# Learn: guides to making, choosing and releasing AI music | Lyro Music > Sourced, practical guides to AI music: prompts, which tool does which job, adding vocals to a beat, releasing and labelling, rights, and how Lyro Music tests models. Source: https://lyromusic.com/learn # Guides to making music with AI Practical, sourced guides for people making songs with AI: how to write prompts, which tool does which job, how to add a vocal to a beat or a beat to a vocal, how to release and label AI music, who owns it, and how we test the models behind Lyro Music. 33 guides, every figure dated and linked to its source. ## Make the song ### [How to make a viral TikTok song with AI: a hook-first method](https://lyromusic.com/learn/how-to-make-a-viral-tiktok-song-with-ai) No method guarantees a viral song, and we cannot promise one. 6 min read. ### [How to make an AI song for someone as a gift](https://lyromusic.com/learn/how-to-make-an-ai-song-for-someone) To make an AI song for someone, collect a few true details about them, such as their name, a place you share, a moment and a phrase they always say, and turn them into a short verse and a chorus. 5 min read. ### [How to add AI vocals to your beat](https://lyromusic.com/learn/how-to-add-ai-vocals-to-your-beat) Upload your beat to Lyro, confirm the tempo and key it detects, then choose a path. 6 min read. ### [How to make a beat for your vocal with AI](https://lyromusic.com/learn/how-to-make-a-beat-for-your-vocal) Record or upload your vocal, confirm the tempo and key that Lyro detects, and pick a genre. 7 min read. ### [Best AI music generator for Turkish songs: our blind test](https://lyromusic.com/learn/best-ai-music-generator-for-turkish-songs) We cannot name one best tool, because we have not tested every product. 6 min read. ## Choose a tool ### [Best AI song generators for TikTok songs in 2026, compared](https://lyromusic.com/learn/best-ai-song-generators-for-tiktok) For a TikTok song, the right tool depends on three things: whether you need a sung vocal or only background music, whether you can download the file, and whether you may use it commercially. 7 min read. ### [AI tools that add vocals to a beat you already made (2026)](https://lyromusic.com/learn/ai-tools-to-add-vocals-to-a-beat) Four tools can put an AI vocal on a beat you upload: Suno’s Add Vocals (a beta on the Pro and Premier plans), Vocuno, Lyro Music on every plan, and the open-source model ACE-Step 1.5 if you run it yourself. 6 min read. ### [Can Suno add vocals to your own beat? What Add Vocals does](https://lyromusic.com/learn/can-suno-add-vocals-to-your-beat) Yes, on a paid plan. Suno’s Add Vocals, a beta for Pro and Premier subscribers, adds a new vocal from lyrics you provide to an instrumental you upload, and an Audio Strength slider sets how closely the new song adheres t 6 min read. ### [Apps and AI tools to add a beat to your vocals (2026)](https://lyromusic.com/learn/ai-tools-that-make-a-beat-for-your-vocal) Two kinds of tool add a beat to a vocal. Free studios such as BandLab and GarageBand, and phone apps such as Voloco, let you put loops or a ready beat under your voice, but you match the tempo and line it up yourself. 7 min read. ### [Can BandLab make a beat for your vocal? What it really does](https://lyromusic.com/learn/can-bandlab-make-a-beat-for-your-vocal) Not from your recording on its own. BandLab’s SongStarter makes song ideas from a genre, mood, tempo and key that you choose, and its help page names no way to give it a vocal (BandLab Help Center). 6 min read. ### [Suno alternatives in 2026: what each one is actually for](https://lyromusic.com/learn/suno-alternatives) There is no single best Suno alternative, because each tool is built for a different job. 8 min read. ### [What does an AI-generated song cost? Price per song across tools (2026)](https://lyromusic.com/learn/ai-music-cost-per-song) From under one cent to more than a dollar, depending on the tool and on what you count as a song. 7 min read. ## Release it and own it ### [Can you monetise AI music? Rules, licences and duties](https://lyromusic.com/learn/can-you-monetize-ai-music) Often yes, with conditions. None of Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, YouTube or TikTok bans music for being made with AI, but Deezer leaves fully AI-generated tracks out of its recommendations, and Spotify does the same for 8 min read. ### [Do Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, YouTube and TikTok allow AI music? (policy tracker)](https://lyromusic.com/learn/does-spotify-allow-ai-music) Yes: as of 21 Sep 2026 none of the five bans music for being made with AI. 7 min read. ### [Who owns AI-generated music? The UK and US position](https://lyromusic.com/learn/who-owns-ai-generated-music) Two questions decide it. Between you and the tool, the contract decides: on Lyro you own whatever rights exist in your tracks and we claim none. 6 min read. ### [Is AI-generated music copyrighted? US, UK, EU, Japan, Türkiye (2026)](https://lyromusic.com/learn/ai-music-copyright-by-country) It depends on the country and on how much of the track a person made. 7 min read. ## Ads and jingles ### [How to make a jingle or ad song for your business with AI](https://lyromusic.com/learn/how-to-make-a-jingle-for-your-business) To make a jingle or an ad song with AI, start from what you sell: one customer, the moment the problem shows up, two or three benefits you can prove, and a call to action. 7 min read. ### [Can you use AI music in ads? Licences and AI labels (2026)](https://lyromusic.com/learn/can-you-use-ai-music-in-ads) Yes, you can use AI music in an ad when two things hold: the tool’s licence allows commercial use in advertising on the plan you used, and you follow the AI rules of the platform where the ad runs. 7 min read. ### [AI tools that make jingles and ad songs: what each one does (2026)](https://lyromusic.com/learn/ai-jingle-generators) Three tools start from your website or product page and sing a song about it: Jingle Maker (built by the ElevenLabs team), Lyro Music’s Song Ad and Melodio. 8 min read. ## Evidence ### [AI music statistics 2026: uploads, streams and listeners](https://lyromusic.com/learn/ai-music-statistics) AI music is a large share of uploads and a small share of listening. 6 min read. ### [AI songs on the charts: every case we could verify (2026)](https://lyromusic.com/learn/ai-songs-on-the-charts) AI songs have reached real charts, mostly small ones. 7 min read. ### [How we test AI music models: our blind listening method](https://lyromusic.com/learn/how-we-test-ai-music-models) We generate the same briefs on every model, hide the model names, shuffle the order and score each clip from 1 to 5 for pronunciation, production and overall. 6 min read. ## More guides ### [Spotify’s AI Persona badge, explained](https://lyromusic.com/learn/spotify-ai-persona-badge) The AI Persona badge, rolling out on Spotify since mid-September 2026, marks artist profiles whose name and images present a photorealistic AI-generated person who does not exist. 8 min read. ### [How to tell if a song is AI-generated](https://lyromusic.com/learn/how-to-tell-if-a-song-is-ai) Usually you cannot tell by listening, so check the evidence instead. 9 min read. ### [Udio alternatives in 2026: what each one is for](https://lyromusic.com/learn/udio-alternatives) For full songs with vocals from a prompt, as on Udio, start with Suno and Mureka, both $10 a month: Mureka’s paid plans have no download limit and Suno Pro allows 20 downloads a month. 12 min read. ### [How to make music like an artist you love, without copying them](https://lyromusic.com/learn/make-music-like-an-artist) To make a song that sounds like an artist you love, describe the sound instead of naming the artist: note the tempo, key, drums, bass, chords, instruments, vocal type, structure, mix and era, then turn those notes into a prompt. 13 min read. ### [AI cover songs, explained: what you can and cannot do with a famous song](https://lyromusic.com/learn/ai-covers-explained) An AI cover song is a new recording of an existing song made with AI, often in a cloned voice. 12 min read. ### [AI artists in 2026: who they are and who is behind them](https://lyromusic.com/learn/ai-artists) AI artists are singers or bands whose voice, image or recordings are made with AI, and most that reached a chart have a credited songwriter or a company behind them. 12 min read. ### [How much does it cost to hire a singer for your song? (2026)](https://lyromusic.com/learn/how-much-does-it-cost-to-hire-a-singer) Hiring a singer for one song usually costs about $100 to $500 for a lead vocal booked online, and $50 to $200 for a backing part (Chartlex, read 10 Oct 2026). 8 min read. ### [How producers get vocals on their beats when they can’t sing](https://lyromusic.com/learn/how-producers-get-vocals) Producers who can’t sing get vocals in six main ways: a marketplace acapella, a bought or commissioned topline, a collaboration with an artist, a session singer, their own voice with pitch correction or a voice-changing 9 min read. ### [How to write a topline over a beat, step by step](https://lyromusic.com/learn/how-to-write-a-topline) To write a topline, loop the part of your beat where the hook goes, hum wordless melodies over it until one phrase sticks, fix that phrase’s rhythm before any words, then write lyrics whose syllables match it. 9 min read. ### [Finish a song with AI: start from what you already have](https://lyromusic.com/learn/finish-a-song-with-ai) What AI can finish depends on what you already have. 9 min read. ### [Can you sell beats with AI vocals or an AI hook?](https://lyromusic.com/learn/selling-beats-with-ai-vocals) You can sell or lease a beat with an AI hook or an AI demo vocal if you own everything else in it, tell buyers which part is AI-made, and your store lets you. 8 min read. ## More to read - [Prompt library: genres and specific requests34 genres, 53 questions](https://lyromusic.com/prompts) - [Comparisons3 pages](https://lyromusic.com/compare) - [Glossary of music and AI terms43 terms](https://lyromusic.com/glossary) - [Frequently asked questions46 answers](https://lyromusic.com/faq) ## Questions ### Where should a beginner start with AI music? Start with one sentence about the song, turn it into a prompt with the [prompt generator](https://lyromusic.com/ai-music-prompt-generator), and read [how to make a TikTok song with AI](https://lyromusic.com/learn/how-to-make-a-viral-tiktok-song-with-ai). The [prompt library](https://lyromusic.com/prompts) has copyable prompts for 34 genres and dozens of specific requests. ### Can I release AI music on Spotify and earn money from it? Usually yes, through a distributor, if your plan grants commercial rights and the platform’s rules are met. [What the platforms allow](https://lyromusic.com/learn/does-spotify-allow-ai-music) and [how to monetise AI music](https://lyromusic.com/learn/can-you-monetize-ai-music) have the dated details. ### Who owns a song made with AI? The tool’s licence decides what you may do with it, and copyright law decides whether anyone owns it. In the US, purely AI-generated material is not protected. See [who owns AI-generated music](https://lyromusic.com/learn/who-owns-ai-generated-music) and [the rules by country](https://lyromusic.com/learn/ai-music-copyright-by-country). ### How do these guides check their facts? Every figure about another company or a law is dated and linked to the company’s or the authority’s own page. Where we could not confirm something, the page says so. Our only model test is small and described in [how we test AI music models](https://lyromusic.com/learn/how-we-test-ai-music-models).