MUSIC

I have been using the Reason DAW to create and compose music since version 2.5. This work is a curated selection of those compositions, chosen based on a single criterion for these AI-reimagined versions.

Music has been a part of me since childhood: simple yet heartfelt songs reflecting whatever I was going through at the time. My goal has always been to offer a purely musical experience, free of lyrics—because if a picture is worth a thousand words, a few notes can tell a whole story. I hope you enjoy it.

All compositions are by David Monrós Garate and include their corresponding original vocal guides and tracks, MIDI, and text files. The production and arrangements are generated by AI.

THE BIG FISH GANG

The white fish basket

THE BIG FISH GANG

The blue fish basket

THE BIG FISH GANG

The raw fish basket

There are a few more tracks on SUNO's website, but — however positive the experience has been, save for the odd song where it simply handed back the same audio and files I gave it — on the whole I find these tools disconnect you from the inner creative process the moment a musical idea strikes. In other words, they let you produce high-quality pieces quickly and efficiently; but the same thing happens as with writing: they don't let you experience the process as something truly your own. They're extraordinary for unblocking ideas and suggesting new directions, but their efficiency and immediacy end up eclipsing that initial spark and pulling you away from it.

But bless them — because otherwise I probably never would have produced the tracks that had been sitting in a drawer for years: small scraps of humanity, like the letters people used to write long ago, probably destined to be forgotten among everything else we make, until someone finally cleans house.

In short, I use them, and I'll keep using them whenever I can — but not for anything I want to feel is truly mine, which is the only thing that should matter to you, even if it ends up being shit. These days, my relationship with them is more like the one I have with plants, fungi, or the microorganisms I look at under the microscope: entities that don't poop. Although, given the sheer nonsense going around lately, maybe the next thing will be taking the houseplants out for a walk...