The Process

AI & Process

A maverick works outside the industry — and uses every tool given to him for God's glory

Is this AI?

Partly. I write every lyric from real faith and real life, then produce each song using AI tools for the music and vocals.

How it's made ↓ Read the FAQ ↓
"Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God." 1 Corinthians 10:31

Whatever tools are in reach, whatever the task — the call is the same: do it for His glory. This is that, for a songwriter with no studio and no band.

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How It's Made

A Maverick's Tools

Being a maverick has always meant going it alone — no label, no studio, no music-industry machine behind me. It also means using whatever's within reach and making it work for something bigger than yourself.

That's what's happening here. Below is what I do, what the AI tools do, and where the line between them sits.

I write every lyric myself, and I direct how each song sounds — the style, the instrumentation, the pacing — through detailed prompts and production tags. I've sung in choirs my whole life — blending into harmonies, not carrying a lead — so I know what a song needs and where it should go. But I'm not a lead vocalist, I can't play an instrument, and I never learned to write music. AI tools are how I actually bring these songs to life as a lead voice: most of the time I don't start with a tune in mind, just the words — I write them down, then use AI tools to search for the sound that fits, generating and refining takes until I find it. It's a different skill than singing lead, and one that takes real work to get right.

The words, the story, the theology, and the wrestling behind every one of them — those are mine. The voice you hear singing them was built with AI tools, at my direction, take after take, until it was right.

I don't have a multi-million dollar studio, a label, or session musicians. I have a laptop, a Bible, four decades of walking with God, and a tool that lets me bring these songs to life anyway. I believe that's a way to make something for His glory: a different tool for the work.

Questions

Common Questions

Do you write the lyrics yourself?

Yes, every word, every song, no exceptions. Nothing here is AI-written. The lyrics come from my own faith, my own life, and my own wrestling with Scripture — the same as they would if I were handing them to a band instead of to AI tools.

What do the AI tools actually do?

The AI tools generate the music and the vocal performance — the instrumentation, the melody, the singing voice — based on the lyrics and direction I give them. I don't start with a melody in mind; I use AI tools to search for the sound that fits what I've written, generating and regenerating until something matches, then refining it further if it's close but not quite right.

Isn't it just pushing a button?

No. Before a song is generated, I choose the sound I want: the singer's voice (bass, baritone, or tenor), the instruments, and the tempo. Then I mark up the lyrics line by line: slow this part down, speed this one up, put a short instrumental break here with these instruments, bring in a backing choir or a tenor harmony under the baritone there. I generate and refine take after take until it's right. Sometimes I take the finished track into an editing program and add things myself. On "Red Letter Rain," I added faint rain so it sounds like he's really sitting on the porch in the rain. (Red Letter Rain is on the upcoming album Narrow Road, set to release in January 2027.) In music terms, that's producing.

So did you compose the music, or did AI?

Neither, entirely — it's a collaboration. I'm not composing melodies by hand. What I do is direct the outcome: the genre, the mood, the instrumentation, the structure, and round after round of judgment about what's right and what isn't, until the take matches the song. That's real creative control, but it isn't the same as a composer writing a score.

Does AI have any say in the theology or the message?

No. None. Every theological claim, every Scripture reference, every word of testimony in these songs is something I wrote, believe, and stand behind personally. AI doesn't choose what these songs say about God — I do.

Why not just learn an instrument or hire a band instead?

I might not have written a note of this otherwise. AI tools are what let me bring these songs to life as a lead voice, the same way a paintbrush lets someone paint who couldn't otherwise. The tool is the reason these songs exist.

Is AI Christian music okay?

Yes. These songs are born from the heart and from real experience — real failures, real faith, real grace. And under God's sovereign plan, in His sovereign time, He has given us tools to use for His glory. AI is one of those tools, and these songs are for Him. Read my full answer to the hardest questions. For the complete study, with every objection worked through from Scripture, see AI and Christian Music: A Biblical Framework for Discernment.

"And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men."
Colossians 3:23

This is the tool available to a maverick with no label and no band. The story is his, and the glory is God's.

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The words are mine. The wrestling is real. Hear what the songs say.

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