Energy In Words is more than a collection of poetry — it’s a lifetime of lyrics waiting for a melody. Inspired at a young age by legendary songwriters like Jim Morrison, Anthony Kiedis, Robert Plant, and G. Love, I began filling notebook after notebook with raw thoughts, stories, and emotions. Over the years, those words piled up... snapshots of love, loss, discovery, and the rhythm of life itself.
During the stillness of the COVID years, I chose fifty of those pieces and shaped them into this book... a time capsule of where I’ve been and the energy that’s carried me forward. Long before AI entered the picture, it was always my hope and dream that these poems would one day live as songs.
Energy In Words is the foundation... the heartbeat; for the music I’m now creating with RaiDEO.
Born from the poetry of Energy In Words and powered by the creative spark of AI, RaiDEO is the next evolution of storytelling through song. The name itself is a nod to my 15 years behind the mic in radio, a world where words and music collide... with a clever twist: weaving “AI” into the signal to create something entirely new.
Every track begins as a poem pulled from real life... love, loss, laughter, and the messy, beautiful chaos of being human. Then, with the help of cutting-edge AI music, those words transform into full-bodied songs across genres: country ballads, alt-rock anthems, island grooves, swing-era throwbacks, and beyond.
The result? RaiDEO is equal parts nostalgia and innovation, a familiar voice with a futuristic spin. It’s about taking the raw honesty of words scribbled in a notebook and letting technology amplify them into something bigger, louder, and ready to share with the world.
So tune in, turn it up, and let RaiDEO play. Because this isn’t just music made with AI... it’s music made with heart, history, and a whole lot of soul.
In Loving Memory of my Grandmother Helen