Track 13 - The Machines

They said it would never happen.
That music was too human to fake.

They were wrong.

In the space of a year
AI has gone from novelty
to noise.

Millions of tracks
appearing from nowhere.
No story.
No soul.
Just data pretending to feel.

We don’t fear the machines.
We just refuse to surrender to them.

Because music
isn’t ones and zeros.
It’s pulse and breath.
It’s pain and defiance.
It’s a living human
trying to say something real.


What we believe

AI can help an artist
the way a brush helps a painter
or a synth helps a producer.

Tools are welcome.
Pretenders are not.

Every artist on this platform
is a real human being.
Verified. Accountable.
Proud to stand behind their sound.

If you use AI
you declare it.
We call that honesty.
We call that respect.


Why bots can’t win here

Spotify pays from a global pot.
The most streams wins.
That’s why bots thrive.

But our system works differently.

If you don’t have real fans
you don’t get paid.

No algorithm to trick.
No pool to drain.
No fake streams to farm.

You can upload a thousand AI tracks
but unless a human chooses to listen,
you earn nothing.

We don’t need to fight the bots.
We starve them.


Where we stand

AI can generate sound.
But only humans make music.

So yes,
we welcome artists who use AI
to push boundaries,
to explore,
to create something new.

But we will never
let the machines take the stage.

Because this fight
was never about technology.
It’s about belonging.

And music belongs to us.


© Music Belongs To Us