// idea → release → growth

The AI Music
Roadmap

Every step from making a song to marketing it — with honest, up-to-date tool comparisons at each stage. AI-focused, with the indie path flagged wherever it overlaps.

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Create

From idea to a finished take.
1Concept & prompt

Decide the song before you generate it — reference, genre, mood, structure.

2Music generation

Generate the track with an AI music tool — and get commercial rights right.

3DAW, arrangement & stems

Shape the track in a DAW — and split stems for mixing or remixing.

4Vocals & lyrics

Get the words and the voice right — including AI-vocal ethics.

Polish

Mix, master and the visuals.
5Mixing

Balance the parts so everything sits clearly — AI assist or by ear.

6Mastering

Final loudness and polish for streaming — AI mastering vs an engineer.

7Cover art

A striking cover at thumbnail size — AI image tools or a designer.

8Music video & visualizers

From AI video clips to lyric videos and streaming visualizers.

Release

Get it live, legal and linkable.
9Distribution

Get your track onto Spotify, Apple Music & everywhere — mind AI policies.

10Rights, metadata & royalties

ISRC/UPC, publishing, splits — and the AI-copyright reality.

11Smart link & release page

One branded link to every platform — free here, paid most places.

Grow

Promotion, discovery and data.
12Promotion & discovery

Playlists, short-form video, ads and community — how people find it.

13Analytics & iterate

Read the data, double down on what works, repeat.

At the release stage, our tools are free: an all-platform smart link, a live chart, an artist page and analytics.

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