#aivideoclip — Public Fediverse posts

Labor Day Lazy

Rest Area next Exit

The end of phase one

Today finds me pulling into a rest area to stretch my legs and let the mind relax for a minute. I have completed phase one by having the ten songs I want for my vinyl and the bonus of having enough for the radio dials on my site. I have decided to leave Suno after the new updates and not because they put limits on the downloads but rather that my personas quit, leaving only instrumentals. I don’t see a way to prompt the style anymore and the support is all AI answers instead of humans, which to me are the two main reasons of paying for the subscription. I have enjoyed Suno Pro and am grateful to them for the experience.

Phase two has started modestly as I try to train my vocals and stay somewhat in tune. I didn’t add sound to the video for this reason. I have been taping my singing and the results are simple, rewind and erase, try again. I think I need to take a break for a bit before diving deep into this level of the journey. I will be posting less on this subject since I don’t think there will be much to talk about for a while.

Pigskin Progress

LSU BLOWS OUT CLEMSON! MICHIGAN STEALS A WIN!!

I enjoyed the first full Saturday of college football yesterday even though I fell asleep during the last game, which was a total blow-out. Can you say “Goodbye Dabo?

Alabama looked better than last year and might be a surprise come playoff time, only time will tell. Keelon Russell showed us why he was chosen to be the starting quarterback. I think we have some work to do to tighten up as a whole but I liked seeing the ball ran and knowing three running backs are on the injured reserve list has me feeling good about that section. “Cadillac” Ryan Williams needs to tighten up on his receiving abilities this year. He broke out in 24 but since then has ‘dropped the ball’ to many times. A great runner that can write his own ticket if he puts the gloves back on. All in all I am looking forward to another fun year.

A quick note: Oregon looked kinda rough at the beginning but did grab the win. And Michigan? I believe time ran out on the clock and they were handed a false win.

Side Stepping Challenges

My maintenance on this site has been an ongoing thing since it started but has left me dissatisfied and constantly wanting to improve it. I made some minor changes last night to the navigation bar adding a couple of previous categories back into the fold, NTT and Peaceful Challenges, also moving my ‘Who’s Dat’ page to it from the sidebar.

I will be going through my previous posts and trying to find the photos I used that have disappeared or at the least replacing them. I also want to figure out how to delete the many doubles, triples of images used and get them down to one picture used many times instead of many times adding a duplicate. This looks like a major challenge in itself. Please be patient.

Sidenotes

Kevin from Beginning at Last is slowly moving about and steadily getting better, hope to see ya back soon brother.

I sold my first copy of ‘Silent Screams’, the invoice dropping in my email box today! Thank you to whoever it was, this was truly appreciated. The book was out in April of last year but I did absolutely no marketing on it.

With the holiday here I wish you all the best and will see you in the construction zone where I will continue to weave wasted words with confusion for my enjoyment, peace out.

https://youtu.be/8RuwOtLLd2g?si=Aq1x0dEp4_yf1JLk

S626 ©https://www.peaceful-threads.com

Rewind and Replay

Three days in sixty-eight years, tough choice.

{The why’s are highlighted.}

Even leaving the daily at one I would find this tough. I thought about tossing Esther’s challenge in the mix which could easily heat up the answer but…

I guess the first one that comes to mind would be from 1991/92, don’t remember the exact date but the experience was unforgettable. I overcame one of my biggest fears by stepping out of an airplane at 3000′. Scared shitless I was until my chute was fully opened, then a beautiful peaceness overcame me as I floated down to earth. I missed the target landing from about a mile because the instructor kept telling on a one-way speaker in my helmet to watch out for a fence I couldn’t see, so I steered myself into an open field. I wanted to go again but the wind had picked up to much so they shut down for safety reasons and I just never tried again.

2 – July 4th, 1996 This date has been burned into my mind. I finished the work week on the 2nd and having the next four days off, I make the bad choice of going on a three day mind bender. I started out the evening by getting a six pack and making two strawberry pies for our family reunion on the fourth and needing to make a peach cobbler for my sister.{(Never got to that}

I went to the American Legion meeting up with my boss and some other friends and family. After they all have the common sense to quit and go home I hooked up with some other friends and took {catching a buzz} to the professional level. I closed the bar, partied all night and opened the bars the next day. On July 4th at 12:10 am I was standing in my living room while a friend was searching through my music collection for something to listen to. He had a guy with him I didn’t know and he was across the room from me. He picked up my thirty-eight and said he was going to shoot me so I pulled my .357 out and as I brought it up to fire I hit the hair trigger and shot myself in the knee.

The docs at the ER kept talking about cutting my leg at the knee and I wasn’t having any of that shit, let me tell ya. A doc was walking by and came over to reassure me he would save my leg. The result was a year on my back but 96% of movement remains today.

One happy memory and one unforgettable nightmare that I hold dearly in my heart for different reasons. The third?

https://estherchilton.co.uk/2026/08/19/word-prompts-4/

Your prompt word is FIRE ✅

December 2/26 I bought into the app Suno Pro
The beginning of a journey with a long way to go
Money spent on new gadgets & stuff for me to sing
Not knowing the future this addiction could bring
Creating a new spark for poems that I have written
Not knowing if their worthy enough of giving a listen
I'll keep travelling this path as long as I have the desire
To create music with AI that helps fuel my inner fire 

1. Three o'clock Blues

With this post finished I’m off to the mic and practice

Happy Friday my friends! A2126 ©https://www.peaceful-threads.com

Pioneer Paws and Play

My four word Sunday.

The coffee has me tuned in so hopefully this is going to be a productive day at the Dawghouse Barking Studio. I spent the morning getting things set up and ready to lay some tracks down. Now I’m waiting on my son to show up and monitor the dials while I howl and bark into the system. [10:30 am]

[3:00 pm]

So Derek showed up and I showed him how to operate the recording equipment through the DAW and the Pioneer rtr. It took awhile but then we spent around 45 minutes dialing in the vocals and music levels separately. Once the line input was set we then fine tuned the mic levels and I attempted my first recording. It sounded like shit let me tell ya {cuz}. I was missing my marks, out of key and forgetting lines and more, a real disaster for sure, but to me it was a valuable experience!

After three runs we took a break for about ten minutes while Derek adjusted some fine tuning then got back into it, I had to adjust my distance from the mic [to close], [to far], kinda like Little Red Riding Hood finding the perfect bowl of porridge. Finding the right distance I then laid a mark on the floor and tried again.

We practiced the song until around 2:30 or so then called it quits for the day. After putting everything away we listened to the tape. Derek was monitoring this all the way and had starred two copies he wanted to hear through speakers instead of headphones.

We discussed the mistakes from both sides and what we can do moving forward but he pointed out how my vocals had changed between the first and last tries. I became more comfortable as I went along and it shows. Although I will never be a musician, I believe I might have a chance of not sounding like a sad hound howling or a drunken karaoke singer when I’m done.

https://youtu.be/jBDF04fQKtQ?si=PtArJnjLkRMUAA4N

I didn’t forget; “Blessed by our savior” [my 4 words]

A926 ©https://www.peaceful-threads.com

It’s Official !

I have been showered with blessings, Thank you Lord.

First and foremost I thank our Lord for the forgiveness of my past and the constant blessings he has showered me with. Today My site officially became an LLC! Yeah baby, I am licensed to conduct business on this site bringing new visions of my sound closer to fruition.

Secondly I’m excited to say my new artist name is also official and Symphonic has helped me to overcome the building blocks I have been stumbling over trying to get my artist page up and running, it should be completed before the end of the week!

Third is the new look I worked on this morning for my home page and headers across my site. Let me know what you think please.

Heartfelt

The sun isn't the only bright light in the sky
Our Lord outshines it in the blink of an eye
Blessings rain down on me on this clear day
Showing me the clarity to help find my way
And now that I've shown thanks for the grace
I'll finish this post in my Peaceful-Threads space

TTC   ✅
Your three words today are:
YANKEE
YOUR
YOLK

WD 1   ✅
Taradiddle - ˈterəˌdidl
Noun - A petty lie.
Pretentious nonsense.

WD2   ✅
Solipsistic - ˌsäləpˈsistik
Adjective
Very self-centered or selfish.
Relating to the view or theory that the self is all that can be known to exist.

When I moved to Alabama in 2000 I spent four years listening to everyone tell me “You’re just a Yankee”. After that it was “you’re a damn Yankee”. I brushed it off and continued being me thinking that it was just taradiddle. After moving back north of the Dixie line I spent the next four years caring for my mother 24/7 until she passed in 2014. After that I had become more solipsistic with my thought process and it reflected in my everyday life. I unconsciously transformed everything about me from the yolk out and found that I am completely happy to write these altered thoughts for your eyes to see.

Two Steppin’

I got a great surprise today!

I started out not wanting to do a post and ended up with one I liked, so the day started out on a good note. Then it started raining, which was a good thing, knocking down the humidity. The coffee wasn’t Starbucks, but it was Folger’s Black Silk, which is my second choice. I finished the pot and jumped back in bed for about an hour, then proceeded to start the second half of my day.

The second pot lasted a little longer as I was caffeine cruising already. I got two packages today, one from Amazon and the other from eBay. I have been waiting on these so I can move forward with Electric Evolution! I got a set of Sony earbuds and a new/used HP laptop. I now have this one for everything I do and the new one exclusively for my music.

Every time I wanted to run my songs from my DAW to my stereo I had to unplug as my wires wouldn’t reach. When I did this I would lose the Focus controller 2 and it wouldn’t send the signal to my Pioneer. That was just serving to disrupt any creative mood, replacing it with anger as it usually takes 3-4 hours for me to get the programs downloaded and set back up to work right. PROBLEM SOLVED!!

I piddled around until 4:20 or so getting my browsers and apps installed and then setting it up next to the stereo. I have my Focusrite solo between them and everything is rockin like I wanted it to, HURRAY!!

I also have happy feet as yesterday I filed my applications for BMI (Billboard Music) and my LLC licence for Peaceful-Threads!! These are BIG accomplishments for me to finally see come to fruitation. Now I have to wait ten days to see if I get them (patience my ass!)

As I wind down for the day I am in a extremely haapy mood knowing tomorrow I can start recording my first track. This is a ‘on to the next’ that makes me quiver inside and feel all tingly.

I pray you all have a great weekend or what’s left of it anyhow. Since it’s Saturday, I think I’ll two-step into a soothing Saturday night.

Sunday’s Showstopper

A good BS title to start with don’t cha think?

✅

Your three words today are:
OVEN
OVER
ORAL

Three Things Challenge ✅

Dreams are an interesting subject.

Some dreams take us down dark tunnels where we suddenly sit up screaming and drenched in sweat like we just stepped out of an oven.

1. Dreams Interweave

Other ones have us over in a fantasy land of sexual desires where we don’t want to wake up yet, trying to force sleep to return us to that exact moment and yet others can take us down memory lane. But all of these occur when we are in a deep sleep {REM}, what about those dreams we have while our eyes are opened wide?

1. Blue Dreams

Those dreams are all in the review mirror now but new dreams are on the horizon. In my quest to fulfill another dream I have turned to one of my favorite things in life, music. Even though haters will hate on AI generated sound I am barking loud and proud with it. This is my oral declaration.

As you leave my blog site today
May you find peace in your own way
Do what places joy in your heart
And don't let haters stand in the way

Jl 2626 ©https://www.peaceful-threads.com

Brain Farts

How quick can positivity turn to shit?

Where am I going? I have no damn clue. When I think I have a plan and it is rolling smoothly along I have a brain fart and watch as it twirls out of control. Is this me subconsciously sabotaging myself? If so why?

1. Brain Farts

I spent over three hours this morning trying to get my system working, {yesterday it went smooth and I only unplugged two jacks} so I gave up, wrote this and now am unplugging for the rest of the day.                                  Here's to your Sunday being smooth and peaceful.

Jl 1926 ©https://www.peaceful-threads.com

This Should Be Easy

A dawgs life is about love, curiosity and treats but…

Your three words today are:
DEAR
DEER
DARE

Three Things Challenge ✅

Exigency – ˈeɡzəjənsē Noun – An urgent need or demand.

https://worddaily.com/ ✅

So I get to explore what being a different animal would be like and how it could expand my views on life. I dare say that there are many animals I might choose from, a sloth who moves so slow the week would be over before it started. Na, not feeling a slow groove today.

A ant? maybe. It seems this would be a good fit for someone like me that thrives on the rush of caffeine, as an ants life seems to be focused on exigency to explore everything as quickly as possible.

If I still liked to get intoxicated then being a deer would be my go to choice for this. Eating fermented apples at leisure, having humans scatter corn around, as long as the week was outside of hunting season.

Any of these could be fun and I didn’t even talk about those gorgeous creatures ‘the Penguins’ which I adore. Flying underwater, mating for life, yeah, they’re pretty cool but as you might guess, a dawgs life would have to be my go to choice as I hold them dear to my heart. Bark Bark…

https://youtu.be/bheqUSlW2hw?si=gC1NXer_djUbeXDn

Ju1526 ©https://www.peaceful-threads.com

On The Edge

As the weekend starts…

The Friday morning coffee jolt is relative small compared to yesterday’s. With that said I am still cruising in the fast lane but not red lining the RPM’s.

Your final three words this week are:
COACH
CLASH
CLASP

Three Things Challenge 

✅

This morning as I clasped my hands in prayer seeking guidance for the days journey a calmness overcame me. After the crash of yesterday as the overload of coffee wore off rather quickly I spent the day sleeping. I would wake up to get rid of some coffee and go right back to sleep.

Today is a new day and with it comes new hope. As you know I am trying to navigate my way through AI and produce an album using my voice not as a generation but through real life recordings. The ten songs I have I used suno pro to help me make. However as I learn more about the DAW I have [Mixcraft 10.6 pro studio] I am learning more about midis and vst’s and how they can help me move into more original music. I don’t really have anyone who is being a coach offering tips to ensure a smoother transition outside of YouTube videos from Acoustia in their university classes I found after purchasing their product.

This is all good for me in the sense that I am not just putting the first thing I’m given from suno out as music. The hours I’ve spent learning to write prompts for my songs in suno might not be heard when comparing my songs to other people using suno with quick prompts but it has offered me insight into my journey [which I still don’t understand fully].

Every song I made in suno is the result of changing my prompts, BPMs, key played in, words changed as needed and style of music. I usually generate between 50 to well over 100 versions before I find one that I like enough to share.

In the meantime I keep my eye on the ever changing laws of AI music as well as how the public opinions clash. I gave up on trying to make any videos to go with my songs for the simple reason of copyright law. This might change later on in my journey but for now I am wanting to show that AI is not the evil thing it is being portrayed as. I believe that if AI is used as a learning tool instead of just another quick path to making money it can compliment or enhance a person hard work.

So here I am taking a stand, declaring my belief that AI is not some dark, evil thing that will destroy the world but a tool to help with unfulfilled dreams of many people who didn’t have the opportunities in life to pursue their goals. Here is part of a prompt I wrote to make the following song. I removed some of the prompt for personal reasons.

[not shown], the key of [not shown] Upbeat Honky-Tonk, Bright Grand Piano, Driving 4/4 Drums, [not shown], [not shown] Electric Bassline, [not shown] Electric Guitar Riffs, [not shown] BPM, [not shown] Clear Production

Weirdness 22%

Style Influence 67%

Audio Influence 88%

1. I Write The Lyrics

So here we are on the edge of another beautiful summer weekend. I hope you enjoy this post of the journey I am on, the song and most of all the weekend! Ernie Dawg.

PEACE & LOVE

J1926 ©https://www.peaceful-threads.com

Getting It Wrong

Sometimes I do but it’s alright.

Your three words today are:
OPINION
OATH
OUTLINE ✅

Three Things Challenge

I hope you had a great weekend. Here is a fresh limerick challenge for you. Your word is JELLY ✅

https://estherchilton.co.uk/2026/06/08/laughing-along-with-a-limerick-286/

Kinda Silly

Take an oath and and stick to it like jelly
Sometimes the outline looks kinda silly
Opinions will change as the story unfolds
Your confidence eventually starts to grow 
And you enjoy a deep laugh from your belly

https://youtu.be/D634us2eQxM?si=ZaZvFymfNRZxeGds

J826 ©https://www.peaceful-threads.com

The End…(of April)

Before and after the coffee and cannabis kick in.

ECWWP
Your new prompt word is CAPTURE    x2

WD
Axiom - ˈak-sē-əm
Noun
A statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference.   x2
An established rule or principle or a self-evident truth.
A maxim widely accepted on its intrinsic merit.
Word Origin - Greek, 15th century

JHWWP
#3 - Something you learned this April.   x2

April has been a long month in the Dawghouse. Today this axiom will bring that to an end for either good or bad, I just have to wait and see. It started out with having to junk my car as the hybrid battery died and the cost to replace it exceeded the value of the car by more than triple. I then had to deal with SSA wanting to reduced my retirement check to below poverty levels leaving me wondering how to survive in this growing recession.

I’ve learned that over the course of this month I have lost the desire and imagination needed to capture the normal fun and wittiness I use for the challenges and making my music. {Conceited, probably}. I find myself in a funk as I await the true spring weather to stabilize and finally be done with the winter blues.

Okay, that was a rant from a blue tick hound. Enough of that.

Maybe I should have enjoyed a wake and bake this morning to see if it improved my attitude. Let’s find out shall we?

A DAW is much harder to learn than I anticipated but will be worth it in the end. I also learnt the axiom that patience is a virtue is something to believe in.

These feeling of despair will pass and sunny thoughts will come around again just as spring will eventually replace these chilly days sooner or later. My writing usually captures how I feel or what kind of mood I’m in at the time. The wake and bake puts me on a cloud of peacefulness while the coffee still ignites the afterburners releasing new ideas. Today, April 30th I learned that over the years my dreams weren’t always as detailed as they should be nor always for the right reasons but I continue to dream the dream.

Let’s see what the future will bring…

https://youtu.be/SdhAfMor9BM?si=GFpAuXjLOUfcc3ne

A3026 ©https://www.peaceful-threads.com

Sunday, Suno & Siri

I’m enjoying a relaxing Sunday today and hope you are too.

I started the morning out by cruising through reader. I didn’t feel up to a post so I turned the laptop off and turned the stereo up. I listened to the following three albums while tidying up the dawghouse.

1 - ELO Another World Record
2 - Eric Clapton Unplugged
3 - EWF Sprit

I then checked my email and came back here and looked at your comments and to reply before heading to my DAW to make mistakes and learn. That didn’t happen.

After reading Siri’s comment on ‘Gotta Start Somewhere’ and seeing she subscribed to the other site I have parked waiting on the meter to run out on it I went into poetry mode and ended up in Suno. The following song was made this afternoon and reflects on the friendship we’ve made over the years. It can be found on 103.3.3 on the DM Dial. I hope you enjoy this along with enjoying your Sunday.

1. A Clear Blue Sky

By the way, if you haven’t checked out Beyond Sirius Sea you should do so. She has amazing talent in both words and images, find her here https://siriussea.wordpress.com/

I have a couple more in line too.

Peace out

A2626 ©https://www.peaceful-threads.com