Every new tool gets this speech — the camera was going to kill painting, synthesizers were going to kill 'real' instruments. The debate is older than you and it'll outlast the comments section.
1. Don't debate in the comments. You will never win a stranger over in a reply thread, and the algorithm rewards the fight, not you. Post your song and move on.
2. The only test that matters: did someone feel something? Listeners don't care about your process — they care about the goosebumps. A song that moves people IS real music, full stop.
3. You're still the artist. You wrote the lyrics, directed the style, curated 40 generations down to one, arranged the structure. That's creative work — the tool changed, the taste didn't.
4. Find your people. AI-music communities are full of folks building real audiences. One encouraging community beats a hundred doubters.
5. Let the songs answer. The critics are loudest before you have fans. Keep shipping — nothing silences 'not real music' like a real audience singing along.
Good luck! Hank founder of SonorixPG