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Generally to produce music you need to use a DAW. Ableton, Logic Pro etc. What sucks is you can't easily just assign a lyric to a note. Like it's just not a feature they provide.
It's something you can do in MuseScore because it uses traditional notation, but it would be great to be able to do it in something like Ableton.
Allow me to plug a dictionary/thesaurus site I've been running for decades called OneLook ( https://onelook.com ). Although it's not specifically aimed at songwriters, it does attract many of them as users. Over the past thirty years, I've added all sorts of brainstorming features for creative writers—like the ability to search for words by description, to match words with a given meter, and more recently to discover…
Also OP might like https://www.onelook.com/spruce/
I have been building my own app for this recently. Its very early, but I have been shaping 3 songs with it already and am starting to get some friends to try it. I am self taught with songwriting/music so I think it might reflect my own idiosyncratic songwriting process more than anything else at the moment. Happy to open up a preview if anyone is interested though. Shoot me an email if interested (in profile)
Currently working on an album. Software I use for songwriting: mostly Logic, also Dorico. Voice memos. Rhymezone sometimes. Rhymezone seems less and less helpful as I go on. I hardly use text editors for lyrics, paper seems to work a lot better. I end up with a lot of scribbles all over the paper. AI suggestions for songwriting seems a bit like turning on cheat codes in a game. Cheat codes will help me beat a game fa…
If you're not already aware of it, check out onelook.com
I’m not using RhymeZone less and less because RhymeZone could be better at what it does. I’m using RhymeZone less and less because the problem that RhymeZone solves is becoming less and less relevant to my process.
I have been building my own app for this recently. Its very early, but I have been shaping 3 songs with it already and am starting to get some friends to try it. I am self taught with songwriting/music so I think it might reflect my own idiosyncratic songwriting process more than anything else at the moment. Happy to open up a preview if anyone is interested though. Shoot me an email if interested (in profile)
What does the app provide? I have long considered creating an app that combines Notes with Voice Memos with a way of tracking alternative ideas for each line or section.
Create projects Projects can contain notes and audio (uploaded or recorded in browser) Then theres an AI chat in the project where the docs/audio are available as context (multimodal models used)
Its definitely very early; AI and UX need a lot of work. But definitely has helped me get over some “humps” with writing songs.
For extra context: I write songs with acoustic guitar and vocals, but I would say they are pretty simple overall.
This is actually an area that I find a little frustrating. Generally to produce music you need to use a DAW. Ableton, Logic Pro etc. What sucks is you can't easily just assign a lyric to a note. Like it's just not a feature they provide. It's something you can do in MuseScore because it uses traditional notation, but it would be great to be able to do it in something like Ableton.
https://support.apple.com/guide/logicpro/add-lyrics-to-a-sco...
This is actually an area that I find a little frustrating. Generally to produce music you need to use a DAW. Ableton, Logic Pro etc. What sucks is you can't easily just assign a lyric to a note. Like it's just not a feature they provide. It's something you can do in MuseScore because it uses traditional notation, but it would be great to be able to do it in something like Ableton.
That said, it’s not one of the strengths of Logic to use it this way.
for words: rhymezone, roget, oed, b-rhymes, fun python dictionary things :~)
I was just asking a producer friend today about this — does anyone know of any tools that let you “clip” parts of songs with notes? When I’m listening to music I’ll occasionally hear some element I really like and note it down via text for later Eg “synth at 1:35, really cool — be great for a cyberpunk track” I’d love to be able to hear these clips with one click (almost like Splice) Considering building for myself i…
You could use AI generated music this way, generate some songs and sample snippets or find interesting rhythms.