How to release. How to get paid.

Nov 6, 2026

When AI music goes to court, who gets paid?

A shareholder suit asks Alphabet to answer for training. Artists are not the plaintiffs.

Nov 6, 2026

Can anyone own a style?

Suno's October answer, and why a style is not the same thing as a recording.

Nov 6, 2026

Plato's Ion, Suno MCP, and who is singing.

A chat assistant can send a song to Suno. The question is who wrote it.

Nov 6, 2026

Who gets to make the rules?

Three late-October moves in the Suno fights, and an old argument about power.

Nov 6, 2026

Who gets to call a song human?

DistroKid's AI scores are being sought as evidence. They are not a ruling on who made the song.

Nov 6, 2026

A billion dollars just bet on culture and AI.

Up to $1 billion is aimed at culture and technology. A royalty check is not company equity.

Nov 6, 2026

Cheat codes for a recognizable artist.

Six anchors that give fans a way to take part. Start with three.

Nov 4, 2026

Surviving the Silence: The Real Test of an Artist

Talent gets you started. Handling the quiet keeps you going.

Nov 3, 2026

Editorial policy.

Who writes this blog, what we disclose, and how to tell us we got something wrong.

Nov 3, 2026

Who made it? A plain guide to AI music credits.

Three labels, a credit line a stranger can follow, and a split sheet that adds to 100.

Nov 3, 2026

Is a style property?

Opinion. Locke, originality, and the part of a song a person can actually point to.

Oct 29, 2026

Create Music Group just bought a piece of DistroKid. The pipes are consolidating.

Create took a minority stake in DistroKid. Fewer owners for the pipes. Here is where we stand.

Oct 23, 2026

How to get your music on Spotify, step by step.

You cannot upload straight to Spotify. What to prepare, how to release, and how to pitch.

Oct 23, 2026

How to pick a distributor for AI-assisted music.

Read the AI policy, not just the price. Four things to check before you choose.

Oct 23, 2026

Human, AI-assisted or Fully AI: how to label your music.

Ask what a human did. Pick the label that fits. Why honesty wins.

Oct 23, 2026

Free split sheet template for music.

Copy this checklist so every co-writer agrees before your song comes out.

Oct 23, 2026

What is an IPI number, and how do you get one?

The songwriter ID that helps performance royalties find you, and where you use it.

Oct 23, 2026

How to register with BMI as a songwriter.

Join BMI, get your IPI, and register your songs, step by step.

Oct 23, 2026

Song royalties explained simply.

The two sides of every song, the main royalty types, and who collects each one.

Oct 23, 2026

EPK examples: what a press kit needs.

The parts every electronic press kit needs, with simple examples.

Oct 23, 2026

Can my AI song be published? Full AI vs AI-assisted, explained.

Fully AI songs can be released, not published. What counts, and three questions to check your song.

Oct 23, 2026

How to publish AI-assisted music fairly and transparently.

Know what you wrote. Register the human part. Disclose the AI part. The whole process, step by step.

Oct 22, 2026

Denmark wants your yes before anyone clones your voice.

Denmark's bill L 49 would require consent for realistic AI fakes of your face, voice and performances. Parody and satire stay. Here is what we know.

Oct 22, 2026

Human made. Human paid. Musicians want consent, credit and pay for AI.

The AFM launched Human Made, Human Paid on Oct 20. Consent, credit and pay when recordings train AI. We are with the spirit of it. Tell the truth on upload.

Oct 22, 2026

Spotify pulled 50 million slop tracks from recommendations.

On top of 75 million spam tracks already removed. Skips told the story. Real songs with honest labels are the way through.

Oct 22, 2026

Fans can remix your song with AI on Spotify. If you say yes. Twice.

Believe and TuneCore signed Spotify's licensed AI covers and remixes deal on Oct 20. Two-step opt-in. Remixes link back to the original.

Oct 22, 2026

Deezer's AI detector made TIME's Best Inventions.

TIME named Deezer's AI music detector a Best Invention of 2026. 42 million AI tracks pulled from recommendations. Labels matter more than ever.

Oct 19, 2026

YouTube Music drew the line. Fully Gen AI. Partly Gen AI. No Gen AI.

Typed prompt is Fully Gen AI. AI bassline plus your vocals is Partly. Auto-Tune and AI mastering are No Gen AI. Tell the truth on upload.

Oct 19, 2026

You wrote the lyrics. AI made the beat. That is AI-assisted.

It is AI-assisted on Spotify and the other stores. Only YouTube Music calls it Fully AI. Tell the truth on upload.

Oct 15, 2026

Let the bots do the drudgery.

What Plai handles so you can make the choices only you can make.

Oct 15, 2026

Your point of view is the product.

Fans pay for the singular take, not the genre. Specific wins.

Oct 15, 2026

Fusion is invention, not averaging.

Genre fusion as personal choice. How Song Helper starts with your stories.

Oct 15, 2026

Nothing to copy from.

Spider-Verse had nothing before it. That is the challenge for your next song.

Oct 15, 2026

The copying machine problem.

AI copies the average. Give it the paperwork, not the art.

Sep 25, 2026

Your voice is not a sample.

PlaiPals 2. Holly+. Label licenses. ELVIS. California. NO FAKES is not law yet.

Sep 25, 2026

Nobody asked the singers.

PlaiPals 1. Vocoder to so-vits-svc. Heart on My Sleeve. The 2024 lawsuits.

Sep 22, 2026

Truth for artists. This week.

Disclose. Register the pipes. One face. Measure your own campaigns. Do not wink.

Sep 22, 2026

Every platform treats AI differently. Tell the truth.

Reported store rules. Kick farms, not indies. Human stays Human.

Sep 22, 2026

Most AI music is never marketed. That is why it dies.

93% never hit 1,000 plays. We curate, email, and run Boosts. You push a button.

Sep 22, 2026

Hospitals wrote the replica contract. Artists need one too.

Digital twins have owners on paper. An artist-bot without a split sheet is a replica the vendor keeps.

Sep 22, 2026

100% human ships as human. We will not release it as AI.

You mark No AI. We send No AI. Same stores as everyone else. No fake stamp.

Sep 20, 2026

The beat stays locked until both of you say yes.

Plai+ is the room. Preview the beat. Send the invite. Unlock after two yeses.

Sep 20, 2026

Metadata is the quiet hit.

Stores bounce files on names, writers, artwork, and the AI field. Not on the chorus.

Sep 19, 2026

PLAInow is live. Press play.

Free AI listen. Charts, genres, AI song hub, video. Mini-player. No signup wall.

Sep 19, 2026

How the money lands.

Payouts only after real royalties arrive. Every artist can see totals and withdraw. PLAIGROUND takes 0%.

Sep 18, 2026

Hear the SIQA chart. Don’t search it.

SIQA ranks the week. We added play. Tap a song on /charts.

Sep 18, 2026

Catalog migration without starting over.

You can bring a catalog you already released. You do not rebuild it from zero.

Sep 18, 2026

An AI song app can reach Spotify through us. DistroKid is in court.

Paid commercial and Premier renders can ship. UMG sued DistroKid on Sep 15. Disclose. No clones. 0% cut.

Sep 18, 2026

150,000 songs a day. The pile is not the product.

Luminate raised the daily upload number. Volume is free. Attention is not.

Sep 18, 2026

Spotify stamped the profile, not the song.

AI Persona is a face rule. Recs stay off by default. Disclose the act.

Sep 18, 2026

Luminate will label the spreadsheet that feeds Billboard.

AI Generated is coming to CONNECT. The database is the first chart.

Sep 18, 2026

A store can list you and still pay zero.

Tidal may list Fully AI and not pay. Delivery is not a paycheck.

Sep 18, 2026

December 2 is the watermark date.

Article 50 is already law. Old generators get until Dec 2 to mark the file.

Sep 17, 2026

2027 will stamp an AI label on the file. You should not lick the stamp.

The stamp is already moving. Put it on yourself first. Do not lick the stamp.

Sep 16, 2026

NO FAKES

No clones. No dead-singer covers. Original work ships. Stolen voices do not.

Sep 15, 2026

Australia closed one chart. SIQA opened another.

ARIA gated wholly AI-generated recordings. SIQA kept a lane. Two boards. One honest file.

Sep 14, 2026

Will your AI track ever hit a real chart?

ARIA gated wholly AI-generated recordings. Substantially human made can still count. SIQA is the other board.

Sep 13, 2026

AI label required. The new rules in one page.

Stores want the stamp. Fill the field on upload. Tell us what a human did.

Sep 12, 2026

Generation is cheap. The business is the moat.

Anyone can make the file. Few can own it, disclose it, split it, deliver it, and get paid.

Sep 11, 2026

How we use our own bots to run Plaiground

Bots draft. Humans decide. Rights, money, and taste stay human.

Sep 10, 2026

The 30-day launch plan Plai would write

Finish the song. Sign the splits. Push the button. She runs the month.

Sep 9, 2026

Sync for AI-assisted music

Attestation + split = the packet. Brands do not buy a mystery file.

Sep 8, 2026

Boosts without buying bots

Chart Push. Streaming Push. Social Push. Video Collect. Real campaigns. Not fake streams.

Sep 7, 2026

How to build an artist-bot that is not a scam

Name. Face. Split sheet. Human showrunner. Disclose what is AI. That is the playbook.

Sep 6, 2026

After your first release

The song is out. Register publishing, set up payouts, and start the next one.

Sep 5, 2026

DistroKid TuneCore CD Baby vs PLAIGROUND

Same stores. Different money rules. We take 0% of royalties. The account is free.

Sep 4, 2026

Publishing is not distribution

The recording is one check. The song is another. Every artist can collect both.

Sep 3, 2026

Split sheets without a lawyer

Everyone signs before delivery. We generate the sheet. Co-writers get an email.

Sep 2, 2026

Welcome to the Plaiground

Upload once. Live on every major store. Artists keep 100% of their royalties. The account is free.

Sep 2, 2026

How to release your first track in one sitting

Track. Art. Lyrics. Tell us what a human did. Sign splits. Push the button.

Sep 2, 2026

Meet Plai

She walks the release. Talk or text.

Sep 2, 2026

Meet SIVA

An artist-bot with a name, a face, and a split sheet.

Sep 2, 2026

Tell us what a human did

No AI. AI-assisted. Fully AI. We still deliver.