u/LCarb

Someone posted an online test where you listened to 10 songs and had to guess AI or not. It got me thinking, do I have any songs I think would pass?

Post a song if you really think it sounds real for 30 seconds. Before the link, put the time stamp of when we should start listening for the 30 seconds.

If the 30 seconds DOES sound like AI, let's hear some constructive criticism or very light ribbing of why it sounds like AI 😄

This is how I put a song on Spotify

• Listen to the song many times, reviewing lyrics, songs, artifacts, etc to make sure it is worthy
• Download WAV from Suno
• Remaster with Bandlab’s free mastering (I played with stems/DAW but I don’t have the musical ear or time to make this worth it)
• Update the metadata using Mp3tag (downloaded to PC) - this includes the track #, album it will ultimately be on, a comment of “AI-Assisted composition via Suno (Paid Plan). Full commercial distribution and monetization rights held by (artist)
• Type/copy and review the lyrics so they are ready for Spotify by listening to the song as I review lyric accuracy
• Create the 3000 x 3000 picture for the distributor/Spotify - you can see the template I use.  FYI, each single can have its own cover art, but when you distribute them as part of an album, all of the songs on the album get the album’s cover art.  I use Photopea (free online).  Think long and hard what you want to use as your template to make it uniform in style.
• Save the Terms of Service for Suno as well as a screenshot of the song in my Suno account.  I submit these with my distributor when I am going through their submission process.  Not sure if this is needed or other distributors might have other requirements.
• Go through my distributor’s process of getting the single uploaded - make sure everything is correct.  Make sure you acknowledge AI was used if this is required.  I think the default timeframe is 2 week release date (more for Spotify than the distributor) but this might be different for different distributors.  The first time you submit a song, it could take days/weeks for them to review it.  After that, it usually takes a few hours to a few days.  
• You decided what platforms you want your song distributed to.  I only choose the ~8 major ones
• Sign up for MusixMatchPro to get the lyrics uploaded in Spotify/Apple Music etc.  This is a terrible service, but they have a monopoly.  They will take the full month to verify you, because they want you to sign up for their paid plan (1 day verification).  Then when you use their website, every other page is trying to get you to sign up for their paid plan.  Once you are verified, any uploaded song to Spotify will appear a few days later on MusixMatchPro.  Upload the lyrics/song and sync the lyrics, then submit.  It will then take a few days for the lyrics to show up on Spotify.
• Optional, sign up for Spotify for Artists, Apple Music for artists, Amazon for artists, etc.  You may need to create social media to help this process (Facebook, Insta, TikTok, etc).  I made a Facebook page for this.
• The above is how I do it.  Not saying this is the best way - I would love to see what others do that I may have missed.

Misc - 
I use TooLost as my distributor and have been very happy.  Tried RouteNote, bad experience.

A have a folder on my PC for each song that have the Suno download, remastered song, artwork, lyrics file, etc

I release singles every week or so, then at some point I release the album (includes previously released singles plus the songs that weren’t released)

How many songs to upload is an interesting question.  You don’t want to do too many too fast as this could be a red flag.  But if you are like me, you have a bunch of songs you want up ASAP, lol.  I’d be curious what others think.

I hope this helps others get started if they choose to do this with their music.  Please check out my songs on Spotify and if you like any, save them.  I’m not doing this for $$, but it would be nice if a small group of people appreciate my music.  I told my wife I want to make $5 in 5 years.

I purposefully made my “band name” AIMadeThisMusic because I don’t want there to be any confusion that this is from a “real band”.  Most of my songs are science related (mostly about the Universe and physics) so that will greatly reduce my audience.  I also don’t have a standard music style - each song is different.  All three of these will hurt growing an audience or monetizing, so if that is your goal, do the opposite!

Keep on making music - this has given us so much joy!

AIMadeThisMusic 

Something new was added to one of my Spotify songs. It is a section called "SongDNA Beta". It has some other person as the lyricists for the song (he has others). I have no idea who this is, and I can't figure out how to get it removed.

Song is "The Best Version Of Myself - Live" by AIMadeThisMusic

As far as I can tell, this is some AI addition that Spotify is testing. Ironic that AI is causing issues with my AI song, lol.