Summary
The Songs of Love Foundation creates personalized songs for children with serious illnesses and is now using AI to reach older adults with memory loss. They are collaborating with the AI music platform Suno to help produce music from past eras. This use of AI helps the nonprofit expand its ability to create songs using fewer resources.
Key Facts
- Songs of Love Foundation has created over 46,000 personalized songs for children with severe illnesses.
- They use music for its comforting and inclusive effects but are not a licensed music therapy organization.
- The foundation is expanding its focus to include older adults with memory loss, such as those with Alzheimer's.
- The founder, John Beltzer, is personally invested due to his mother's experience with Alzheimer's.
- To authentically create music from older eras like big band and swing, they partnered with the AI platform Suno.
- Suno provides free access to AI tools that help transform rough recordings into fully produced tracks.
- The foundation is open to new technologies, accepting cryptocurrency donations and using AI for creating music.
