AI Music Policy

Walled Garden does not ban AI as a creative tool. AI may be used in production, composition, arrangement, sound design, vocal generation, mixing, mastering, or performance, as long as the project is human-led, rights-cleared, and not deceptive.

AI is allowed as a tool. Fake artists, stolen voices, and mass-generated slop are not.

Allowed

• A real singer sings over an AI-generated or AI-assisted instrumental.
• A real producer uses an AI-generated vocal with proper rights.
• A composer uses AI for arrangement, orchestration, sketches, or sound design.
• AI-assisted mixing, mastering, stem separation, cleanup, or editing.
• AI-generated elements inside a larger human-directed creative work.
• Transparent disclosure of substantial AI use, with all voices, samples, and likenesses authorized.

Not allowed

• Stolen voices or unauthorized voice cloning.
• Deepfake vocals without explicit permission.
• Fake AI-generated artist identities pretending to be real people.
• Anonymous mass-upload AI catalogs and fully automated song farms.
• Bot-optimized instrumental filler.
• Deceptive artist biographies, photos, or personas.
• AI music uploaded at scale primarily to exploit the payout system.
• Copyrighted material, samples, or datasets used in ways that violate rights.

Disclosure at publish

Before publishing, every release carries a declaration: whether AI tools were used and how, whether any cloned or synthetic voice appears, whether a real person's voice or likeness was intentionally imitated (and with what permission), and confirmation that the release is not part of a mass-generated catalog. Releases that declare a cloned or synthetic voice imitating a real person are verified by a human before payout. Primarily automated releases with minimal human authorship are not eligible for Walled Garden.