Tom Waits: style for Suno V6
A ready arrangement and voice description for Style. Add your own song words separately in Lyrics.
A weathered, theatrical strain of American song built from the wreckage of barroom blues, vaudeville and noir cabaret. The voice is the centerpiece: a gravelly, whiskey-cracked growl that rasps and rumbles like a man telling secrets in an empty tavern at closing time. Around it swirls a junkyard orchestra — clattering found-object percussion, banged metal, detuned upright piano, groaning brass, marimba and a thumping acoustic bass that lurches rather than swings. Arrangements feel handmade and slightly broken, as though recorded in a flooded basement on failing equipment, full of clang, hiss and shadow. The mood is smoky and cinematic, populated by drifters, gamblers, sailors and the forgotten corners of the city. Songs swing between tender, melancholy piano ballads and lurching, percussive experiments. It is storytelling music first — gritty, romantic, surreal and darkly funny — the sound of a bruised carnival rolling through rain-soaked streets after midnight.
a guide for the prompt, not the artist’s original track.
Using this style in Suno V6
Style combines the genre, instruments, voice delivery and arrangement development. The short voice description below can help when building your own style. You do not need to append it to the complete prompt.
When comparing takes, start with the same settings and change one detail at a time. The same text can produce different performances.
What tempo should I choose for this style?
The recipe suggests 70-110 BPM. Choose a tempo within that range to suit your melody. This is an arrangement guide, not a measurement of the artist’s recordings.
How do I use the prompt in Suno V6?
Paste the main paragraph into Style. It already describes the voice. Add your own song words in Lyrics. Use Exclude in its separate field if provided. The Simple Mode brief is for a separate generation.