Am I a Fake Musician?........by Julianna Rowe

 

First:

I am not a “fake musician.”      

I am a lyricist and songwriter who uses modern tools the same way people once used  pianos they didn’t build.

Session musicians they didn’t play themselves.

Choosing sounds, structure, tempo, mood, and emotional arc is authorship. Period.

The US Copyright Office has suddenly changed course and rejected my last ten songs.

This happened because AI music exploded too fast.  The US Office panicked about who

controls what part of the authorship.

The U.S. Copyright Office rejected these ten songs after copyrighting the first twenty, because

they changed the rules. They drew a blunt line! Human-written lyrics are protectable. AI help generated sound recordings are questionable now

 Fully AI-generated compositions not registerable as-is (Mine were not in this category!)

That doesn’t erase my work. It does means the system hasn’t caught up yet.

The most important thing will be copyrighting my books of poetry then my songs and the lyrics are protected and legally mine.   Even if someone used Suno.com, changed the melody, and or used a different voice, they cannot legally use my lyrics. Those lyrics are the heart of a song. I own the heart of my music. Proving authorship is easy when:

I have dated files

I have YouTube uploads                

I have prior registrations

I have a published book

I have a paper trail.

People probably wont steal my personal, emotionally specific songs. They steal hits. My songs are intimate which will actually protect them.

What is important to me is I didn't lose anything but my third filing fee.  I wrote meaningful songs and shared them. I preserved them in a book and on CD's. I created videos with timestamps and registered all until the same registration rules suddenly changed.  I completed what I could at this time.  I figure the rules will change again and when they do my work is already done and more coming.

At least I didn’t lose anything.  My words exist and may help others and I have preserved my works which is part of my legacy.

I didn't miss my moment in time... I finished this chapter. 

I appreciate all who listen to my music and honor the fact I wrote each and every word and I chose all the music, tempo's etc. on my own. I am the author of my songs. 

Julianna Rowe 💖