Creative AI

Alder, an AI band with fictional characters, and the tools behind it.

On YouTube

Story chapters, in order

6 videosStart here: the story so farEvery Alder release in story order.
  1. High Country’s In My Blood (I Run Alone) | Official Video4:18 (opens in a new tab)
  2. Hellbent | Story | Official Video4:14 (opens in a new tab)
  3. Hellbent | Live at The Beautiful Palace | Official Video6:23 (opens in a new tab)
  4. Hellbent | Story | Remastered4:14 (opens in a new tab)
  5. The Marshal | Official Video4:12 (opens in a new tab)
  6. Maybe They Were Right | Studio Session4:37 (opens in a new tab)
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8 videosChapter 1: I Run AloneThe wolf comes down the mountain.
  1. High Country’s In My Blood (I Run Alone) | Official Video4:18 (opens in a new tab)
  2. Wolf and the Rider0:49 (opens in a new tab)
  3. He went up the mountain. Only the wolf came down.0:45 (opens in a new tab)
  4. Bolt your door. Say your prayers twice.0:41 (opens in a new tab)
  5. Wolf Came Down the Mountain0:23 (opens in a new tab)
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19 videosChapter 2: HellbentA rider, a storm, a town that burns.
  1. Hellbent | Story | Official Video4:14 (opens in a new tab)
  2. Hellbent | Story | Remastered4:14 (opens in a new tab)
  3. He rode in with the storm behind him0:12 (opens in a new tab)
  4. The roof came down and Jenny kept playing0:17 (opens in a new tab)
  5. Ghost doesn’t miss0:13 (opens in a new tab)
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22 videosChapter 3: Hellbent Live at The Beautiful PalaceThe last night at the Palace, from the doors to the after party.
  1. Hellbent | Live at The Beautiful Palace | Official Video6:23 (opens in a new tab)
  2. Hellbent Live at The Beautiful Palace | The Final Night1:28 (opens in a new tab)
  3. So, how was the show?1:09 (opens in a new tab)
  4. Jenny bet Ghost he’d miss.0:52 (opens in a new tab)
  5. Pick your outlaw.0:32 (opens in a new tab)
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12 videosChapter 4: The MarshalA lawman comes looking for whoever lit the match.
  1. The Marshal | Official Video4:12 (opens in a new tab)
  2. Alder and the Marshal? Is there a connection?1:23 (opens in a new tab)
  3. The arrival.0:55 (opens in a new tab)
  4. He wants whoever lit that match.0:30 (opens in a new tab)
  5. I don’t ride fast, but I will ride far.0:40 (opens in a new tab)
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8 videosChapter 5: Maybe They Were RightJenny, and a song she never meant to put out.
  1. Maybe They Were Right | Studio Session4:37 (opens in a new tab)
  2. Sit down with Alder’s Jenny Vale1:04 (opens in a new tab)
  3. Releasing it was never the plan.0:55 (opens in a new tab)
  4. Maybe they were right?0:32 (opens in a new tab)
  5. Several song filled hours later.0:47 (opens in a new tab)
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Also on the channel: Meet the band (9 videos) (opens in a new tab) and Extras: announcements and outtakes (9 videos) (opens in a new tab).

Characters

Locked looks and voices

Alder Frontman, vocals

Big, bearded, black hat, gold top guitar.

Jenny Vale Bass

The face of the channel. Her songs tell her own story.

Ghost Gray Lead guitar

Gaunt, long black hair, gloss black Flying V.

Bear Boone Drums

Gray streaked beard, the bandana never comes off.

R
The Rider Story

The figure on horseback. His face is never shown.

M
The Marshal Story

A gray lawman at the center of the premiere film.

Tools built

Made for the Alder videos

Built on Seedance, Higgsfield, Veo, Suno, CapCut, ComfyUI, Blender, and FFmpeg.

Creative methods

Rules for every shot

Lock cheap, verify cheap, spend once

Settle the look with cheap tests before paying for a final render.

Canon first

No shot is made without the character’s face card attached.

Three layers

Rough animation sets timing, picture cards set the look, a short prompt sets the acting.

Motion from our own skeleton

Instrument playing comes from the music, never someone else’s video.

Write the performance into the line

Pauses written inside the dialogue get performed; notes beside it get ignored.

Free fixes first

Clean it up in editing before paying to render again.