Those are not “failures.”
They have become part of the production process.
When people hear that I make music with Suno AI,
there’s a question I’m often asked:
“Does it really mean anything to produce that much?”
The answer is simple.
To finish one song, I discard around one hundred.
This isn’t an exaggeration, and it’s not an unusual approach.
If anything, it feels like a very natural workflow in the age of AI.
“Discarding 100 Songs” Was Once Impossible
Before AI, throwing away 100 songs was hardly realistic.
Composing took time.
Arranging required expertise.
Recording and mixing demanded proper equipment and environment.
Because of that, most people chose one song and decided,
“This is the one,”
then polished it carefully, trying to avoid failure at all costs.
Failure was expensive.
What Suno AI Changed Was the Meaning of Failure
With Suno AI, everything changes.
- A rough song can be generated in minutes
- Changing direction is easy
- There’s no hesitation in breaking things
As a result, discarded ideas pile up at an unusual speed.
But this is not waste.
The act of exploration itself has become creation.
What Happens When You Discard 100 Songs
Something interesting happens
once you pass around fifty discarded tracks.
Your sense of judgment sharpens.
- What do I actually react to?
- Which melodies feel wrong to me?
- Which progressions strike me as “too predictable”?
This isn’t something you can learn logically.
It’s a bodily, intuitive sense that only comes through volume.
Discarding 100 songs is also an act of extracting your own aesthetic.
AI Is Not a “Mass-Production Machine,” but a Filter
From the outside,
AI may look like a tool for mass production.
But once you actually use it, you realize that’s not true.
AI doesn’t automatically churn out great songs.
If anything,
it’s a machine that repeatedly demands human judgment.
Create → listen → feel it’s wrong → discard
After repeating this process a hundred times,
one song finally emerges that makes you think,
“This stays.”
Only Those Who Can Discard 100 Songs Can Finish One
Ironically,
what matters in the age of AI is not the ability to create.
It’s the ability to discard.
Someone who can throw away 100 songs
is someone who can say “no” a hundred times.
And that “no” isn’t based on other people’s opinions,
but on being honest with one’s own sense of feeling.
Conclusion: This Is the Shortcut
It may look like a detour.
But it’s actually the shortest path.
There are songs you can only reach
after discarding a hundred others.
AI has made it realistic to walk that path.
I discard a hundred songs with Suno AI.
That’s not failure.
That is the production process now.
🎬 Experience the world through sound and image
If this resonates with you,
I’d be happy if you could experience the atmosphere
through the music and the visuals.
🎧 The music is available on streaming platforms
If you’d like to listen to the full tracks,
they’re available on: Spotify / Amazon Music / YouTube Music
📱 Fragments of the process live on social media
Not only the finished songs,
but also the doubts, detours, and trial-and-error
are left there as they are.
If you’re curious,
feel free to take a look.
