Lyrics to Demo Music
Every song you hear here begins with one source: my words. The lyrics, stories, and hooks are all written by me from the ground up. To bring them to life as fully realized demos, I use AI-generated technology as a creative canvas, allowing the music to reflect the emotion and intent of each song without the traditional barriers of studio musicianship, access, or large production budgets.
I think of the process much like a playwright working with a director — the words are the foundation, and the music helps bring them into focus. These demos exist so artists, bands, producers, and music supervisors can hear the songs as I imagine them: complete pieces ready to be reinterpreted, recorded, and carried somewhere new.
Streaming alone doesn't make anyone wealthy, but music has a way of finding the right person at the right time. If one of these songs speaks to you, I’d be glad to start a conversation.
I’ll also be releasing more albums in a variety of genres in the near future, along with new prose and writing projects whenever the spirit of my muse visits, so there is always more on the horizon from The Mark Kraver Project.
The Mark Kraver Project Demos
Poetry to AI music
Edges of My Dreams
Release 10/16/2025
Looking For A Friend
If You're Not Scared
Choose You Again
You Pick, I Pour
Flock of Shadows
Release 01/01/2026
Release 12/12/2025
Release 10/16/2025
Release 10/23/2025
Release 11/15/2025
The Light
Release 02/28/2026
Country-Rock, Romantic, Ballad, Emotional
Country-Rock, Orchestral, Uplifting
Reggae
Soft Rock, Acoustic, Orchestral, Emotional, Jazz
Pop Rock, Orchestral, Jazz
Pop Rock, Orchestral, Jazz
Soft Rock, Smooth, Futuristic, Experimental, Psychedelic
Salsatana
Release 03/16/2026
Santana inspired Salsa
Ride the Lightning
Release 04/01/2026
Soft Rock
Bossa of the Heart
Release 05/01/2026
Bossa Nova
I Am the Storm
Release 05/15/2026
Soft Rock, Funk, Psychedelic, Disco, Experimental
Violet Sky
Dead Flowers
Release 06/01/2026
Release 06/15/2026
Pop, Rock, Experimental
Soft Rock, Pop, Futuristic, Experimental, Blues
Sounds of December: Christmas
Release 11/12/2025
Amazon.com and Alexia are currently having technical issues linking other similar music mixes to my albums.
Why put my Poetry to Music?
I put my poetry to music because I’ve seen what happens to poetry books in the wild. I could spend the time and money to publish one, hand it to someone who would graciously accept it, admire the cover, and place it proudly on the coffee table like a decorative hostage. After a respectable stretch of time, the guilt of not reading it would quietly exile it to a distant shelf—or worse, a drawer kept within reach in case I ever stopped by. Eventually, it would surface at a garage sale for a shiny nickel. Spine uncracked. Pages untouched. A noble casualty.
And let’s be honest about songwriting. Breaking into that world the traditional way is nearly impossible unless you uproot your life and move to somewhere like Nashville, only to drift from band to band, pitching songs in rehearsal rooms that smell of stale coffee and ambition, hoping someone humors you long enough to say, “Yeah… we’ll try that.” It’s a young person’s gamble, and a full-life disruption.
So instead, I convert my poetry to lyrics and that to music and release them into the bloodstream of the internet. Let them travel. Let them find their own ears. Maybe somewhere, someone listens and says, I like that. I can play that. And they pick up a guitar or sit at a piano without me having to pack a suitcase or reinvent my address.
The alternative? Poetry pressed flat between covers, waiting politely to be ignored. On the other hand, music moves. Music beats. Music breathes. Music gets invited back.
That sounds like the better bargain.
Hope you enjoy my poetry.
How to access music?
Accessing music online is simple—at least in theory. Everyone can has YouTube, but if you have Apple Music, Spotify, or the like, just ask it politely to play The Mark Kraver Project and let the magic happen. Fair warning: some streaming services can be a little sneaky (Alexia). They’ll slip in “similar sounding artists” like a musical bait-and-switch, hoping you won’t notice you’ve drifted into someone else’s catalog. That’s why in our house we look to the ceiling and declare with confidence, “Hey Google — play ‘The Mark Kraver Project,’” and it obediently shuffles through the full spread—vocals, instrumentals, the whole sonic buffet—without trying to upsell us into a creative identity crisis.
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