ROUND 01 — 06

The lineup

Red card = stay away, when it comes to real art. Yellow card = works as a tool, not as a replacement. Green card = honest, That’s actually what AI is made for.

Round 01
challenger

KI-Mastering

LANDR · eMastered · Ozone AI
VS
Defending champion

Mastering-Engineer

Real studio · real ears

An algorithm listens to ten thousand reference tracks and rolls the dice for you 90 Seconds something loud. Sounds okay sometimes, never resonates dir.

Fun Fact: The algorithm has never been in the rehearsal room, never had a currywurst ate after the session and don't know, why the snare has to bang exactly THAT way.

Yellow cardDemo ok, Release no
Round 02
challenger

KI-Cover-Art

Midjourney · DALL·E
VS
Defending champion

Photographer / Graphic artist

Camera · Photoshop · Handwriting

Six fingers, strange teeth, generic “hip hop” vibe" out of the box - trained with millions Pictures from real artists, who didn't see a cent for it.

Your cover should tell your story, not that of a model, doesn't even know that, what a Ruhrpott is.

Red cardDisqualified
Round 03
challenger

AI lyrics

ChatGPT-Bars · Suno-Lyrics
VS
Defending champion

Own rhymes

Note · head · real life

Rhymes, sounds clean, but says nothing. A prompt doesn't know, how it is, if your sales department you because of “Fraud" blocks, even though you were only streamed.

AI punchlines taste like decaffeinated coffee: looks like the original, but it doesn't wake anyone up.

Red cardDisqualified
Round 04
challenger

KI Music Video

Runway · Sora · LTX
VS
Defending champion

Handykamera + Buddy

Direction: your buddy Karl-Heinz

Looks impressive for three seconds, Afterwards your face melts like a ball of ice cream in August. We tried it ourselves - and let it go again.

A shaky video in front of the bus stop with real people in it beats any AI rendering. Always.

Red cardDisqualified
Round 05
challenger

KI-Playlist-Bots

“Guaranteed" Streams, Fake-Engagement
VS
Defending champion

Real networking

A&R, Curators, loyal listeners

Sounds tempting, usually ends with that, that your sales department kicks you out because of suspicion of botting — even if you didn't order anything. ask me, as I know.

Shortcuts in the music industry usually end up being sidelined, not on the homepage.

Red cardDisqualified
Round 06
challenger

AI in the back office

Catalog-Audit, Rights-Tools
VS
Defending champion

Excel-Chaos

424 Tracks, two CSVs, despair

Here the AI ​​can get in on it: Split check, Find registration gaps, Sort tables. Nobody calls accounting an art" — and that's exactly why it's the only fair bet.

The AI ​​is allowed to sort my collecting society forms. She doesn't write my bars.

Green cardApproved