

November  2, 2025  Topmediai.com -- Sober Up Sam  

Topmediai's Lyrics to Vocal Song generator is the second of its kind to be reviewed in the past two days.  I have been impressed with both apps.

The Links to Sober Up Sam are at the bottom of this post.  I was unable to locate the shared link option at their website.  Topmediai's options and menus were more extensive and difficult  to navigate compared to Mureka's trial version.  That's not a negative remark regarding Topmediai's capabilities--it's just my pinion.

Below are my lyrics. The melody and male voice and instrumentation were provided by Topmediai.  Included below are two linked versions of the same song, Sober Up Sam, generated by Topmediai.  Since both versions were excellent, I have shared them both.  

The song lyrics below have a chorus which I added to the original poem and parts of the each verse have been edited slightly for better musical/lyrical flow.  Topmediai did an excellent job squeezing  and stretching  lyrics  that produced an authentic sound.

Lastly, the lyrics for this song were totally original, but I wasn't the first to use lyrics similar to what is sung in the last verse of Sober Up Sam. Google's  AI Overview stated this after I asked about some old song lyrics that have a striking resemblance to mine.

The lyrics for "Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu" originated with Huey 'Piano' Smith, who wrote and recorded the song in 1957. The title references the 1957-1958 Asian flu pandemic and "walking" pneumonia, though the song's lyrics are primarily about an unsuccessful attempt to approach a woman at a club. The song was later made an international hit by Johnny Rivers in 1972. 

Sober Up Sam's  "I gotta touch of Salmonella and the Teflon Flu." had a very familiar rhythm pattern.  I probably would have never written this line had it not been for Johnny River's song lyrics from the 70's or from the late 50's that lingers somewhere inside my head.

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                       Sober Up Sam

Me and Debbie Sue had quarreled last night.

She kicked me out and was probably right.

So I drove to the hills to stay in my cabin.

Two days went by, I was facein’ starvation.

Sober up Sam ‘cause You’re the Man
If  you can do it, anyone can.

Sober up Sam ‘cause You’re the Man
If  you can do it, anyone can.

At the cabin the cupboards were completely bare,
So I went to granny’s, who had plenty to share.

Ol’ Granny served some mighty fine chicken,
and pickled pig’s feet that were finger lickin.

After thankin’ granny for her home cookin’
I jumped in my car, I had to get bookin.

Sober up Sam ‘cause You’re the Man
If  you can do it, anyone can.

Sober up Sam ‘cause You’re the Man
If  you can do it, anyone can.

Fearing Debbie Sue I dared not to go home.
I might have to rent a place of my own.

Meantime, my lunch was way overdue,
and decided to drive to the nearest drive thru.

Sober up, Sober up, Sober up Sam,
If  you can do it, anyone can.

Sober up, Sober up Sober up Sam,
If  you can do it, anyone can.

So I drove through a drive thru late that day,

and gotta large fry and a fish fillet.

Next morning I woke up and was feelin kinda blue.

I gotta touch of Salmonella and the Teflon Flu.

Sober up, Sober up, Sober up Sam,
If  you can do it, anyone can.

Sober up, Sober up Sober up Sam,
If  you can do it, anyone can.

Sober up Sam ‘cause You’re the Man
If  you can do it, anyone can.

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Comments:

The Topmediaai trial version allows the user to explore lots of good stuff.

Here's the Poem:  Drive Thru Blues (Opens new tab. For more info). Drive Tru Blues was originally written as an experiment in an attempt to create Circular Poetry that connects the past to the present.  It didn't make much sense at the time. It still confuses me and consider it a failed experiment.  I gave ai a try, but their versions weren't much better.

      DRIVE THRU BLUES

Introduction, The Present:

I drove through the drive thru yesterday,
and gotta large fry and a fish fillet.

Next morning I woke up and was feelin kinda blue.
I gotta touch of Salmonella and the Teflon Flu.

Two Days Earlier:

My cabin cupboards were bare,
So I went to granny’s, who had plenty to share.

Ole Granny served some mighty fine chicken,
and pickled pig’s feet that were finger lickin.

After thankin’ granny for her home cookin’
I jumped in my car, I had to get bookin.

Before That:

Me and Debbie Sue had quarreled last night.
She kicked me out and was probably right.

So I drove to the hills to stay in my cabin.
Two days went by, I was facin’ starvation.

Yesterday:

Fearing Debbie Sue I dared not to go home.
I might have to rent a place of my own.

Meantime, my lunch was way overdue,
So decided to drive to the nearest drive thru.

ThoughtsOfThomasNotNostradamus

November  1, 2025  Mureka.ai -- Old Bill and Robot Cowboy   

Creating today's post reviews one of the most enjoyable and easy to use ai apps encountered thus far.  Prior to this, I've used ChatGPT, Gemini, and MusicFX to generate poetry, verse, and instrumental  music.

Today's post features the Mureka.ai Voice/Vocal generation app along with its options for instrumentation.   User-created lyrics and specifications regarding style/genre, and mood are provided by the user and the app does the rest. The app was really an eye opener as well as music for the ears.

The trial version of Mureka features link sharing, publishing, and album cover customization options.  For the cover, I have inserted a photo of my dad's dog when he was a boy that was taken nearly a century ago to align with my Country-Western Music theme.

Below are my lyrics. The melody and male voice and instrumentation were provided by Mureka.  Also included are links to versions of the songs, Old Bill, and Robot Cowboy, and a snippet from the Mureka Websit.  Two versions of each song were generated.  The less appealing versions were deleted.

  Old Bill

My old dog Bill has Run away.
The gate was open, what can I say.

I miss that old dog. Bill's my best friend,
though he barks a lot and has a smelly hind end.

 Bill, Bill where could you be
Are you out in the pasture or behind the oak tree.

I miss my dog Bill and I want you back home.
I fear that you're hungry and all alone.

There's a fresh bone waiting for you at the door.
Please come home Bill and you'll get many more.

Bill, Bill where can you be
Are you out in the pasture or behind the oak tree

Oh Bill, Bill where can you be
Are you out in the pasture or behind the oak tree

 Bill, Bill where can you be
Are you out in the pasture or behind the oak tree

Shared Links also reside on Mureka.ai's Website:

Old Bill  Version 1

Robot Cowboy Version 2

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Comments:

People who really enjoy singing (not just performers) can use the Mureka app to sing along with their own composition.  While phrasing is a challenge for someone like me, I can follow the pauses or quickened verse as well as mimic vocal inflections that Mureka generates.  This is an excellent way to practice in the privacy or your own home before embarrasing yourself at the local Karaoke Bar.

Since I composed the lyrics all I have to worry about now is staying in pitch and following along.  If I knew how to do it, I might even try harmonizing.

At some level, I can envision Mureka sampling a user's own singing voice and cloning it to replace the voice provided.  I have not yet explored this feature and probably would not be happy with the results--I'm a terrible singer, but maybe Mureka could smooth out the rough edges.

ThoughtsOfThomasNotNostradamus

May 16, 2024  AI Music-from-Text Generator--Google MusicFX

Artificial Intelligence is upon us.  Love it or hate it, it is currently making its mark on the way we live and our world.  Creating and performing beautiful music is no longer in the domain of a gifted few.  Practically anyone can now generate music that is pleasing to the senses.

Click on the Artificial Intelligence (A. I.) link in the left sidebar to listen to some examples in the May 16, 2024 post linked therein.

July 21, 2023 Audio Recordings--School Band and Choir from 60's and 70's.  The following are four concerts recorded in the early sixties and late 70's.  They were performed by the high school band and choir at the school where I worked.

I provided sound equipment--reel-to-reel tape deck and omni-directional microphones--for the Christmas Concert on one occasion.  The master tape(s) were used to make records for the students and community as keepsakes and gifts.  Not many households had reel-to-reel tape recorders, etc. in the 60's and 70's, but most had record players or stereos.  Here's the Link to the folder containing all four concerts:  MHS Band and Choir.  (Click selection to play within each concert folder--audio only).
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Note:  Sixties concert was was monophonic.  Seventies concerts were converted from taped analog stereo to mp3 format.

The Christmas Concert was recorded on reel-to-reel at 15i/s (inches per second).  It is still very crisp and clear after it was converted to mp3 in more recent times.  

Audience noise and shuffle can be heard in the background along with other acoustical flaws that give the listener the feeling they're seated in the school auditorium.

February 20, 2022 Audacity 3.1.3--Free Download.  Here's a free application for recording and manipulating audio.  It can be downloaded for Windows, Mac, and Linux :    Audacity Download.  The manual is also available online:   Audacity Manual.

Audacity has tons of options with many file formats from which to choose.

July 2, 2021  Midi Connectivity--Technology.  I've always been fascinated with pianos.  We had one in our home when I was growing up but never made an effort to learn how to play it.

My first electronic keyboard was purchased at Davy B's Guitar City in the early 70s.  It was a Fender Contempo (organ) and had a selection of voices changed by flipping switches above the keys.  It predated midi and micro computers.  This was back in the day when rock bands like Three Dog Night frequently featured the organ.  I wanted to be able to produce that sound.  Here's what I'm referring to--watch the video Easy to be Hard on YouTube; and also from YouTube, House of the Rising Sun, performed by The Animals, part of a compilation called Music from the Vietnam War beginning at the 22:47 mark in the video.  For some reason mine never sounded that good.  Also, check out the link to UCR's website Ultimate Classic Rock.

The Contempo's keyboard had undersized keys with a section of inverted-colored keys on the left.  Its case and stand were bulky and during the years I played with it, it remained set up and plugged into my stereo amplifier with one dedicated humongous bass speaker.  For fear of blowing out my stereo speakers, they were always disconnected before turning on the Contempo (organ). After my next acquisitions it was stored in a closet for 30 years before giving it away 10 years ago.

The next purchase came shortly after personal computers became popular.  At the time, I owned an Apple II and a couple of years later upgraded to a Franklin Ace and Laser 128  which were Apple Clones for the Apple IIe and IIc, respectively--they had midi in/out ports.  During these years I purchased my first midi keyboard--a Yamaha Porta-Sound bought at Sears in the late 80's.  Its total length was about 30 inches.

After realizing my fingers didn't fit very well, I bought a larger midi compatible Casio keyboard with foot pedal at Radio Shack.  In 1998 I upgraded to another Midi Compatible Yamaha with nearly full-sized keys.  It's sound quality and touch were far superior to previous models.

By 2010 I had worn out the keyboards on both the Casio and Yamaha keyboards and purchased another midi compatible Casio at Best Buy with more keys--finally they were full-sized.  Although its sound quality and touch isn't as good as the Yamaha's, it does everything I need (See photos at the bottom of this page).  Its key action has improved over the years.  For really good sound and touch, I'll use the old upright piano in the living room.

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