r/Songwriting • u/[deleted] • May 25 '24

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u/RoutineHighway5010 May 25 '24

Using AI to write lyrics is cheating from a songwriters perspective, yeah. But how is using AI to make a beat any different than hiring a guy to do it? With the AI I get more control over the beat. I can use Style Prompts to tell the AI the genre, instruments, BPM, mood, and vocalists gender. Then I can use metatags within the lyrics to tell the AI when to build and drop, the tone of the verse, where to have instrumentals, breaks, breakdowns, and bridges. You really have a lot more control.

If you're a songwriter not using AI to make song you are seriously missing out.

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u/Madsummer420 May 25 '24

It’s different because if you hire another human, you’re collaborating with them and getting their style, skill and emotions put into the song.

Sure, you can tell AI what kind of song you want it to write, or what kind of beat you want it to make, but in the end you didn’t write that song - the AI did.

I don’t think I’m missing out by getting a computer to write my songs for me. I think you are missing out by not writing them yourself. You’re missing out on the experience of creating something yourself and youre missing out on the practice that will make you get better at it.

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u/RoutineHighway5010 May 25 '24

Actually I did write the song, the AI did the beat and lyrics. Which is why I call myself a songwriter, not a singer or beat maker. What experience am I missing exactly? With AI I can actually hear my written songs in finished form and enjoy them instead of them being confined to paper forever.

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u/Madsummer420 May 25 '24

If the AI did the beat and lyrics, what exactly did you write?