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THE CARIBBEAN & LATIN AMERICA ADRIAN DUNKLEY ↗

AI for musicians and producers

Test AI on rehearsal and release administration while protecting recordings, performances and collaborators’ choices.

For: Songwriters, performers, producers, bands and independent labels in the Caribbean and Latin America.

Start with one task

Organise a rehearsal plan or draft release notes from facts you supply. Start without uploading unreleased audio. The workflow below is a proposed test, not evidence of better musical or commercial results.

Prepare, check and approve

  1. List the people and material involved: composition, lyrics, master recording, performance and any samples. Confirm who may authorise each intended use rather than treating the track as one permission.
  2. Agree with collaborators whether AI may process their recordings, separate audio parts or generate material. Put the permitted purpose, tools and storage arrangements in writing.
  3. For an authorised audio trial, retain the original files. Listen for altered words, missing instruments, timing problems and changes to the performance before keeping an output.
  4. Check release credits against contributor records. Confirm track titles, language, songwriter information and other distribution details yourself; do not accept names or identifiers invented by a model.
  5. Before release, review distributor requirements and applicable local rights with the relevant professional or collecting society. Explain any significant synthetic elements in the performance accurately and retain a version history.

Protect the work and the people

  • Do not imitate or clone a recognisable performer’s voice without explicit permission for the intended use.
  • Availability of a sample online does not establish that you may use it in a release.
  • Do not describe AI-generated contributions as a named musician’s performance or promise ownership that has not been checked.

Measure whether it helps

Record administrative time saved, correction time, audio defects and unresolved permissions. Judge creative quality through your own listening and collaborator review, not a tool’s score.

When to pause

Keep material unreleased if contributor consent, sample clearance, credits or the origin of a recognisable vocal remains uncertain.

Sources and next steps

The workflow is the author's proposed application of copyright awareness and responsible AI principles. These references provide background; they do not certify this workflow or settle an individual legal question.

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Dunkley, Adrian. “AI for musicians and producers.” LAC AI Playbook. https://aiplaybooklac.netlify.app/creators/musicians/. Include your access date when citing this changing resource.

Geographic coverage: Latin America and the Caribbean. This describes the subject of the guidance, not the author's location or a service address.

Credit Adrian Dunkley when quoting or adapting the playbook. Cite the original research for its findings. Third-party text, photographs and other materials retain their own rights; citation alone does not grant permission to reproduce them.