Nostalgia

Bubblegum Friday!

AI cover of original song with original lyrics. Song made to go with an AI video. Link below.

Video Link: https://youtu.be/nMIUtNifU84

Are Long Gone
Music and Lyrics: Mike Krath

Lyrics

Remember me,
I used to live here
When we were young,
When we had fun,
But those days,
I’m sad to say,
Are long gone.   

I used to be near,
When you weren’t strong
I was by your side
Even when you were wrong,

Was she as good to you
As I would’ve been?
Did she take all the dreams we had
And make them come true in the end

Or was what we had when we first begun
Nothing but a lie. 

Remember me,
I used to live here
When we were young,
When we had fun,
But those days,
I’m sad to say,
Are long gone.   

Are long gone (x5)

Are Long Gone

Bubblgum Friday

I took the piece I composed yesterday (An Elderly Tale) and changed it to a dance song.  

Dance, Baby, Dance
Music and Lyrics: Mike Krath

Lyrics

One thing,
I ask of you (just you),
will you hear me out,
Baby,
Dance,
Dance, Baby, dance (x5)

One thing,
I want of you (just you),
Is to be mine,
Will you?
And dance baby,
Dance,
Dance, baby, Dance (x5)

Dance all night, oh, oh,
Dance all night, oh, oh,
With you (just you),
and dance baby, dance,
dance, baby dance (x5)

Dance, Baby, Dance

Just another AI dance cover.  Created a beat track using Studio One 7. Uploaded the mixed track to the AI engine then added some not-too-spectacular dance lyrics.

Dance
Music and Lyrics: Mike Krath

Lyrics

Oh yeah,
My foot,
Look out steps,
oh, oh,
look at them feet,
fly,
yeah!
dance,
yeah,
dance,
oh, oh,
dance, dance (x10)
Look at me dance!
Woh!
Dance

Dance

An AI cover of one of my non-AI instrumentals. Non-AI lyrics added.

Where Did Our Love Go
Music and Lyrics: Mike Krath

Lyrics

Where did our love go,
It's no longer here,
I don't see it on our TV,
I don't feel it in our sleep,
I don't hear it in our talk,
Can you tell me,
If it was ever real.

Oh baby (baby)
Time to wake (wake up)
And discuss where we went wrong,
Went wrong,
Oh baby (baby)
Talk to me,
Talk to me, baby (x 20)
Let's talk again,
As if love is still here.

Oh baby (baby) (x10)

Where Did Our Love Go

Happy 70s Friday! Another AI rendition of a previously released non-AI instrumental with added non-AI lyrics.  Video link below is my continued attempt to make AI music videos.

Lunar Drive
Music and Lyrics: Mike Krath
Video Link: https://youtu.be/GcKdZvIhVlo

Lyrics

Is it okay to fly,
Down the streets of Lunar Drive
With empty loves,
All around.
Is it okay to cry,
On the streets of Lunar Drive,
Whizzing by ex-lovers
in the sand.

Is it okay,
Is it okay,
Oh, oh.

Is it okay to drive,
Down those streets of retold lies.
Passing men,
I thought I knew.
Is it okay to fly,
Down those streets of Lunar Drive
Without your dreams,
and hopes.

Oh, oh,
Is it okay to be lost,
and gone,
Like you,
All gone,
All gone (x10)

Lunar Drive

AI cover of an analog instrumental I composed in 1988 with my Yamaha DX7IIFD and various rack mounts.

Shake It Baby
Music and Lyrics: Mike Krath

Lyrics

Don't you know,
our love (oh, oh)
our love should be on the radio (crank it up)
Where we (what?)
Where we (what?)
Hear it all day long (I've gone deaf)

Playing we shouldn't argue (no),
Playing we both are wrong (forgive me).
Playing our love can keep us (oh yeah),
Playing it's the thing that keeps us strong (oh yeah, baby, oh yeah). 

Our love should be heard in those dim streets (you turned me on),
Where we met a month not so long ago (I'll never forget),
Playing our love will keep us (oh, oh),
Playing our love will never go wrong (no, no baby). 

Shake it,
shake it baby,
Show me your loving ways,
Shake it. 
shake it baby (shake baby),
give me another shaking day.

Our love should be on the radio
Where we hear it all day long (all long, tell it). 
Playing we shouldn't argue (no, no)
Plahying we both were wrong (forgive me).

Shake it,
shake it baby (come on, shake it baby)
Shake your tears aways (wipe them),
Shake it (oh, oh). 
shake it baby (baby, shake it),
our love is here to stay.

Love, baby, love baby.
No goodbyes today,
 (x20)

Shake It Baby

A pop AI cover of my non-AI instrumental with added non-AI lyrics.  

On the Level
Music and Lyrics: Mike Krath

Lyrics

I want to tell you on the level, 
You're something special,
Like the best part of a song,
If you let me, I will take you,
To a place,
Where we dance alone.
La di dah, di dah (x2)

Somewhere without moonlight,
a night without stars,
Where you'll be my light,
Bright from afar.
Where every lah will be a dee,
And every dee will be a dah.
La di dah, di dah.

I want to dance with you so very bad,
Love not wasted,
Love not sad,
Just go out,
So rad,
So rad.
La di dah, di dah.

Dance with me in the moonlight,
under the shimmering stars,
See how some are bright,
But you're the brightest by far.

La di da, di dah,
A shine on your face,
A beauty to embrace,
La di da, di dah.

On the Level

I completed a non-AI instrumental this weekend, but the temptation was too great to do an AI cover and add lyrics.  I fell asleep as I was working on the lyrics.  My wife heard the unfinished lyrics being sung and woke me to tell me to keep writing.

You're Not Seeing Me
Music and Lyrics: Mike Krath

Lyrics

I awake without you by my side,
As though what we did was left behind,
Were you really here last night,
Or was that just in my mind,
And when I prod myself to remember,
I don't think what we did was that tender.
Oh no, no, no,
Oh no, no, no.

I want to forget as I'm able,
This love that's been so painful,
A love not real,  just a fable,
Nothing's left on the table,
Never stay, all about,
One foot in, one foot out.
oh, oh.

When you're here, 
You're not here with me,
When you look into my eyes,
You're not seeing me,
When you touch my lips.
You're not kissing me,
Your love's with her, I know,
You've hurt me so,
Oh, oh.

I want to forget as I'm able,
This love that's been so painful,
A love not real,  just a fable,
Nothing's left on the table,
Never stay, all about,
One foot in, one foot out.
Oh no, no, no, 
Oh no, no, no.

Oh, no, no, no (x20)

You're Not Seeing Me

Nostalgia

Lyrics

I said no
No
No
Not tonight
Under the flashing neon light
You reached for me
I turned away
Didn’t know what I’d feel someday

(Ooh-yeah!) I see it now
So clear
(Ooh-yeah!) I wish you were here


Nostalgia
No
No
No
I let you go
Go
Go
Wish I’d said yes
Yes
Yes
Now I’m left with this mess
Nostalgia
No
No
No
Why’d I say no
No
No?

You asked once
You asked twice
I gave you cold
Cold ice
The music played
The night was long
I never joined your favorite song

(Ooh-yeah!) Regret’s a heavy beat
(Ooh-yeah!) I’m stuck on repeat

Nostalgia
No
No
No
I let you go
Go
Go
Wish I’d said yes
Yes
Yes
Now I’m left with this mess
Nostalgia
No
No
No
Why’d I say no
No
No?

AI cover of one of my imagined broadway tunes.

Video Link: https://youtu.be/4eD0TXpj1NI

Heartfelt Tune
Music and Lyrics: Mike Krath

Lyrics

I don’t want to,  
expose myself in a bad song.
So anyone who hears
Now knows my wrongs.

I don’t want to,
Expose myself on the radio,
Where everyone will smile
When I'm so low. 

I don’t want to,
expose myself through a heartfelt tune,
When anyone who hears,
Can mock my love sick views.

I don’t want to,
expose myself in a sad love song.
So anyone I'm near,
Can laugh at me all day long. .

I don't want to hear my ups and downs
When I'm in town,
Singing from lips of strangers,
Reminding me she’s not around.

No, no, (x5)

I don’t want to,  
expose myself where I lose,
It’s hard enough,
knowing she's the reason for this tune.

No, no, no, no  (x20)

Heartfelt Tune

Video Link: https://youtu.be/byI7tMf1Vo4

Nostalgia 2

Lyrics

Back in the day
Oh
The songs would play (ooh-yeah!)
Lights would flash
We'd sway
We'd sway
Every beat
It held my heart
Spinning fast
A world apart

[Chorus]
Nostalgia
Oh
It calls my name
Nostalgia
Takes me back again
To the rhythm
To the glow
Where my heart learned to know
Nostalgia
Oh
Nostalgia

First love's touch
A melody (oh-oh!)
Every note
It set me free
Vinyl spins
The night would glow
Dreams were born in stereo

And the sound
It lingers still
A memory
A thrill
A thrill

Nostalgia
Oh
It calls my name
Nostalgia
Takes me back again
To the rhythm
To the glow
Where my heart learned to know
Nostalgia
Oh
Nostalgia

Time rewinds
In my mind
Oh
It's clear (so clear!)
Every song whispers love in my ear
Dancing
Laughing
The moments we made
Oh
Nostalgia
It will never fade

Nostalgia 2

This is a hybrid project combining both non-AI and AI covers. The track starts with analog, then AI is used to enhance, like using Splice.  Audio is midified and used with Ujam strings. Analog is later gated prior to fading.

La La LaLaLaLa (Hybrid AI/non-AI)

I’m a song-writer who enjoys creating music of any genre.

My son recently introduced me to A.I. and taught me how to do covers of my previously released non-A.I. music. Since I've never considered myself a performer (except playing with worship bands at church or solo-piano at a rehab center) using A.I. is right up my alley.

Since I've  exhausted using my previously released music for A.I. covers, I now compose music in a DAW, rip to a wave file, and make an A.I. cover of this wave file. I then write lyrics to the A.I. music. It takes around 100 A.I. iterations to complete the lyrics and get a style I'm happy with.  

Brief Bio: Lived more than a quarter of my life overseas (Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkiye, Italy, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan). Each country gave me an appreciation for different types of music plus probably why I get bored easily in sticking with one genre or another.