Music Born from Darkness, Redeemed by Light

[Renewedstrength316]

TBH, and not to cause offense, although the words cinematic and theatrical excite me, the words rock and metal cause trepidation, and there is no need for any Stryper fans to sermonize me. I got saved out of a rock background, and it wasn't until God pulled me out of it that I realized how demonic it truly was. I am also somewhat renowned among those who know me as the person who has walked out of church services due to the rock element in their praise and worship. When I think of music and how it pertains to Christ, my mind immediately goes to the psalms and also to the type of reverential worship that I see angels and men giving him throughout scripture, For me, it is hard to envision any sort of rock or metal element attached to it. Therefore, I might not be your target audience in those endeavors, but I will give an initial listen to it simply because of the heart attitude towards Christ that you have already displayed in your other song and your posts here. If you can make a believer out of me, then that would be the equivalent of a modern-day miracle. Who knows? Maybe you can.

I completely understand. But you might be surprised. I blend different genres into something that no one has ever heard. I never was into Stryper or things like that.

 

[notmywillbuthine]

I completely understand. But you might be surprised. I blend different genres into something that no one has ever heard. I never was into Stryper or things like that.

I will give it an initial listen, and I might be pleasantly surprised.

While I have you here, where did you get the video images from in your video? Were they also AI generated? I have considered making some Christian teaching videos, but I never have because I don't like how my own voice sounds, and I also had a hard time finding the types of visuals that I was looking for. AI might be able to solve both problems for me, but I truly am totally ignorant of how AI works. If you can offer me any tips or advice, then that would be great.

 

[Renewedstrength316]

I will give it an initial listen, and I might be pleasantly surprised.

While I have you here, where did you get the video images from in your video? Were they also AI generated? I have considered making some Christian teaching videos, but I never have because I don't like how my own voice sounds, and I also had a hard time finding the types of visuals that I was looking for. AI might be able to solve both problems for me, but I truly am totally ignorant of how AI works. If you can offer me any tips or advice, then that would be great.

I'll be glad to. I use pexels.com

 

[notmywillbuthine]

I'll be glad to. I use pexels.com

I just took a quick peek at that website, and I will definitely look at it more later. I also just Googled "AI generated videos" because our conversation prompted that idea, and I found an interesting free site that I am definitely going to tinker with. I am very happy that our paths crossed here. You may not realize this, but you have been quite a Godsend to me. Thank you for all of your time and help, and God bless you.

 

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[Magenta]

I'll be glad to. I use pexels.com

I just took a quick peek at that website, and I will definitely look at it more later.

A site that I have mined images from is Pixabay.com, which offers more media than just photographs and videos,
with lots of hand drawn and painted art more from years gone by and now more recently lots of AI generated
images, which is great for what I do in designing Scripture panels, because the contributors are using generators
that they pay for and so the files are large, which means less stretching out to fit and fill my format of 300 ppi @
3600 x 2400 pixels. The last time I checked they had over 400k contributors and more than 20 million resources.

 

[Renewedstrength316]

A site that I have mined images from is Pixabay.com, which offers more media than just photographs and videos,
with lots of hand drawn and painted art more from years gone by and now more recently lots of AI generated
images, which is great for what I do in designing Scripture panels, because the contributors are using generators
that they pay for and so the files are large, which means less stretching out to fit and fill my format of 300 ppi @
3600 x 2400 pixels. The last time I checked they had over 400k contributors and more than 20 million resources.

Thank u for the tip

 

[notmywillbuthine]

A site that I have mined images from is Pixabay.com, which offers more media than just photographs and videos,
with lots of hand drawn and painted art more from years gone by and now more recently lots of AI generated
images, which is great for what I do in designing Scripture panels, because the contributors are using generators
that they pay for and so the files are large, which means less stretching out to fit and fill my format of 300 ppi @
3600 x 2400 pixels. The last time I checked they had over 400k contributors and more than 20 million resources.

Thank you. I am really looking for a way to make AI generated video clips that could be incorporated into teaching videos. I have watched a lot of Christian videos on YouTube, and I am thinking that many of them use AI generated video clips, but I might be mistaken. I am really not tech-savvy, so all this AI stuff is totally new to me.

 

[Magenta]

Thank you. I am really looking for a way to make AI generated video clips that could be incorporated into teaching videos. I have watched a lot of Christian videos on YouTube, and I am thinking that many of them use AI generated video clips, but I might be mistaken. I am really not tech-savvy, so all this AI stuff is totally new to me.

Yes, the making of video clips is completely alien to me. We had a member recently who used AI to create videos and also generate the words and voice for songs he was posting here, born of his own personal stories. Another member was using AI to narrate his poems to which he added images. Some of those threads might be in the music and also poetry section of the forums...

 

[notmywillbuthine]

Yes, the making of video clips is completely alien to me. We had a member recently who used AI to create videos and also generate the words and voice for songs he was posting here, born of his own personal stories. Another member was using AI to narrate his poems to which he added images. Some of those threads might be in the music and also poetry section of the forums...

Thank you. If you happen to recollect exactly where I might find either of those posters, then I would like to pick their brains a little bit, but please don't stress over it. I will check for some information on this topic on YouTube later this evening. They usually have tutorials on how to do just about anything. I honestly never knew that videos could be AI generated before this conversation started. I guess that I've been living in the Dark Ages or something.

 

[Magenta]

This member https://christianchat.com/members/christillinen.318557/ has three pages of threads you can find that he started, that means as many as sixty, but in there somewhere is info about the video maker he used, and narrator etc... (not been here for over 8 months) you can find his threads by looking on his profile page which I gave the link for... you might find something faster using a keyword search which is facilitated with the magnifying glass icon upper right hand side of the forum pages... the other user was here under a number of names and became a guest for most of them so he cannot be searched out the usual ways except for maybe the last name he used which I am having difficulty remembering because it was initials standing for something about Jesus... heh, I was typing this when you posted to me

 

[Magenta]

Here is a thread where Chris is telling me about a program he used...

https://christianchat.com/christian-poems-poetry/poetry-videos.212387/#post-5145023

 

[Lynx]

TBH, and not to cause offense, although the words cinematic and theatrical excite me, the words rock and metal cause trepidation, and there is no need for any Stryper fans to sermonize me. I got saved out of a rock background, and it wasn't until God pulled me out of it that I realized how demonic it truly was. I am also somewhat renowned among those who know me as the person who has walked out of church services due to the rock element in their praise and worship. When I think of music and how it pertains to Christ, my mind immediately goes to the psalms and also to the type of reverential worship that I see angels and men giving him throughout scripture, For me, it is hard to envision any sort of rock or metal element attached to it. Therefore, I might not be your target audience in those endeavors, but I will give an initial listen to it simply because of the heart attitude towards Christ that you have already displayed in your other song and your posts here. If you can make a believer out of me, then that would be the equivalent of a modern-day miracle. Who knows? Maybe you can.

Whiteheart?

 

[Lynx]

I completely understand. But you might be surprised. I blend different genres into something that no one has ever heard. I never was into Stryper or things like that.

I would love to hear some of your songs sung by real people.

AI can make some good technical perfection, for sure, but the lead vocals never sound like they feel what they are singing about. It's like a blind man singing about the beauty of a rose. Computers just never can get it.

 

[Renewedstrength316]

I would love to hear some of your songs sung by real people.

AI can make some good technical perfection, for sure, but the lead vocals never sound like they feel what they are singing about. It's like a blind man singing about the beauty of a rose. Computers just never can get it.

I totally get what you mean—there’s something deeply human and emotional about a real voice that technology just can’t replicate. I’m actually just one person doing everything myself right now, from writing to producing, so until things take off, I can’t really afford to hire vocalists. For me, AI is a helpful tool to polish the music and bring ideas to life, but the heart of the songs will always need that genuine human feeling. I hope to collaborate with talented singers in the future who can bring the raw emotion the songs deserve. Thanks for sharing your perspective—it reminds me how important that real connection is in music.

 

[Lynx]

I totally get what you mean—there’s something deeply human and emotional about a real voice that technology just can’t replicate. I’m actually just one person doing everything myself right now, from writing to producing, so until things take off, I can’t really afford to hire vocalists. For me, AI is a helpful tool to polish the music and bring ideas to life, but the heart of the songs will always need that genuine human feeling. I hope to collaborate with talented singers in the future who can bring the raw emotion the songs deserve. Thanks for sharing your perspective—it reminds me how important that real connection is in music.

Now you sound a whole lot like gemini, that AI assistant who has snuck into my instant messages lately... =^.^=

 

[Renewedstrength316]

Now you sound a whole lot like gemini, that AI assistant who has snuck into my instant messages lately... =^.^=

Haha, I can see how that might look to someone, and I promise it’s just me. AI helps me to streamline my thoughts for programs or polish ideas, like an imaginary assistant, but the output is always me. I’m very particular about what I put out and spend a lot of personal time on these projects, doing every single piece—videos, music, lyrics, and testimony. It all comes from the heart. Everything is tailored to me and nothing is generated from an algorithm.

 

[Subhumanoidal]

The biggest issue I see here is that rock and metal fans seem mostly against AI generated music. So that will be a difficult disadvantage to overcome. As well as the bias many Christians can have against such music, as has already been demonstrated.
It may work out well for you, but you've got some significant disadvantages from the start.