With our Salesforce Sidekicks Podcast project, we’re all about breaking the mold and finding creative ways to engage with Salesforce technology.
So we asked ourselves: what if each Salesforce Cloud was a genre of music?
That’s the spark that lit the fire for our latest project: Ctrl+Alt+Cloud: Shortcut to Success, an imaginary album where every Salesforce product is transformed into a unique musical masterpiece.
In this post, we’ll take you behind the scenes of how we matched Salesforce Clouds to music genres, why each pairing makes sense, and how it all comes together in our fictional album.
If you are a TLDR; person, here is the result!
The Idea: Tech Meets Tunes
Salesforce is as diverse as the customers who use it—so why not celebrate that diversity through music? Each Cloud has its own personality and function, much like a music genre has its own rhythm and soul.
For example:
- Sales Cloud is the dependable Rock Classic, always reliable and timeless.
- Marketing Cloud brings the catchy hooks of Pop, drawing in leads like a chart-topping hit.
- Slack, with its dynamic collaboration vibes, naturally takes on the role of Hip-Hop.
And that’s just the start!
To get here, we used some interesting prompts to help generate the content. Here are a few examples that inspired this project:
- “If each Salesforce product was a music genre, which would they be?”
- “Write song lyrics for Marketing Cloud in the style of Pop.”
- “Generate lyrics for Tableau as Progressive Metal.”
- “What would MuleSoft sound like in Funk? Write the lyrics.”
- “Generate the album cover (make sure not to include any text other then the CTRL+ALT keys)”
These prompts were instrumental (pun intended!) in bringing this creative idea to life.
The Line-Up: Clouds and Genres
Here’s the full tracklist for Ctrl+Alt+Cloud: Shortcut to Success:
| Cloud | Genre | Track Title | Reason for Genre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sales Cloud | Rock Classic | Rockin’ the Cloud (Sales Never Sleep) | Reliable, timeless, and the foundation of many successful journeys, much like classic rock is to music. |
| Service Cloud | Blues | Service Blues (Hold the Line) | Emphasizes empathy and support, reminiscent of the soulful, emotional tunes of blues. |
| Marketing Cloud | Pop | Click, Like, Convert (Marketing Cloud Anthem) | Always trendy, catchy, and focused on connecting with audiences, just like pop music hits. |
| Commerce Cloud | Electro/EDM | Add to Cart (Commerce Cloud Vibes) | Fast-paced, energetic, and constantly evolving, reflecting the excitement of online shopping. |
| Experience Cloud | Jazz | Collaborate in Harmony (The Experience Cloud Jazz) | Versatile, collaborative, and improvisational, much like jazz musicians working together to create something unique. |
| Tableau | Progressive Metal | Stories in the Data (Tableau’s Metal Symphony) | Complex, detailed, and multi-layered, similar to how progressive metal tells an intricate story through music. |
| Einstein AI | Synthwave | Neon Mind (Einstein AI Synthwave) | Futuristic and visionary, blending nostalgia with cutting-edge technology, much like the synthwave genre. |
| MuleSoft | Funk | Funky Connections (MuleSoft Groove) | Focused on smooth integration and connection, with a powerful groove like a funky bass line that ties it all together. |
| Salesforce CPQ | Classical | Orchestrating Deals (CPQ Symphony) | Precise, structured, and well-orchestrated, much like the elegance and order found in classical music. |
| Slack | Hip-Hop | Slackin’ Beats (Collaboration Anthem) | Full of energy, collaboration, and creativity, capturing the dynamic and communicative essence of hip-hop. |
| Industries Cloud | World Music | Unity in the Cloud (Industries Anthem) | Adaptable to different sectors, reflecting the variety and richness of cultures found in world music. |
| Data Cloud | Ambient/Chillout | Data in the Flow (The Ambient Journey) | Calming and powerful, continuously flowing like ambient music, which creates a serene and immersive atmosphere. |
| Salesforce Platform | Orchestra Symphonic | The Symphony of the Platform | The foundation for building custom solutions, offering endless possibilities like a full orchestra creating a grand symphony. |
Each track not only represents a Salesforce Cloud but also captures its essence in a specific musical style.
Behind the Scenes: Crafting the Sound of Salesforce
To make this idea even more fun, we wrote song lyrics for each track! Here’s a sneak peek from the Marketing Cloud anthem, Click, Like, Convert:
Click, like, convert—baby, that’s my jam, \
Turning every lead into the ultimate fan. \
From inbox to socials, I’ve got the flair, \
Marketing Cloud, I’m everywhere!
(Yes, we went there!)
We used genres that align with the functionality of each Cloud. Commerce Cloud, for instance, pulses with the high-energy beat of EDM, representing dynamic shopping journeys and real-time e-commerce. Tableau, with its intricate storytelling and complex visualizations, naturally resonates with the layered riffs of Progressive Metal.
What’s Next? Bringing It to Life
While this is a fun and creative exercise, it could also inspire real-world innovation. Imagine a team-building session where your Salesforce users create playlists for the Clouds they use every day. Or, even better, use tools like Suno.ai to generate actual music from our lyrics and bring these tracks to life!
I chose Suno.ai because it has a free plan (50 credits a day, roughly 10 songs) and it frequently receives upgrades to its generative models. The tool has an intuitive user experience—you can even add a simple prompt to generate the music you like. In our case, I used the “custom” mode, which simply asks for the title, genre, lyrics, and, if you’re a paid user, you can select a specific voice.
Suno.ai generates two songs with different “musical flavors,” and the result is amazing. For some genres, I needed a few tries to get the perfect result—especially for the genres I love most and have more experience with.
There are also plenty of paid features that let you modify various aspects of the song (including duration and regeneration of some parts). It has been an amazing and really fun experience—if only I had this tool when I was a metalhead teenager, I think it would have skyrocketed my creativity!
And if that wasn’t enough, I even generated the album cover using ChatGPT and DALL-E. It was so cool that I chose the very first one that was generated! You can see the cover below. It perfectly captures the essence of our project, with its blend of technology and creativity.
Join the Fun
Want to dive deeper? Visit salesforceSideKicks.org, where we’re publishing the songs and full lyrics one by one weekly, insights, and more ideas to celebrate Salesforce creativity.
And let us know in the comments: which Cloud would you pick for your next anthem?