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To address the inherit opinions that “AI is fake,” “AI is cheating,” or “AI isn’t creating.” This response obviously isn’t for everyone, but for those who will inevitably criticize me or anyone else for using AI-generated vocals or tools in music production.

So let's make one thing undeniably clear:
My creativity isn’t artificial.
The ideas, lyrics, concepts, and long nights of production — none of that came from a bot. The hours, let alone years, I’ve spent making beats, chopping loops, mixing, remixing — that’s me. That’s work. That’s real.

Yes, AI is a tool in use — just like CGI became a tool in film. And while some people once called CGI an insult to “true cinema,” no one’s saying that now. 

Cameras were once an abomination to illustrators. VHS was once touted as the death of cinema. Cassettes killed vinyl, as CD's killed cassettes, as streaming killed physical media, yet the mediums themselves are flourishing far more than ever! Technology evolves. So does art. Artists of all manner, education or financial resources. And AI most certainly isn’t going anywhere.

So, take the reigns, or get the hoof. 

There’s a huge difference between someone lazily typing a prompt and slapping their name on the result of prgramming, versus someone using AI as part of a broader creative vision — crafting, directing, refining, and producing. The same way a film director uses the skills of editors, set designers, and cinematographers to realize a final vision, I use modern tools — including AI — to bring mine to life.

And let’s not forget:
If you’re using a calculator, that’s AI. If you apply a filter to a photo, that’s AI.

If you ever played a video game? owned a cell phone? used Social Media? 

All forms of  AI.
Yet somehow when it’s applied to music or art, it suddenly becomes “inauthentic?”

Yes, AI can be abused; Plagiarism isn’t new — people have been posers long before machines could talk. But using AI responsibly, transparently, and creatively doesn’t negate the artist’s work. In any case, it allows artists to create in ways never before possible, and personally, enhances what I can’t physically do anymore. That’s not cheating — that’s adapting. 

Anyone can type a prompt, but not everyone can create, to push the limits of what's possible.

If someone hears a track I made, plays it loud, tells a friend about it, or shows up to hear it live — I’ve done my job. If it moves people, connects people, or simply sounds good… then the tools used to get there don’t invalidate the art.

We don’t shame photographers for using better cameras, or painters for using newer brushes. We shouldn’t shame musicians for evolving either.

Because at the end of the day, it’s not about how the art is made. 

It’s about what it makes you feel.