Barefoot
in the Garden
lyrics & AI
anthony phillip carlisle
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BIO
I'm not a musician in the traditional sense—I've never mastered an instrument or studied music theory. But with a BFA in filmmaking, twenty years as an on-air broadcast television producer, and experience as a web designer and wedding photographer, creativity runs through everything I touch. As the son of writer Doris Johnson, perhaps it was inevitable that words would find their way out of me in unexpected forms.
My lifelong passion for storytelling and fascination with technology found their perfect intersection in AI-assisted music creation. What started as curiosity about tools like Suno AI has become a deeply personal creative outlet. I've transformed over six decades of lived experiences into lyrics and melodies—from a cross-country bicycle adventure in my youth to quiet observations as a husband, father, and grandfather. Each song captures a fragment of memory: enduring friendships, lost loves, moments of triumph, and the inevitable confrontations with mortality that come with a life fully lived.
Through AI, I've explored every genre that called to me—blues that echo old sorrows, country ballads that tell my stories straight, R&B that captures romance, even Beatnik poetry set to jazz. The technology doesn't diminish the authenticity; it amplifies my voice in ways I never imagined possible.
I'm not interested in debates about AI—it's here to stay, just as recorded music enhanced rather than replaced live performance. I haven't put anyone out of work because no one was knocking on my door asking to turn my stories into songs. So I did it myself.
This journey of turning life into lyrics has been unexpectedly therapeutic. Creativity is in my blood, and sometimes it just wants to get out in the most amazing ways. Until you've heard your own memories transformed into melody, you can't fully understand the power of this process. It's not just about creating songs—it's about discovering new dimensions of your own story.
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