KrispyMemphis Blog | Stories Behind the Songs

Songwriting Process

AI did not write my songs. It gave my songs a way to exist.

For most of my life, songwriting lived on paper. I had lyrics, poems, and stories that were not unfinished creatively, but unfinished logistically. The old model of turning words into music often came with a price tag, gatekeepers, and no guarantee that a song would ever move forward. AI did not write my songs for me. What it changed was access. It removed friction from the process and gave me a way to hear what I had already written begin to exist as actual music. For someone who starts as a writer and storyteller, that shift matters. It means the work does not have to stay trapped in a notebook waiting for someone else’s permission.

My process is still human at the center. I write the lyrics, define the story, and shape the emotional direction of each song. AI helps me explore musical and vocal possibilities, test arrangements, and iterate until the song feels right. That is not automation. That is collaboration. The authorship remains in the judgment, the choices, and the meaning behind the work. The biggest surprise has been hearing songs and poems I wrote years ago finally come to life, not rewritten or replaced, but realized. My goal has never been to replace artists. The best outcome is still the same as it has always been: that a real artist hears one of my songs, connects with it, and wants to record it, perform it, or make it their own. AI did not give me my ideas. It gave my ideas a way to exist.