Our Code of Ethics for Creativity, Worship & Technology - The DWELLING Co.
At The DWELLING Co., we believe that music is a gift, a reflection of divine creativity.
Technology, when used with discernment, can amplify that gift. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is one of the most significant creative tools of our time, and rather than fearing it, we choose to engage with it faithfully and responsibly.
We see AI not as a replacement for human creativity, but as a means to democratise song creation, break down unnecessary industry barriers, and give the Local Church new ways to tell timeless stories and enter into the presence of God.
We use AI as a creative partner to serve people:
Democratise creation — allowing independent songwriters, worshipers, and small collectives to produce music without needing access to expensive studios or major labels.
Remove gatekeepers — reducing the Church’s dependence on secular corporations with profit-driven motives.
Enable open worship — by lowering production costs, we can release more music freely under licences like Creative Commons (CC BY-NC), allowing churches to use, record, and share our songs for non-commercial purposes without cost.
Accelerate inspiration — enabling rapid exploration of musical ideas, melodies, and arrangements that can then be refined by human hands and hearts.
Steward resources wisely — using accessible tools to reach more people while remaining faithful to our calling and sustainable as creators.
All The DWELLING Co. songs begin with human creativity — original lyrics, melodies, and chord structures are written by our team. AI tools are then used to help bring those ideas to life through arrangement, production, and vocal rendering. Our artists may even demo some of the instrumental hooks to ensure their vision for the song is reached. We use licensed AI platforms to generate instrumental tracks and vocal performances that interpret our original compositions.
In this way, AI acts as a creative amplifier, transforming sketches and demos into complete songs that can reach listeners sooner and more sustainably. Every song released under The Dwelling Co. originates from human intention, message, and authorship in a prayerful way.
AI assists in the delivery, not the inspiration.
When significant AI generation is part of a release (such as vocals or instrumentation), we disclose it transparently, ensuring ethical and legal clarity for listeners, artists, and collaborators.
We hold to the principle that:
AI should inspire creation, not replace the Creator’s image within us.
Therefore:
AI will never be used to impersonate, replicate, or exploit the likeness or voice of another human artist without consent.
We do not use AI to generate entire songs from prompts without meaningful human authorship or input.
We see AI as a collaborative instrument, not an autonomous songwriter. Even when AI is used to produce an entire song, a human is making all the creative decisions, a human wrote the lyrics, and a human wrote the melodies.
Transparency — clearly identifying when and how AI has been used in our creative work.
Integrity — maintaining human authorship and creative ownership of all lyrical and melodic content.
Respect — not exploiting AI-generated content that infringes on other creators’ rights or identities.
Discernment — prayerfully evaluating each tool and technology we adopt through the lens of faith and community.
Purpose — using technology to serve worship, community, and truth.
We believe that AI can help restore independence to faith-based music, returning creativity to the people of the Church. It can help remove secular profit-based motives and gatekeepers from music intended as a worship offering and to enter the presence of God. By combining human creativity, divine inspiration, and ethical innovation, we can build a new kind of creative economy: one led by integrity, not algorithms.
As technology and its implications evolve, so will this code. We invite conversation, feedback, and accountability from our listeners, collaborators, and community of faith.
Together, we can ensure that every note we create — human or AI-assisted — glorifies the One who made all sound possible.
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