Make music like Imogen Heap with StyleFilter by Jen — a new ethical tool that pays artists 70%

Key takeaways:

• This could help AI and musicians work together, not against each other.
• Imogen Heap’s StyleFilters lets fans make music in artists’ styles and pays the original creators.
• Artists get 70% of the money when their style is used, making it a fair system.

Imogen Heap, known for her creative music and tech ideas, just launched a new AI tool with her company Jen. The tool is called StyleFilters, and it lets people make music that sounds like their favorite artists—while making sure those artists get paid.

StyleFilters works kind of like picking a character skin in a video game.

Shara Senderoff, Jen’s CEO, explained, “For so many years, people said, ‘If only we could bottle up that (musician’s) vibe…No one ever said, ‘Well, what if we could?”

Each StyleFilter lets you add the mood and style of a real song to your own music using AI. Artists who give permission for their music to be used earn 70% of the revenue.

The first StyleFilters feature five of Imogen Heap’s songs, including “Headlock” and her new single, “What Have You Done to Me.” Jen plans to add more artists soon, so fans can try out different styles. This builds on Heap’s previous innovations like Mogen, her AI twin.

Jen’s AI model is ethical and has been trained only on licensed songs, and Senderoff said, “Not a single note was sourced unethically. If you use Jen to create a song featuring gritty guitars and drums, you own that track. It’s completely licensed. We’ve secured all necessary licenses”. This means users can make and own their AI songs, and artists get paid fairly for their work. This also helps answer the question Will AI replace musicians? and offers a new way for creators to own the AI songs they make.