Bonfire Men

Bonfire Men — music from the fire. Mental health, brotherhood, hope. 2 albums out. We got you. 🔥🪑

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I'm a nominee for an award in the first ever SIQA AI awards
I could use your help with my fundraiser on GoFundMe. Please share, support, or donate – every small action counts. https://t.co/wuEofkiRPd

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@auaimusic Oh I miss out on the showcase

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Good to be back home in Australia after a month in the Philippines wrote a few songs and 2 more albums in bisiya which is a language in the Philippines

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I could use your help with my fundraiser on GoFundMe. Please share, support, or donate – every small action counts. https://t.co/HgEAFDtKva

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@auaimusic I would love to see an AI Music Awards in Australia

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@auaimusic @Robertl83909710 @JorinusFM @JacksonMid61295 @AIAllar @BlockchainWor12 @Fujiwara518518 Yes I will be there

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I've entered the AI Music Awards. 20 categories. 20 shots. 🏆

A bloke from the Scenic Rim. No music training. Just a backyard fire and words that needed to be said.

Now I'm up for 20 categories in the first-ever AI Music Awards in Los Angeles.

Songs:
🎵 We Got You — AI Song of the Year
🎵 The Spark Between — Best Human+AI Hybrid Song
🎵 Gonkon — Best AI-Assisted Song
🎵 Raise a Glass — Best AI Country Song
🎵 The Bombers Rise — Best AI Rock/Alt Song
🎵 Tidy3 — Best AI R&B Song
🎵 Dust & Saltwater — Best AI International Song
🎵 Light It Up — Best AI Pop Song
🎵 Fire Talk — Best AI Hip-Hop Song
🎵 Rise Up — Best AI Gospel Song
🎵 Fire Up the Band — Best AI Jazz Song
🎵 Squeak, Squeak — Best AI Comedic Song

Artist:
🏆 AI Artist of the Year
🏆 AI Producer of the Year
🏆 Best AI Country Artist
🏆 Best AI R&B Artist
🏆 Best AI Gospel Artist
🏆 Best AI Pop Artist
🏆 Best AI Rock/Alt Artist
🏆 Best AI Hip-Hop Artist

Album:
🏆 The Fire — AI Album of the Year

Every lyric from real life. Men's mental health, brotherhood, loss, hope, and love. AI is the instrument. The voice is mine.

The fire's lit. We got you. 🪑🔥

#BonfireMen #AIMusicAwards #MensMentalHealth #ScenicRim #AustralianMusic #FolkMusic #IndieArtist

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@auaimusic @Robertl83909710 @JorinusFM @JacksonMid61295 @AIAllar @BlockchainWor12 @Fujiwara518518 Sorry I won't be able to join I'm camping no reception

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@auaimusic Sorry I can't make it on tonight my laptop stopped working

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Made a song for Fassifern Rugby League club
Pre-save my new release "The Bombers Rise" on Spotify: https://t.co/ZZYV28KMlr (powered by @distrokid)

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I'm Michael — a songwriter from the Scenic Rim.

I started Bonfire Men with no music training. Just a backyard fire and words that needed to be said.

Why do I make this music?

Because I've seen too many blokes carry it alone. Because I've carried it alone. Because sometimes the hardest thing to say is "I'm not okay" — and sometimes a song says it for you.

I write every lyric from real life — my life, my mates, the things we don't talk about. Then I use AI as my instrument to help bring the sound to life. I record my own vocals. It's a collaboration — human heart, digital tools.

I've got 2 albums out now for men's mental health — "The Fire" and "The Light." This song is called "We Got You."

Today is RU OK Day — so if you know someone who's been quiet lately, or someone who's always the strong one, send them this. You never know who needs to hear it.

🎵 https://t.co/OE5QFjfPER

No pressure to listen. Just wanted to share something real.

Cheers,
Michael / Bonfire Men #RUOKDay #mensmentalhealth #BreakTheStigma #folkmusic

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I started Bonfire Men in my backyard in the Scenic Rim, Queensland. Not as a music project—as a space for blokes to sit around a fire and talk, or just sit in silence. A place where men could put down the weight they've been carrying.

I never planned to make music. I can't play an instrument. I don't know a single chord. But the more I sat by that fire, the more I realised the words needed to be heard.

So I found a way. I use AI as my instrument. I use DeepSeek to help me shape the words. I write every lyric from real life—men's mental health, brotherhood, loss, hope, love, the good times, the hard times. Every song is different, because life is different.

I record my own voice. And now I'm learning to sing properly. I bought a guitar. I'm learning to play. The fire started in the backyard, but it's burning in me now.

2 albums out now. 6 more on the way. Over 100 songs written. About all of it—the dark, the light, and everything in between.

Because we all struggle. We all carry weight. We all need a fire to sit by.

This is Bonfire Men. We got you. 🔥🪑 @nikomoon @suno @deepseek_ai @auaimusic
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My first song and the next 2 albums are to do with Mens Mental Health then I created a 3 for everyone that deals with Mental Health. @ruokanyday #mentalhealth
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I wrote this song for the blokes who carry weight in silence. For the ones who don't know how to say 'I'm not OK.'

'We Got You (For Everyone)' is about sitting with someone until they're ready to talk. No fixing. No pressure. Just a fire and a chair.

This one's unreleased — but if @ruokday thinks it could help, I'd be honoured for your community to hear it first.

The fire's lit. We got you. 🔥🪑"
@ruokday @BonfireMenMusic
#RUOKDay #BonfireMen #WeGotYou #MensMentalHealth

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I knew nothing about how to write or play an instrument AI has helped bring my story to music please check out my songs and story feel free to chat with me and find out and yes I agree there is some AI slop out there just like there is some musician slop thanks for you time keep writing great music

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Only 28 monthly listeners on Spotify but I'm still very grateful still shocked I have music out there that people love to listen to if only I wasn't shy to sing and could play an instrument thanks @deepseek_ai and @suno one day my story will reach the right person