Process and disclosure
Why revisit an old song with a model?
The useful question is not whether a generated arrangement sounds new. It is whether it reveals something that was already latent in the writing.
The source stays visible
Hear the original beside each of the 29 reimaginings. Start with the first acoustic volume, second acoustic volume or electronic volume for side-by-side listening.
Creative direction and generated performance
Alex supplies the song, text and creative direction; Suno generates the musical arrangement and performance. Each newer song page identifies that method and publishes the model label, source date, style tags, artwork and lyrics when Suno exposes them.
The work has moved beyond covers
The current Suno catalog includes 2089 songs that are not part of the archive-cover series. They range across personal, playful, political and professional subjects, so the catalog treats “generated” as a production method rather than a genre.
Alex’s view on AI and art
Alex examines what these tools open up, what they may erode and why creative access and economic disruption have to be considered together in When Hard Becomes Easy: AI, Art, and the Question of Worth.

Volume 1
Acoustic Originals and AI Reimagination
Ten original acoustic recordings from Alex Merced’s singer-songwriter archive, each followed by two AI reimaginings.

Volume 2
Acoustic Originals And Reimaginations Vol.2
Eight more original acoustic recordings, each followed by two AI reimaginings.

Electronic originals
Electronic Originals And Reimaginations
Eleven original electronic productions made in FL Studio, each followed by two Suno reimaginings.