Steve Hamilton (The Crusader) is trying to make sense of his 20-something life, trying to balance odd jobs, a girlfriend, and being one of the leaders of The AR-MEN superhero team. His perspective is a variation of Sue(The Cat)'s. Ironically in his view, being a superhero is easier to deal with than "normal" life. This song's events occur before the time travel takes place in Unto Dust: A Mindfire Prequel. Steve likes 80s rock music, so that's the style of this one. I wrote the lyrics and made the music with Suno A.I.

Unto Dust: A Mindfire Prequel starts with 19-year-old Sue Sanchez (the superheroine called The Cat) in 1992. This is before the time travel takes place. She is an up-and-coming model who is secretly a member of The AR-MEN superhero team (thus the double life through the need for a secret identity). I wrote the lyrics for this song based on events in the book (which is complete, just needs edits and that may take a bit) and made the 1990s pop music and vocals with Suno A.I.

I’m going to be sharing some music I made recently to accompany a novel I’ll be releasing at some point. The manuscript for Unto Dust: A Mindfire Prequel is complete, it just needs editing, a cover, and other preparations. It’s a Christian fiction superhero time travel novel. Here’s the book trailer to introduce it.

Writing update: I’ve recently updated Moon Tribe, a Christian fiction Science-Fantasy novel that is Book One in a duology. It started out as a short story idea then evolved into a full novel that allowed for a sequel. Originally, it took place in Joanna White's Republic Chronicles galaxy but she and I discussed it recently. Per her suggestion, I have adapted the duology to occur in my own fictional universe. This was an entirely amicable agreement and I appreciate her support and friendship in this endeavor.

The Moon Tribe manuscript is now complete and only needs editing. I don’t have a release date in mind yet but I have been working on Book Two for the last week. Yesterday, I reworked the book trailer for Moon Tribe with new graphics that reflect some of the changes. I hope you enjoy it!

Sometimes, you just gotta do things different. Back in 1992, I wrote a lot of tunes and a number of them ended up being instrumentals. This one is called "Half Past Midnight" and it originally had a kind of surf rock feel. But after I uploaded it to Suno A.I. and started making some remixes, I was inspired to see what it would sound like as an upbeat, groovy Reggae song. And that's the one that worked best. Enjoy!

I used to be a big fan of the Alan Parsons Project (I still am to a degree), so in 1992, I wrote an instrumental homage to them called "The Long Journey." I used keyboards, a drum machine, and a four-track recorder to make it (YouTube link to the original recording will be in the comments). I recently uploaded that recording to Suno A.I. and decided to try using orchestral instruments with it. And it turned out wow!

In 1988, I made lyrics for a song I called "In A Burning Cloud." I wrote the music on acoustic and electric guitar. The lyrics and mood of the song concerned the fears of nuclear war that were very prevalent at the time. I went into the studio with Tony Roberti and Leslie Steury and we recorded it. Tony played expert drums and had some spoken lines while Leslie lent some vocals. I played electric guitar, electric bass and sang on the original version (I'll put the link to it in the comments).

Recently, I uploaded the original version to Suno A.I. and decided to give it what I call "A Jazz Reimagining."

And let me say, you will never hear a prettier sounding song about nuclear war.  It turned out very smooth, give it a listen. Isn't it worth it for the thumbnail alone?

In 1988, the little band/recording project called The Edge of Slumber which I'd started with Tony Roberti had a third member, Leslie Steury. She wrote the lyrics for this song. In the original recording, Tony played drums and sang. I played electric guitar and electric bass guitar. I uploaded the original recording to Suno A.I. and remixed it.

I wrote the lyrics and music for this song in 1987 using a keyboard, its built-in drum machine (it was a Casio) and a four-track recorder. I performed and sang it on the original recording. It's a strange dystopian-sounding song. Maybe I was a little influenced by George Orwell's 1984 and didn't know it. Anyway, I recently uploaded the recording to Suno A.I. and this is the resulting remix. 

On a lighter note, this is a 2026 Suno remix of a song I made with Tony Roberti back in 1987 (when we called our recording project/band The Edge of Slumber). This song is called "We The People" but it's not political. Basically, it embodies the idealism of my 17-year-old self. It's a cool little tune and the remix is pretty fun and very upbeat. I would do a very different version on my solo album.