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From my Christian fiction superhero thriller Mindfire comes this love song from the main character Leia Hamilton to her guy, Josh Manning. It shares the tale of how they met and their relationship grew into a deeply committed one. This one has a Jazzy feel to it. Lyrics by me, music and voices by Suno A.I.

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In The Former Things, the main character(Sean Winter)'s favorite band is an indie rock band called Why Shark Why. I wrote the lyrics for this song (and used Suno A.I. for the music) with a little irony. I used the female singer of Why Shark Why to tell a story about Sean's relationship problems.

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I created the Black Fox superhero character in 1985 around the same time as the first (comic book) draft of the story that would become the Mindfire (Christian fiction superhero thriller) novel in 2019. Black Fox is Dana Fox, the co-founder of the AR-MEN superhero team with Crusader (Steve Hamilton, who would become Leia's father). She has fox powers that give her enhanced senses, speed, strength, and healing. After the AR-MEN superhero team disbanded, she remained the lone superhero of Digby, California while also raising a son. I wrote the lyrics for this song and made the music through Suno A.I.

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In my 2019 novel Mindfire, the main character, Leia Hamilton, is in love with Josh Manning. Their relationship grows and is tested throughout the book. This orchestral piece (made via Suno A.I.) is meant to embody their love.

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Instrumental originally created in 1992 by me and a guitarist named Rob. I played the electric bass guitar and keyboards. I made this updated version using Suno A.I.

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I think this is the last one. It just felt wrong to not have a Leia-focused song among the Mindfire tunes. So, I wrote lyrics for “Leia’s Song” that focused more on her overall struggle, character development and triumph in an upbeat, earnest song from her point of view.
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This song is my first attempt at a fully orchestral instrumental (no pressure!).

Malevolence is a female supervillain from my Christian fiction superhero thriller novel called Mindfire. She is also the main character(Leia)'s biological mother. She's also the world's most powerful telepath and telekinetic. She is a tortured soul who gets a fascinating redemption arc. I wanted to depict her emotional transformation in a powerful instrumental that goes from dark to light. Full disclosure: I used Suno A.I. to make this.
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This one's from Mindfire, my 2019 superhero thriller debut novel. A secondary story in Mindfire involves a superhero team from 20 years in the past called The AR-MEN (the superhero team I made comic books out of for a really long time). I wrote these lyrics and used Suno A.I. to share their story (this really isn't spoiler territory) in a cool Jazz fusion style that matches the excitement of the tale.
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Ironically, this song started as something completely different. In 1987, I made "Night Vision" as an instrumental homage to the Doctor Who theme (I have no idea what the title "night vision" has to do with Doctor Who. Chalk it up to being 17 and trying to be "creative" - lol). I watched the show on PBS back then and enjoyed the Tom Baker version of the Doctor. Anyway, I decided to see what I could do with the song by uploading it to Suno A.I. and adding instruments. At first, it just didn't work. It got the melody right but adding guitars to the melody just made it loud, not interesting. So, I added "progressive rock" to the prompt. It was better but not good enough. Then I had two new inspirations: add piano and jazz overtones. And wow, that nailed it! Sure, it only loosely resembles the original, but it's still gotta impress!
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I started writing this song in late 1987, attempting to record it in a studio with just the lyrics (that was a bad idea). At the time, both the music and the lyrics weren't "ready," so the song didn't go on my 1990 Dreams & Wishes album. Eventually, I even lost the demo recording of the song, but that was for the best. But this week, I decided to rewrite most of the lyrics and even change the title. Using Suno A.I., I finally completed the song.

It was originally about having mixed feelings about my never confessing my romantic feelings towards my first crush, a childhood female friend. Now, nearly forty years later, I approached it from the point of a man who's learned from his experiences and can see the whole thing more clearly now. So, it's about closure. Since the experience was in the height of the 1980s, I went for the 1980s pop rock style and it worked surprisingly well. It's called "Better Left Unsaid."

About the author

Allen Steadham is a nondenominational Christian. Happily interracially married since 1995 and the proud father of two sons and a daughter. He and his wife have been in the same Christian band since 1997. He plays electric bass, she plays strings, they both sing. It's all good.

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