My Problem With Vocal Clones

The way of music these days has turned to making music using AI because let's admit it, it is so much easier, so much less expensive to produce and way less time consuming.

While some AI music just sounds like slop, some carefully created results can be really breath taking.

Almost 60 - 80% of music currently uses a form of generative, vocal tuning and smoothing, or remastering (finishing) with AI and in 2028 the world's music will likely be guaranteed to be mostly 80% generative ai.

The world can't stop it even if they try. It's advanced too fast and the companies of the past are too late to stop it from putting them out of business and forcing everyone into selling their soul to be a star.

The companies that used to control the industry should just get on the bandwagon rather than sue their way into control again because let's face it, AI freed the music industry from their demonic slavery. How many stars have we heard have sold their souls to get theri music out and become famous.

How long has the industry controlled recorded music so it's really hard to produce recorded music. How long have we had to be stuck with what ever they create even if we don't like it?

The current status quo using AI allows almost anyone to rise to the top quickly and that means anyone has the freedom to produce their own sounds. So Johnny down the street can now rise to the top with his quirky rap song without 50 companies stealing his glory and sharing in the profit.

Despite the music industry lawsuits, Suno and Udio led the way to freeing the music industry.

That being said they need to start honoring artists rights to not have their vocals being cloned (their actual biometric data) and sold to every random person without choice for the rest of artists natural borne life with no end in sight. That I do not agree with and that needs to be gotten under control. If you sign up with an AI company and share your voice, beware you are essentially giving your biometric away to them to share with others forever. Check the disclaimers carefully.

I have heard my voice being shared far and wide on Suno as if it is some kind of commodity. I am like the voice in the machine now for certain genres of music. I am sure there are thousands more. I have also heard multiple hundreds if not thousands of songs being cloned and reused with my biometric data on multiple streaming platforms now.

Additionally any music I made in their platform is also fair game for theft. I hear very similar copies of music that sounds exactly like mine coming out quickly by the same artists who are paying to unknowingly stealing my vocal clones. I cannot seem to keep up with the amount of people using my vocal clone. That needs to stop.

I am not saying non-Ai generative music isn't precious, it will be even more so in the future. I like both and I have no problem being a computer techie person with AI generative music.

However I'm so frustrated. There are so many people who are cloning my voice thanks to Suno. I believe it is unintentional but it's annoying. I agreed to let Suno clone my voice for training reasons but I never meant for it to go where it has.

The only option is for me to report people doing vocal cloning as they are stealing the likeness of myself and my brands.

If you think you are accidentally using my voice due to AI you probably are right. I am not likely to sue you unless you continue but please stop. It's a violation of my right to be unique and not have my biometric data spread everywhere. Even if it is a clone it's my biometric data being strung all around the internet.

It hurts my brand. I don't like it and I realize many people aren't doing it intentionally. One day I signed up for Suno not knowing they were going to steal my voice clone and spread it around but they did. I have thousands of songs I have heard now with my vocals on them. It really hurts and I don't want to accuse anyone but the day has come where not so scrupulous companies do not protect or prioritize their customers.

For that reason I am going to remove all of my vocal clone and songs from Suno. I have moved that to a new program that does seem to protect me. While I love Suno they are doing somethings very wrong. They should have asked and paid for use of my vocals and those who they have stolen.

When I agreed to allow their machine train on my voice I did not know that meant allowing everyone to have a clone of my exact voice and almost exact vocals. It's discouraging when it happens to you so I understand why there are so many lawsuits.

I can tell you of multiple people right now selling albums on Spotify and other streaming platforms with my voice and they have no qualms about it nor do they have any idea they are using a real persons recorded vocals and have stolen their voice and works which feels so painful to me. I have to work hard to take them down and risk backlash.

In the meanwhile I will still be at the top of the voices used in certain prompt areas and I hope by removing my data after a while it will stop but the problem is users who have gotten my voice persist.

Please don't use companies that do not protect singers if you are going to make music with AI.

Use more carefully selected companies who are more careful not to share your data with others. Better yet use a Digital Audio Workstation with your own carefully selected A that only you can use.

Not Recommended:

Suno.com

Although I do love their abilities I am very discouraged at the blatant ripping of my vocals and my new songs always show up a few days later in someone else almost rip off of my music, limited downloads.

Recommended:

Somio.ai (not quite as good as suno but very close, no limits except your points)

Treblo.com (open source, free and great for making melodies, no limits)

These two were recommended by co-pilot.

Voice-Swap claims to have a strong public emphasis on artist rights, consent, compensation and control.

Resemble AI also has a strong consent verification and anti-deepfake technology

I will try some other programs out and let you know my research and which ones are less dangerous as I do my research. But do your own homework if you plan to use your voice.

Another idea is to buy a Digital Audio Workstation and make and record your own songs there. You can still find some software that helps smooth your voice out and I will recommend a few. Let me know if you disagree or had a bad experience with a company in particular so the rest of us can watch out.

One such software we are considering is:

IZotope Nectar 4 Advanced - to be used with your DAW which is about $299.

If you think you are using my voice by sheer accident, don't stress just stop. I am not sue happy, I just want to preserve my brand. Do not use my voice commercially is all I ask.

If you are making a cooking video and the song has my voice, I am not as freaked out but you are fine to let me know if you think you are.

If you have 300 songs created with my voice in AI and are planning to use them on your album I am sure to work to take those songs down unless you contact me and we work something out.

If you are using my voice for a commercial, I will likely have a huge problem with that but still, reach out maybe we can work something out.

I am going to work something out in the future where songs with my vocals can be licensed for your projects.

As always be blessed and have a great day!

Kimberly