How We Make Our Music

People Decide What We Release

Every Cedar & Mercy Records song begins with a person deciding what is worth saying and ends with a person deciding it is good enough to release. The direction, the judgment and the final decision are human. Technology helps us write and produce, but it does not decide what we believe, what we want to say, or what belongs in our catalog.

We care about the meaning of the work as much as the finished sound. A person reviews every release, every lyric, and every scripture reference before it is published. That review is part of our responsibility to our listeners and to the message we choose to share.

The Tools We Use

We use modern creative tools in parts of our production, including generative artificial intelligence. Depending on the project, those tools can contribute to lyric drafts, vocals, instrumentation, artwork, or video. Their role can differ from one release to another. We use them as production tools within a process directed and reviewed by people.

Some Cedar & Mercy artists are studio projects rather than touring performers. When that is the case, we say so on the artist’s page. We want listeners to understand what they are hearing and how the project is presented, without pretending that a studio project is a touring person or group.

Our Boundaries

We do not copy the voice or likeness of real artists. We are interested in making original work, not in creating a substitute for someone else’s identity or performance.

We label AI-made audio, images and video in every post that carries them. Where a platform has its own AI label, we use it when our posting tools allow it. Platform rules change, so we check them before each release.

Prayer requests and private messages are outside our creative production process. They are never used to train AI, and they are never source material for a song, a script or any other creative work. We do not send them to any AI tool. Our Privacy Policy explains how requests are handled.

Human Responsibility

Using a tool does not remove our responsibility for what we publish. People set the direction, evaluate the output, revise the work, check the words and references, and approve the finished release. If a result does not meet our standards, we do not release it.

We share this explanation because listeners deserve a clear account of our process. We will continue to be direct about how a project is made and to review our practices as creative technology changes.

Questions

We welcome questions about our creative process. Please reach us through the contact page.