Independent Certification
for Sound Recordings
Whatever your stance on AI in music, there is a trust problem. We're the humans helping rebuild that trust.
The Musical Form Institute verifies how recordings are made. We provide third-party certification that artists, labels, distributors, and platforms can trust.
Anyone can claim their music is human-made
No one can verify it
As generative AI enters music production, listeners, labels, and platforms have no reliable way to tell whether a recording was made by people or computed by machines. A claim without verification is just marketing. The market needs an independent standard.
The Musical Form Institute provides that standard. We review individual sound recordings against published criteria, using AI detection technology and qualified human review. Recordings that satisfy our standards are certified, assigned a unique ID, and listed on a public registry.
Two Certifications
Certified Significant Form
Certifies a recording is free of generative AI.
Your credential, not a platform's internal score.
Certificate of Embodied Production
Certifies a recording was made without grid correction, pitch correction, or generative AI.
The process behind the music, made visible.
Built on Trust, Not Opinion
Process-Based
We verify how a recording was made. Published standards, not proprietary algorithms.
Independent Review
Third-party certification you can point to. Not a vendor score buried inside a platform
Public Registry
Every certified recording is searchable. The result belongs to the market, not to us.
Non-Discriminatory
Certification is available to any eligible sound recording currently at no cost. Published standards and submission requirements apply equally.
Ready to Get Certified?
Submit a recording for review. Select your certification type. We handle the rest.