AI can suggest possibilities. Human creators decide what matters. Artificial intelligence has moved from the edges of music production into the mainstream at remarkable speed. When generative music services first appeared, many distributors were cautious. Some rejected AI-generated tracks altogether. Questions about copyright, training data, cloned voices and ownership made releasing this music appear risky. The picture is now more complicated. AI music is being distributed in enormous quantities. Virtual artists are entering recognised charts, attracting millions of streams and Continue

At SongBay, we regularly receive writing that is labelled as a lyric, although it is really a poem, a prose passage, a collection of thoughts or a sequence of stanzas that has not yet been shaped for music. That does not mean the writing lacks value. A poem may contain a striking image, a memorable phrase or an emotionally powerful idea. It may be the beginning of an excellent lyric. The important point is that a poem does not become Continue

You have finished a lyric, completed a song or developed an original idea for a new production. The work feels unmistakably yours. But if somebody copies it, uses it without permission or later disputes who created it first, what evidence will you have? Copyright normally begins automatically when an original work is created and recorded in a sufficiently permanent form. The practical difficulty is often not whether copyright exists, but whether a creator can produce a clear, credible record showing Continue

AuthentiTrack by Songbay begins where every song begins: with an idea. Songwriting rarely starts with a finished recording; it starts with a title, a lyric, a mood, a rhythm, a chord sequence or simply a feeling that needs a musical home. In an increasingly collaborative and AI-assisted music world, those early human decisions matter. They reveal how a song took shape and help establish a clearer record of the creator’s contribution. That is the purpose of AuthentiTrack™ by Songbay: a Continue