It seems that AI is everywhere—in the news, in the classroom, on social media, and especially in advertising. Beginning in 2024, AI began to aggressively expand into the field of music in a variety of ways, including composition, audio analysis, voice cloning, music recommendations, and music recognition. This essay specifically explores the use of AI to create music, with an overview of its capabilities, and evaluation of the outcomes, ethical considerations, and recommendations for use. The conclusions are based on experiences that my students and I have had “composing” music with generative AI, including honest feedback from students in my music theory and music appreciation classes at UT Dallas.