Antony Hebblethwaite
Founder and Creative Technologist
I coach musicians and non-musicians to use creative AI for music creation, distribution, and promotion. I bring more than a decade of experience helping higher education institutions, nonprofits, and independent clients strengthen communications, storytelling, and creative strategy.
Over the last two years, I’ve focused deeply on creative AI, with a special emphasis on music creation using Suno. My work blends artistic intention with structured prompting techniques and multimodal AI, guiding projects beyond novelty toward coherent, emotionally grounded outcomes. Alongside coaching, I maintain an active creative practice as an artist and producer, releasing original music on Spotify, YouTube Music, Apple Music, and SoundCloud. This dual perspective ensures coaching balances professional application with lived artistic experience.
In my own practice, I use AI as a creative mirror: a tool that reflects and expands imagination while staying guided by human judgment, story, and emotion. Used with intention and discernment, AI can deepen the creative process rather than diminish it.
I hold an Executive Certificate in Digital Marketing from Columbia Business School and an M.S. in Information Systems, with distinction, from DePaul University’s Jarvis College of Computing and Digital Media.
Featured Work
Listen: “The Grove” (Awenfire)
A chamber folk/ambient minimalist track inspired by earth-centered creative traditions, produced using a blend of traditional composition and creative AI tools.
Verses and Chorus
[Verse 1]
Before I learned to name things,
The trees spoke to me.
Branches held the sky,
leaves knew my name.
I walked more slowly then,
Not above the world, just here.
I was small, and somehow welcomed.
[Chorus]
My body still remembers
What my mind has learned to miss.
When I touch bark, I feel an answer.
When leaves move, something sighs.
I feel the roots beneath me,
Let the branches draw me in.
Not above, not standing apart,
Just breathing where I am.
[Verse 2]
I trapped my breath in thoughts,
But maybe I can learn to see.
Maybe I can still be quiet,
Still let the trees be trees.
I don’t need to own the meaning.
I don’t need to make it mine.
I just want to feel the forest
And know it feels me too.
[Chorus]
My body still remembers
What my mind has learned to miss.
When I touch bark, I feel an answer.
When leaves move, something sighs.
I feel the roots beneath me,
Let the branches draw me in.
Not above, not standing apart,
Just breathing where I am.
[Outro]
So I walk slower now.
My breath moves with the leaves.
A single leaf turns in the air.
I don’t translate it.
I just listen.
And for a moment,
That is enough.
Musicality
Genre + Subgenre: Chamber Folk + Ambient Minimalism
Tempo / Feel: Slow, steady walking pace, 58–62 BPM, unhurried and intimate
Instrumentation: Soft piano or harmonium with open chords, cello in long breathing phrases, light acoustic guitar or harp, subtle ambient textures like air, leaves, distant wood resonance
Vocal Style: Close-mic, warm, vulnerable, natural speech-song delivery, minimal vibrato, emotionally present but restrained
Arrangement Arc: Begin with voice and one instrument, gradually add cello and gentle texture, quiet emotional bloom in the second chorus, thin back to near silence for the outro
Production / Mix: Warm and spacious, natural reverb, low compression, dynamics preserved, breaths and pauses audible
Mood / Imagery: Personal lament, listening to trees, belonging, quiet grief and return, tenderness, forest presence
Performance Guidance: Let lines linger. Allow silence between phrases. Sing as if the trees are listening.
Lyrics: Use the provided lyrics verbatim.
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Contact
- Email: antony@smartpixeldigital.com
- Phone: (312) 428-7190