My Poems have languished on flat sheets of paper for 30-40 years. We are now sound and visually driven. So I have partnered with AI to bring my Poems to life.

There is some irony in that statement.

For my Album, I Stir The Earth, I wrote every word and, at my general direction and prompting, Suno AI added the Tracks and Vocals.

I hope you find some connection or maybe try to figure out what meaning I may have in the way the words play together. The Album with lyrics/words can be found on Apple Music, Spotify, Pandora and the usual suspects.

My Poetry is The Human Element in these 19 Poems for which AI contributes all audio. If not for AI, the music would never be heard, but my Poems would still exist.

During my 25 years in the commercial music business and before launching into the Space and Defense materials world in 2006, I hired many hundreds of musicians, singers, voice-over talent, recording studios, engineers, music contractors from all over the country. My studio was inside The Village Recorder in Santa Monica, CA, and, down the hall from my pre-production room, was Skunk (Jeff) Baxter of Doobie Brothers and Steely Dan guitar fame and Robbie Robertson of The Band. Skunk has now been a Consultant to DoD on missile defense for years. So my move from music to Space has precedent.

I dedicate this Album to my Big Brother, the Late Great Rick Knowles, who changed his name briefly to Frank Lopez in college and whose Observations of the World included the nearly famous quote “If your nose runs and your feet smell, you are built upside down.”