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A counsellor found their musical voice and shaped a new genre with AI

Six songs made with AI tools became InclUSion Music, a genre fusing protest, healing, empowerment and meditation.

This creator came to the AI Mastery journey and left with a body of six songs and a genre of their own. They used AI to spark ideas, then rewrote until every line felt true. Their story shows how new tools can open a door to a capability you did not know you had.

MJ Lace
A meditation and counselling practitioner who writes songs for people facing oppression and burnout.

InclUSion Music

Before

Before the program, music was not something they named as their own. They ran a meditative and counselling practice and cared deeply about people living with oppression, burnout and systemic exclusion. Turning that care into songs was not yet part of the picture.

“I then edited, refined, and rewrote extensively to ensure authenticity and emotional truth.”

In their own words

The turning point

In the Mindvalley AI Mastery journey, they began using Claude AI and ChatGPT to generate lyrical concepts, themes and structural ideas. They did not stop at the drafts. They edited, refined and rewrote extensively, then produced the final pieces with several AI music tools and experiments with Claude Code.

After

They now have a finished body of work: I Move Like Me, This Is Our Circus, How Not to Save the World, Rest and Recalibrate, Amon-Ra-Ra-Heka and Oppression. Together these songs form InclUSion Music, a genre they describe as fusing protest, healing, empowerment and meditation.

What it lets people do

The songs speak to people experiencing oppression, burnout and systemic exclusion. They also give listeners a gentle way into the creator's meditative and counselling practice.

What they learned

They learned that AI can be a starting point rather than the author. By rewriting for authenticity and emotional truth, they discovered a musical capability that was theirs all along.

“Through this process, I discovered my own musical capability.”

In their own words

InclUSion Music was built during AI Mastery.

Read the full submission
(I Move Like Me, This Is Our Circus, How Not to Save the World, Rest and Recalibrate, Amon-Ra-Ra-Heka, Oppression). This body of work was created through the Mindvalley AI Mastery journey. I used Claude AI and ChatGPT to generate lyrical concepts, themes, and structural ideas. I then edited, refined, and rewrote extensively to ensure authenticity and emotional truth. The final compositions were produced using multiple AI music generation tools, alongside experimentation with Claude Code and emerging music AI workflows. Through this process, I discovered my own musical capability. The result is InclUSion Music, a genre that fuses protest, healing, empowerment, and meditation. These songs speak to people experiencing oppression, burnout, and systemic exclusion while also opening pathways into my meditative and counselling practice.

Written 15 February 2026 Submitted by the storyteller

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