Streaming Platform ROKK Pledges to Remove AI-Generated Tracks From Its Service

Metal and rock-focused streaming platform ROKK is implementing new measures to remove AI-generated tracks from its service.

The platform:

• ROKK was co-founded in January 2024 by Kamelot and Cyhra drummer Alexander Landenburg and Mentalist guitarist Peter Moog.

• It claims to be “the first streaming app dedicated to rock & metal.”

No AI music:

• ROKK users can now report music they believe to be AI generated.

• That sets in motion a human review process to determine whether the track can remain on the platform.

• As Digital Music News comments, no other streaming platform is attempting such a feat, the closest being Deezer, which recently implemented an AI tagging system to let listeners know a track might be AI generated.

• While Deezer estimates 18% of music uploaded daily to the platform is now AI generated, the issue has recently come to the fore with the controversy surrounding AI-generated band The Velvet Sundown, which recently passed one million monthly Spotify listeners.

What they said:

• Alexander Landenburg: “Most of us have spent decades – often the biggest part of our lives – learning, practicing, failing, sacrificing, and starting over, just to reach the point where we can create something that might be meaningful.”

• “To see that reduced to something generated in seconds from a text prompt isn’t just disappointing – it’s a slap in the face to every artist who’s put their heart and soul into their craft. This must be stopped. That’s why our goal is clear: No Fully AI-Generated Music on ROKK.”