Mark Devlin

Going to start a revolution from my bed. Founder @upchartofficial – where AI music creators are welcomed, supported and celebrated.

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Lots of creator requested-features added today: Country flags on profiles. Pinned comments on song pages. Clickable usernames in comments. Plus many speed improvements.

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New: To help new songs get more attention, you can now earn 20 credits, instead of ten, when you rate a song that's been uploaded in the previous 24 hours.

[Mark Devlin @sparkzilla]

Hi Michael! Love Cursor. Love Composer 2.5. But...Could you make it so that when we top up API usage, we also get the equivalent Composer 2.5 allowance included in our monthly subscription?

Right now, customers only receive extra API credits, which means I end up needing two accounts to get the same Composer usage.

For example: I’m on the $60 plan and receive 3x Composer usage each month. But once I run out, buying more API usage gives me zero additional Composer allowance. So my only option is to use a second account and spend another $60 just to get another 3x Composer allocation.

It would be far better if I could simply spend $20 for an extra 3x Composer allowance on my existing account. Better still, offer a Composer-only top-up option without additional API credits.

[Mark Devlin @sparkzilla]

I've put in at least a hundred hours on Composer 2.5 and many more hundreds with Composer 1.5. I use it almost all the time, but for difficult/critical jobs I still prefer Opus 4.7.

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Soot & Oxygen by Ustal is the new Number 1 on UPCHART's LIVE chart. Join the fastest growing community of AI music creators and get human feedback on your songs now. All new creators get 1250 free credits. https://t.co/hQKjVitvwa

[Mark Devlin @sparkzilla]

Sometimes you think: I'll fix this, it'll only take an hour...

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Long day of updates: Improved the Activity & Notifications feeds; Added a new widget for #1 songs in each genre; Added external links to the Song Detail page; and improved the song edit slide in.

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400 followers! Thank you all for supporting us as we grow! The only way is UP!

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Copying this amazing comment from one of our creators: 'I just wanted to say thank you to all who participate in UPCHART. First and foremost thank you Mark. Before I found UPCHART I was feeling alone and isolated creating my music. I had no idea of what others would think of my music. Then I started seeing a backlash against AI music, had my shop deleted by Bandcamp, read about court cases against AI platforms and felt things were crumbling. What you have created here is astounding and I hope it makes you a millionaire because you deserve it. This site is so much more than a battleground for AI music it is a real community of like minded people, creators with wild imaginations and great skills. The longer I am here the more the quality of music seems to grow. What I've been listening to lately is top notch. I thank you all for sharing, for your sense of humour and your camaraderie. I am finding that each individuals songs are different from others, a statement of who you are, there's not much AI slop here, there are real feelings and passion. I wish you all the very best of luck and good fortune.'

Come and join us...

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[Mark Devlin @sparkzilla]

@brettcalhounn Because everyone else is either afraid of change or trying to replicate what already exists. https://t.co/yJl0gmsJvn

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AI music's critics say it's not human, as though it's an insult. But by finally allowing all humans to make music, AI music is the most human music of all. https://t.co/bQULfeJ5Wt

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I got a surprising amount of LinkedIn comments – all by music industry insiders – asking what qualifies me to rate music. They're simply proving the point: they're not just gatekeeping who makes music, but who’s allowed to even have an opinion.

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Great comment from one of our creators: 'This is why I love songs created by AI creators, much more than what is currently on the popular music charts. There are stories, ideas, experiments here, without the filters of music companies, artificial "stars" and the same-sounding "trendy" styles. And they come directly from the songwriter to the listener. No restrictions, accepted topics.'

[Mark Devlin @sparkzilla]

I really like this one...

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In Silence by PureTexture is the new Number 1 on UPCHART's LIVE chart. Join the fastest growing community of AI music creators and get human feedback on your songs now. All new creators get 1250 free credits.

https://t.co/HjPCDM9iXl

[Mark Devlin @sparkzilla]

On LinkedIn, I said some guy was a bigot for saying that, even if a song was the best he'd every heard, he would dismiss it if he found out it was made by AI. Then he tried to say I was 'moral grandstanding'! Some people...

[Mark Devlin @sparkzilla]

I love Composer 2, but sometimes it really goes off the rails. Just open the f-in pod bay doors!

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1500 songs uploaded! Thank you all for helping build UPCHART into the home for AI music creators.

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One of our creators created an UPCHART anthem: Check out Up-Up-UPCHART! https://t.co/cQDNJd6cO4

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Same Game, Different Name by Sleeping Rocks is the new Number 1 on UPCHART's LIVE chart. Join our community of AI music creators and get human feedback on your songs now. All new creators get 1250 free credits. https://t.co/pScQKYXMrj

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When you say 'human-made' music is better, or has more value', than AI music you're actually saying that the tiny set of humans who currently make music are better, or have more value, than the whole of humanity that can now make music. You immediately discount every disabled person who can't make music, the millions of people who have songs and poems in their heads, the kids who want to make a song for their mum, and all the communities that will gather round and share their own songs. AI music is actually the most human music.

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After two months of rating and ranking hundreds of AI songs from hundreds of creators on UPCHART, here's what I've found:  

1. Most of the 1500 songs submitted to UPCHART are excellent. I rarely rank anything less than 3 out of 5.  

2. Some songs could be played on the radio as-is.

3. The sheer inventiveness of AI-generated songs is astounding: fantastic, original guitar and keyboard motifs and solos, unusual but interesting beats, soulful voices, atmospheres, and some of the best singing I've ever heard.

4. I haven't heard much repetition or slop at all. Most songs are distinct creations.  

5. Many people are reworking old demos and songs into stunning modern productions - myself included.  

6. Songs with human lyrics are better. Perhaps some of the slop accusations come from generic AI-generated lyrics.  

7. Some of our creators are people with disabilities, who would never be able to play instruments. AI music gives them a freedom they thought they could never have.   8. Some of the best songs rework elements of legacy bands and extend them. For example: What if Pink Floyd were still making great tracks, with modern production? Familiar, but new.  

9. We're seeing people build song-based communities. One creator wrote songs about the Roman Empire and invited others to submit their own, sparking discussions about the music and the history.  

10. The biggest insight, though, has been about what creators actually want. More than simply wanting their songs to be heard, and more than wanting their songs to rise up the charts, what AI song creators want most is to be valued as creators and acknowledged as people - especially when they face unwarranted anti-AI criticism.  
Creators want to tell, not just the stories behind their songs, but their life stories as well. Until UPCHART, there was no place to do that, so we've added spaces for creators to share and discuss the meaning behind their music - whether it's personal heartbreak, an adventure they had, or a character they want to embody. And they tell us how they struggled to create before these tools came along and how they feel when they can finally make the music in their head. It's a superpower to them. Reading their stories has changed the way we think about the business.  

The creativity was always there. But now the community is real. And we're only getting started.

Join us at https://t.co/xZK0ze1Y2b