Nomadic Dancer [Original Composition/AI Arrangement]
Nomadic Dancer
Composition: Masayuki Inoue
Arrangement: sunoAI
Image: sunoAI
This is my first original composition, a milestone.
This song was actually supposed to have vocals (lol).
So, I threw the base track I made into the AI without removing the vocal melody, and it turned out pretty good, so I thought, 'Whatever, this is too much trouble, instrumental is fine' (bitter laugh).
By the way, let me talk a bit about the background of this AI arrangement.
First of all, I had about 20 song ideas, and about a year or two ago, I paid an arranger on Coconala 50,000 yen per song to arrange two of them, but the results were quite different from what I had envisioned, so I was wondering what to do.
If I wanted to discuss things closely and be particular about every detail, it would cost hundreds of thousands of yen per song, and I don't have that kind of money.
So, I decided to put off the arrangements and first focus on covering various songs on drums and uploading them to YouTube, which I started doing at the end of September 2025.
I started promotional activities on platforms like note in October, the year turned, I went to Okinawa, and then February arrived.
Well, by that time, AI arrangement had also evolved significantly.
So, I used it. And it worked.
That said, since I adopt the ones that reach a passing grade after repeatedly generating arrangements, it never 100% matches the vision I had in mind.
Generally, this song and others are about 60% there.
However, given my current resources, it's not just 100%, it's 1000% of what I could have done.
So, if I first arrange 5 or 6 songs from my ideas that I don't need to be too particular about using AI, it will total nearly 30 minutes, so even if there are many other bands, I can at least stand on a live stage.
I want to perform live as early as June.
By the way, I became convinced of one thing...
Aside from the top-tier professionals, the jobs of composers and arrangers are going to die out. This is it.
Recording work for professional musicians also seems likely to disappear.
When asking an arranger:
・One song, cheap is 20,000 to 50,000 yen
・Delivery time is usually several weeks
・Quality depends on the price. Even if cheap, it's professional quality, but only the bare minimum
・If it's cheap, it's impossible to be particular about details
When arranging with sunoAI
・You can generate 500 songs (500 times) per month for 1500 yen.
・It takes less than a minute to generate once.
・The quality is high, and it often produces things close to the vision I have in mind.
・You can reflect your preferences to some extent with prompts.
・The AI is constantly being updated, and the quality improves significantly with each version upgrade.
Finally,
My strength as a composer is actually that I am a natural melody maker, I have explored various genres, and I am strong with drum phrases.
Conversely, my weaknesses are that I haven't gone through Vocaloid, I have no theory, and I create based on intuition.
I played piano from kindergarten to the third year of junior high, baritone sax for three years in junior high, and have been doing drums and vocal training since high school, plus I have a diverse history of music I've listened to, so I can create quite a bit by intuition.
However, because I lacked theory and money, I couldn't complete anything. Until AI emerged.
Long live AI.
Well, I've been focusing on drums for about a year, so I need to practice singing again.