Ever feel like your Suno-generated music sounds a bit… generic? I know I have. You spend time crafting lyrics, only for the output to sound like a stock track you’ve heard a million times.
Well, I just stumbled upon an incredible video from an AI professional who has completely cracked the code for making unique, standout music with Suno. The mind behind it has been experimenting with all sorts of wild combinations, and I was blown away by the results.
✨ Just Invent a Genre
One of the first tips that caught my attention was to simply invent a genre. You don’t have to stick to what already exists! The creator demonstrated this by prompting for “haunted Mambo dreamcore.” Suno somehow knew exactly what that should sound like, creating something totally original. This shows you can prompt with feelings and concepts, not just established genres.
⚙️ Master Your Prompts with Tags
This innovator shared a ton of tags that act like secret cheat codes to guide the AI. Mixing and matching these is the key to getting a unique sound.
Here are some of the game-changing categories the expert shared:
- 💡 Style Words: Add powerful descriptors to any genre to change the entire vibe. The creator got amazing results with words like “illbient,” “hypnagogic,” “apocalyptic,” “glitch,” and “dark.”
- 🎶 Genre Mashing: The YouTuber encourages combining totally different styles. He ran tests like “Airly London Jazz, Trap” and even “Appalachian Death Metal Bluegrass” to push the AI in new directions.
- 🎸 Instrument Callouts: You can steer the music by requesting specific instruments. The video showed how adding “banjo” or “slide guitar” gave the tracks a distinct, authentic flavor.
🎤 Take Control of the Vocals
This is where it gets really powerful. The video’s creator revealed you can direct the singer’s performance and add musical elements right inside the lyrics.
📌 Add In-Lyric Tags: Use brackets to guide the performance. The expert showed how adding [violin] can trigger an instrumental solo, or [falsetto singing] can change the vocal style for a specific line.
📌 Elongate Vowels & Add Echoes: To make a singer hold a note, you can just write it out, like “pulling meeee in.” The creator also used parentheses (like the tide) to create cool callbacks and echoes in the song.
This is just a small taste of the incredible tips shared. The person who shared it also dives into creating unique rap flows, reggae styles, and even super-weird experimental tracks.
For the full deep-dive and to get the link to an amazing Google Sheet with all the tags, make sure to watch the original video from the creator. Go check it out!