🎭🎼 Day 6: Latte & Lyrics – Stirring Creativity with AI

Extra learning resources for the keen beans.

Hello again!

Today’s session is a hands-on opportunity to bring everything you’ve learned—prompting, multimodal AI, automation, and assistant tools—into one creative, end-to-end project. You’ll be crafting an AI-generated musical track complete with custom lyrics, cover art, and audio.

No experience in songwriting or design required—just curiosity and creativity. ☕🎧✨

🎬 Overview

This creative challenge will walk you through the process of:

  • Writing a song with ChatGPT
  • Designing a custom album cover
  • Generating a music track using Suno AI
  • Combining all the pieces into a shareable final product

🔤 Step 1 – Compose Your Song with ChatGPT

The prompts you provide directly shape the quality of your AI’s responses. Whether you’re training a chatbot, collaborating with your AI assistant, or automating routine tasks—clarity and precision truly matter.

  • 📝 Prompt ChatGPT: Log in to ChatGPT and use a prompt like:
    “Compose a song for me taking into account [insert your style, mood, or topic here].”
  • 🪄 Refine the Output: Review your song lyrics. Ask ChatGPT to adjust tone, structure, or genre to better match your vision.

🎨 Step 2 – Create a Custom Album Cover

  • 🎨 Create the Album Cover with ChatGPT: Ask:
    “Design an album cover based on these song lyrics.”
    ChatGPT will generate an image for you using its built-in image creation feature.

🎵 Step 3 – Generate the Music Track with Suno AI

  • 🔗 Sign Up & Open Suno: Register and go to the “Create a Song” section.
  • 🎤 Input Your Details: Paste in the lyrics from ChatGPT. Then describe your vision (e.g., “melancholic indie rock with acoustic guitar”).
  • ▶️ Generate: Let Suno AI produce your original audio track!

🖼️ Step 4 – Customise the Album Cover

  • 🎭 Swap the Default Image: Replace Suno’s default image with your custom one.
    To do this:
    • Click on your song
    • Select Add Caption
    • Then choose Edit Image to upload or generate a new cover

    Ensure it matches your song’s tone and message.

📣 Step 5 – Share & Reflect

  • 🌐 Distribute Your Track: Share it with peers, friends, or your institution’s comms team.
  • 🏆 Join the Challenge (Optional): Submit your project if your organisation is hosting a showcase or competition.
  • 💬 Group Reflection: What surprised you most about the process? How might you use generative AI creatively in your professional context?

✨ Today’s Action Step ✨

Create: Complete your AI-generated song project by the end of today. Share it, and reflect on the creative power AI unlocks—even for those without a technical background.

Enjoy your coffee break to your new favourite tune,
Cato ☕✨