GPT-5 Helped Me Write My Song - First Light, Infinite Tries

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About the project “First Light, Infinite Tries” began the way many of my favorite weekends do—quietly, just before sunrise—when curiosity is louder than doubt. I made this piece with the new GPT-5 as a creative partner. We built a simple naming system for every prompt and visual idea so the intent would survive all the handoffs: FLT-V1-… for Verse 1, FLT-PC1-… for Pre-Chorus 1, FLT-C1-… for the first Chorus, and so on. Those tags stayed in the filenames and later in my Premiere bins, which made the final arrangement feel like snapping together the right pieces of a puzzle. No guessing—just following the thread. On writing with GPT-5 I thought I would miss ChatGPT 4.5 for its writing voice. I didn’t. GPT-5’s writing surprised me—clear, musical, and generous. It helped me shape the lyrics and also generated section-specific image prompts that carried the same mood into the visuals. The result felt cohesive: words, images, and edits breathing in the same rhythm. Credits - Lyrics & prompts: Co-created with GPT-5 - Music: Brought to life with Suno (melody, arrangement, performance) - Visuals: Midjourney images for each section (guided by the FLT prompt tags) - Editing: Cut and finished in Adobe Premiere Pro - Thumbnail: FLT-TH series based on direct-gaze portraits that echo the song’s theme What the song means This is a love letter to making things—music, images, words, code—especially in those early hours when the world is quiet and a single idea can tilt the day. “First light, infinite tries” is the promise that you’re allowed to begin again and again. The verses sit close and human; the pre-choruses breathe in; the choruses open the room; the bridge turns the gears; the ending rests the spark without extinguishing it. Weekend or not, it’s an invitation to take small, joyful steps toward whatever you’re building. Workflow highlights - Naming that carries intent: The FLT tags (e.g., `FLT-V1-06`, `FLT-C2-03`, `FLT-OUT-06`) traveled with every file, which made aligning lyrics, visuals, and timing straightforward during the final pass. - Section-linked prompts: Each lyric section had its own visual language; GPT-5’s prompts kept the motifs consistent (hands, light ribbons, quiet code, dawn textures). - Saved-only discipline: For the last mile, I prioritized clips already marked Video Saved, sprinkling in only saved B-roll, so momentum never stalled. If this piece encourages you to pick up your tools—pen, camera, DAW, notebook, terminal—then it did what it was meant to do. Here’s to first light, and to all the beautiful tries that follow. #AIMusic #GPT5 #SunoAI #Midjourney #CreativeProcess #MusicVideo #MakingOf #WeekendProject