Is AI Music “Legit” Music?

There seem to be two main camps when it comes to creating music with AI.

The first camp is the traditional musician camp.

These are the folks who feel that anyone creating music with AI is somehow cheating. They see music as something that should come from years of learning an instrument, understanding theory, writing lyrics, composing melodies, recording, mixing, mastering and doing all the hard yards.

And to be fair, I can understand why they feel protective of that.
Music has always taken effort. It has always involved skill. It has always carried a bit of the soul of the person creating it.

Then there is the second camp.

The “if you can, why the goodness not?” camp.
That is where I seem to have landed.

Not because I think AI replaces musicians. Not because I think typing a few words into a box makes me Mozart. And definitely not because I think every AI song is instantly a masterpiece.

But because I believe ideas matter.

And AI music gives ordinary people a way to take an idea, shape it, play with it, laugh at it, cry with it, and sometimes turn it into something that actually feels like a finished song.

That is where it gets interesting. Because before a song is a song, it is usually just an idea.

Sometimes it starts as a thought, then a sentence.

Sometimes it starts as a silly thought. Like the majority of my ideas.
Sometimes it starts as something someone says at the kitchen table.

Sometimes it starts as a poem.
And that is exactly how my brain went wandering.

I started thinking about music just being words.
Then words led me to poems.

Then poems led me to asking AI to help write crazy little poems.
Then somehow, because this is how my brain works, that led to the idea of a series of poems read by a gnome.

Yes. The Poem Gnome.
And from there, you can probably imagine the rest.

That is the funny thing about creativity. It does not always arrive wearing a suit and carrying a clipboard.
Sometimes it turns up wearing a pointy hat and saying, “What if we did this?”

This post cannot fully explain the whole process of going from a random idea to a completed song. There are too many little steps, decisions, experiments, mistakes, rewrites, regenerated versions and “oh hang on, that bit actually works” moments along the way.

But I thought I had better get the ball rolling and give a simple overview of how I have been doing it.

I have been playing with AI music since November 15th, 2025.

My AI Music Journey started from watching a YouTube video.

That was it. One video. One moment of curiosity.
One little “I wonder if I could do that?” thought.

And suddenly I was off down another creative rabbit hole.
The first thing I learned is that AI music is not just about pressing a magic button and getting a perfect song.

At least, not if you actually care about the result.

You still need the idea.
You still need the concept.
You still need the mood.

You still need to think about who the song is for, what it is trying to say, whether it should be funny, emotional, silly, dramatic, personal, or completely ridiculous.

You also need to listen. A lot.
Because AI can give you something interesting, but it does not always give you exactly what you had in your head.

Sometimes the lyrics need work.
Sometimes the song style is wrong.
Sometimes the singer sounds like they have wandered in from an entirely different genre.
Sometimes the chorus is great but the verses are a bit meh.
Sometimes you generate something expecting comedy and accidentally get something that sounds like it belongs in a movie trailer.

And sometimes, out of nowhere, it gives you a moment that makes you stop and think,
“Hang on… that’s actually good.”

That is where the human part comes back in.

You choose.
You guide.
You reject.
You rewrite.
You adjust.

You try again.

You decide what stays and what goes.

So is AI music “legit” music?
I think the better question is this:

Did it make someone feel something?
Did it make someone laugh?
Did it capture a memory?

Did it turn an idea into something people can hear, share, enjoy, or connect with?

Because if it did, then maybe we are arguing about the wrong thing.

A camera did not stop art from existing.
A keyboard did not stop writing from existing.
A calculator did not stop mathematics from existing.

And AI music will not stop real musicians from being real musicians.

But it might let people like me take the strange little ideas rattling around in my head and turn them into songs, stories, characters, jokes, memories and moments.

And honestly? That is pretty exciting.

So no, I do not see AI music as cheating.

I see it as another tool. A strange, powerful, occasionally ridiculous tool.

But still a tool. And like any tool, what matters is what you do with it.

In my case, it started with one YouTube video.
Then a few silly song ideas.
Then poems.

Then… wait for it… the Poem Gnome.
And now here we are.
So maybe the real question is not whether AI music is legit.

Maybe the real question is:
What idea have you got sitting in your head that could become something more?

My Music Channels

I currently have 3 Youtube Video Channels.
All due to Suno, chatGPT, Kling and Grok and a mix of my craziness.

Ambience Immersions

This is where it all started… I was always listening to the “Study” and “Relax” music while I was working. It kind of helps keep me focused with my ADHD mind… So NOW I can make my own, and I did.

Little Legends Down Under

This was an accident more than anything… so I was “messing” about and SUNO started creating some whacky and fun songs when I was messing about for some songs for the Grandkids.

But the one below is a favorite that I created the morning I was going to meet my “Great Nephew” for the first time… and they are a puppy and now… a baby family…
So this was inspired, based upon that….

Made Me A Song

Now this channel came about, again by accident. Now I was able to come up with any idea and create a whole range of “genres” and topics which don’t belong with the other two. So this is more of my “POT” of ideas.

And there are some very good ones in there…