Welcome to Singing with AI: A Guide for Performers and Pedagogues
Artificial intelligence is changing the way we make, teach, and experience music. For singers and educators, this shift opens new possibilities—not as a replacement for human expression, but as a tool to support it.
This guide was created by a team of performers and teachers exploring how AI can be used in voice education and vocal artistry. We’ve combined traditional singing techniques with hands-on experiments using AI tools to support creativity, build skills, and improve access to music-making.
How to Use This Guide:
Each section focuses on a different aspect of singing with AI—like songwriting, voice synthesis, expression, and ethics. You’ll find real examples, tool suggestions, prompts to try, and questions to consider. You can read through it start to finish, or skip around to the topics that interest you most.
Whether you’re a singer, teacher, or simply curious about where technology meets the voice, this guide is here to help you explore—with curiosity, care, and creativity.
Definitions
AI Voice Synthesis: The use of artificial intelligence to create vocal sounds or singing from typed input, often mimicking human tone, style, or phrasing.
Generative AI: A type of AI that can create new content, such as music, lyrics, or melodies, based on patterns it has learned from large datasets.
Prompt Engineering: The practice of crafting effective instructions or queries to generate specific, desired outputs from AI tools.
Digital Audio Workstation (DAW): Software used for recording, editing, and producing audio files (e.g., Logic Pro).
