Creator shaping a musical waveform

The Verdict Scale

Five tiers, one honest answer

Every assessment produces a single weighted score (0–100) and lands in one of five tiers.

Slide along the scale

  • H-5

    Predominantly Human

    score 85–100

    Composition, performance, and production overwhelmingly originated by humans.

  • H-4

    Substantially Human

    score 70–84

    Human authorship dominates; AI played a supporting or generative-assist role.

  • M-3

    Collaborative

    score 50–69

    A genuine human/AI co-write — meaningful contributions from both.

  • A-2

    AI-Assisted

    score 30–49

    AI generated the core; human shaping, curation, and edits applied on top.

  • A-1

    AI-Generated

    score 0–29

    Output is primarily AI-generated with minimal human authorship.

Why this matters now

The music industry is drawing the same line. Major labels now call for AI-assisted music to be substantially human before it's treated as a signed or promoted work, and streaming platforms are moving toward requiring a substantially human share of authorship for AI-assisted tracks — affecting playlist placement, monetization eligibility, and label interest. A documented, weighted record of your human contribution is how you meet that bar with evidence instead of claims.

Disclosure is never a penalty — honesty improves your score.

How scoring works

The nine dimensions at a glance

Slide along to see what each dimension measures and how much it weighs. Weights total 100%.

  • D125% weight

    Musical Composition

    Melody, harmony, structure, and arrangement decisions you personally originated.

    Did you hum, play, or notate the core melody? Did you choose the chord changes and section order?

  • D220% weight

    Lyrics & Vocal Authorship

    Lyric authorship, voice, phrasing, and emotional delivery.

    Who wrote the words? Whose voice is on the recording — yours, a human collaborator's, or AI-generated?

  • D320% weight

    Production & Sound Design

    Mixing, sound design, FX chains, and the sonic identity of the track.

    Did you design the patches, pick the samples, route the bus chain, and finalize the mix?

  • D410% weight

    Performance & Execution

    Live performance and played parts captured to the recording. Has a floor — composers and producers are not penalized for not performing.

    Tracked vocals, played instruments, programmed MIDI in real time? Or composed-only? Both are valid paths.

  • D54% weight

    Curation & Editorial Judgment

    Selection, rejection, and editorial taste applied to AI-generated material.

    How many generations did you sift? What was your accept/reject ratio? Document the workflow.

  • D66% weight

    Creative Intent & Concept

    The underlying idea, story, or artistic premise driving the track.

    Whose concept is it? Can you articulate the emotional or narrative arc you set out to create?

  • D710% weight

    Iterative Creative Labor

    Effort over time. Intensity of iteration matters more than session count.

    Hours invested, revisions made, dead-ends explored — the visible fingerprints of human labor.

  • D83% weight

    Training Data Provenance

    Disclosure of the AI platform(s) used and their known training-data posture.

    Scored purely on completion of the disclosure — the platform you pick and its risk tier do not raise or lower your score.

  • D92% weight

    Commercial Intent & Representation

    How the track will be represented commercially — personal, release, or sync — and whether that aligns with your platform's rights tier.

    Scored purely on completion — every option (personal, streaming, sync, undecided) scores the same. Advisories may appear but never dock points.

Registry & signing

The Veridem Authorship Registry & cryptographic signing

Every finalized MHAIX certificate is automatically registered with the central Veridem Authorship Registry — a shared verification database used across all Veridem products (MHAIX, Stem:Ample, Re:Writ, Compose:EP). At the moment you finalize, the app calls the registry, receives a unique registry ID, and embeds it into the certificate along with a scannable QR code that links to a public verification page. Anyone holding the PDF can scan the QR to confirm the certificate exists in the registry and matches what's on the page.

At finalization the certificate payload is also hashed and signed with a freshly-generated Ed25519 keypair. The signature and the public key are embedded in the certificate itself, and a short signing key fingerprint is printed on the document so it can be visually cross-checked. This proves the certificate hasn't been altered after issuance — any tampered copy will fail signature verification.

Songwriters collaborating in a studio
Certifying more than one song?

Certify a full release

An EP or album can be certified as a release. Every track still gets its own full D1–D9 certification and certificate, while the release adds one group summary.

Songwriter's notebook and authorship checklist

Practical guide

How do I prove I wrote an AI-assisted song?

Learn which drafts, recordings, project files, and decision notes create a useful record of human authorship.

Read the authorship guide →

Finished certifications are publicly registered and verifiable — learn how to look one up.

The Veridem Ecosystem

One ecosystem · from the first prompt to the final release

6 products · 1 flywheel