KEEP THE MUSIC

HUMAN

Humans make music. Not algorithms.

~50k

Fully AI generated songs uploaded to Spotify daily

~75k

Fully AI generated songs uploaded to Youtube daily

44%

Of all daily music uploads are 100% Ai generated and that number will only grow

The cat is out of the bag. AI is here to stay.

Artificial intelligence has the potential to solve real world problems, streamline our daily lives, cure disease and so many advancements to help society progress. However, replacing human expression in art and music is not progress. It’s a loss

Music has always been more than a collection of sounds, instruments, and words. It’s how we celebrate, grieve, tell stories, and connect with one another. Music is a time capsule. A memory of a first date, an era in life, a heartbreak. Every song carries the time, experiences, and perspective of the person who created it, which then become an entirely new experience to the listener. A single note can have an entirely different evocative emotion between us. It’s one of the closest things to magic humans can experience.

Today, anyone can type “Make a song that sounds like…” and receive something that imitates the work of countless artists whose music was used to train these systems, often without their permission. This eliminates the entire human element that creates that “magic”.

We cannot pretend AI doesn’t exist. This is not the best way to fight back. The best weapon we have is to support the artists who still choose to create. We support the producers and artists who obsess over every detail. The artists who spend years developing a voice and an identity that no algorithm can truly replicate.

Keep the Music Human is here for only one mission. To ensure that human creativity prevails over algorithms.

ARTIST COALITION

  • ILL-ESHA

    “The mistake that AI music generation makes is assuming the destination is the goal; but it's nothing without the journey. If the music turned out exactly like my head it wouldn't be nearly as good as with the joyful accidents of freeform sound design, of random discovery and sparking new neural growth in myself as a human during the process.”

  • Aero Soul

    “I believe AI Music can't create nuance. Human music has the culmination of that person's lived experience, from where they grew up to what they first listened to and more. All these moments in someone's life influenced what they create.”

  • FLOATING ADRIFT

    “Generative AI music tools absolutely destroy the entire process of creating music. There’s some sort of magic in finding your favorite song and connecting to what that artist was feeling in the time of writing that song. There is no connection to generative AI music. There is no soul. There is no discovery.

  • Kindrid

    “Our current "AI", which is Large Language Models, are intrinsically incapable of creating something novel. They're extremely powerful autocomplete, which fundamentally means they will always try to create something that already exists from their training data. LLMs can't, even with direction, take two ideas and make third one that's more than the sum of its parts. They can only try to piece the two together, if that, and often in a bland and awkward manner.”


How You Can Help

Share the Message

Movements grow one person at a time. If you believe music should remain strictly a human art form, help spread the message. Share our KEEP THE MUSIC HUMAN manifesto on social media. Tell friends about artists you love and start conversations about why human creativity still matters. Culture changes happen when people talk about what they value.

When you see AI generated content (call it AI slop, we don’t mind), call it out.

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