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Notes and guides on making songs and music with AI — what the tools are good at, what they are not, and how to get something worth sending. Written by the studio that builds Cantio and HyperMusic AI.
The Personalized Song Gap
Every AI music tool aims at making a track that sounds like a record. Almost none aims at making one that sounds like a particular person.
September 18, 2026
What Musicians Actually Use AI For
The argument happens at the level of the finished record. The use happens weeks earlier, in the demos, references and wrong takes nobody releases.
September 18, 2026
Is AI-Generated Music Copyrighted?
What the US Copyright Office decided about prompts and human authorship, and what it means for a song you generated this afternoon.
September 18, 2026
Can You Use AI Music Commercially?
Ownership and permission are different questions. This one is answered by the tool's terms, not by copyright law — and here is what to look for in them.
September 18, 2026
AI Background Music for YouTube Videos
What a backing track has to do to stay out of the way, and the three YouTube rules — disclosure, monetization and Content ID — that actually apply to one.
September 18, 2026
How to Write Lyrics About Someone
Why writing about a person produces adjectives, and what to write down instead so the song could only be about them.
September 18, 2026
Anniversary Song Ideas That Sound Like the Two of You
Most anniversary songs are love songs with a date attached. What to put in one so it could only be about this year and this person.
September 18, 2026
Graduation Song Ideas for the Person Who Is Leaving
Graduation songs congratulate; the good ones say goodbye. What to write about when the achievement is the part everybody already knows.
September 18, 2026
How to Make a Birthday Song for Someone
What to put in a birthday song so it sounds like one person rather than anyone, and how to make one on an iPhone in a few minutes.
September 17, 2026
Making Music on an iPhone with AI
What you can actually make on a phone, where the AI helps and where it does not, and which of two different jobs you are trying to do.
September 17, 2026