An ancient text. A different way to listen.
Spanish-language Psalms reimagined as salsa, bachata and ballads, produced with an AI toolchain and published as a channel with its own format.
The call
Say the AI part out loud.
The music is generated with AI. So is much of the animation. Hiding that would be dishonest and, worse, boring. So the channel treats it as part of the format. My job is the part a tool cannot do, which is choosing the Psalm, deciding what salsa does to it, rejecting what does not work, and shaping the release into something people press play on.
The situation
The Psalms were songs before they were text. I wanted to hear them that way again, in Spanish, in the rhythms I grew up with, and I wanted a format I could keep producing without a studio budget.
What I built
A production system rather than a one-off: music generation, animation, editing and export in 4K, artwork, distribution to streaming platforms, and scheduled cross-posting. Every release follows the same structure for titles, descriptions and tags, so the channel reads as one thing rather than a pile of uploads.
Where it stands
Active. The channel has its audience on TikTok and Instagram, and the songs are on the usual streaming platforms. The next questions are the ones every channel eventually asks: which direction to grow, and what the music is worth beyond the play count.
Logbook
How it got here
Scroll to move through the steps. Where there is a before and after, drag the handle to compare.
The idea
The Psalms were songs first.
Psalms in Spanish, in salsa, bachata and ballads, produced with an AI toolchain and exported in 4K.
01 / 05A frame from Salmo 23 in salsa cubana, rendered in 4K.