Writing a song is three jobs — the idea, the words, and the recording. This platform can help with all three, but you stay the writer: you decide the subject, the structure and what gets kept. This page covers the full path from a blank page to an exported track.
- Idea. One concrete subject with a point of view beats a broad theme. "A leaving song written from the perspective of the person staying" is a brief; "sad song" is not.
- Words and structure. Draft the lyrics, then decide where the chorus lands and where the song breathes. The AI Lyrics Generator drafts lines from a prompt, and the Lyria 3 prompt guide covers structure and section wording.
- Recording. The generator performs it. You choose the mode: Lyrics to Music when the words are fixed, Custom Mode when you want to set Title, Style, Lyrics and the instrumental toggle in one form.
- Packaging. Cover art, then export — the Song Cover Generator handles the artwork from inside the same account.
- Write the brief in one line. Subject, mood, and who is singing to whom.
- Draft the lyrics in the AI Lyrics Generator, then cut anything that does not earn its line.
- Mark structure. Short lines, clear verse and chorus blocks, and bracketed markers for instrumental sections — the workbench's default lyric text uses
[Instrumental] in exactly this way.
- Open the AI Music Generator and sign in.
- Pick the mode. Lyrics to Music if the words are final; Custom Mode if you also want to fix the title and the style string up front. Note that Custom Mode expects lyrics when the Instrumental toggle is off.
- Describe the record. Genre, era, tempo in bpm, instrumentation, vocal character.
- Choose the model and read the credit cost before submitting.
- Review honestly. If the hook does not land, change one variable — the words, the tempo, or the arrangement — and regenerate. Extend the track once the structure works.
- Export the audio and the cover art, then keep the project in your history so later edits can build on the version you approved.
- Getting a demo you can listen to instead of imagining it.
- Testing a structure: move the chorus earlier, shorten the second verse, see whether the song holds.
- Producing a personalised song for an occasion when a studio session is not realistic.
- It does not make you a writer. The output reflects your brief; if the brief is vague, the song is generic.
- It does not guarantee a usable first take. Budget several attempts, and remember each submitted task consumes credits at the cost shown for the selected model.
- It does not grant commercial rights automatically. Rights depend on the selected model provider, your plan, your inputs, applicable law and third-party rights — read the Terms of Service.
- It does not offer note-level editing. If the melody needs a rewrite, write it again in the prompt; the workbench is not a DAW.
- A wall of lyrics. Long unbroken blocks give the model less structure to work with.
- No tempo and no genre. Those two fields do most of the work in the style string.
- Changing everything after a near miss. One variable per attempt is how you converge.
- Leaving the rights question to the end. Check the rules before you plan a release.
No — you can draft them with the AI Lyrics Generator, or generate in Text to Music mode where the workbench handles the words. Writing them yourself gives you tighter control over structure and phrasing.
Yes, as two separate tasks. Generate the instrumental with the Instrumental toggle on, then generate the vocal version from the same brief and compare them.
Download it before the next task. Editing tools such as Extend and Add Tracks build on an existing track and produce a new result, so the version you liked stays safe on your device.
Every generation and every edit is a billed task, with the cost of the selected model or tool shown before you submit. See Pricing for current packs and plans, and the Lyria 3 Free Guide for what an eligible new account can try.
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