The Music Scout (Alternative) - September 2025
Author: Jay Goldberg
Unfortunately, not enough stations were interested in my syndicated content for radio stations, so that project goes on the back-burner. So I'll continue writing about my journey into AI music over the next couple of months.
I completed my original sci-fi rock opera using Songer.co to come up with the lyrics using my prompts, and the music using my five genres/moods. While I loved the music and the lyrics made sense, it did not tell the story as clearly as I would have liked. So I upgraded to the Pro version so I could use my own lyrics and give more direction for the music. I did have to start from scratch with the music since there is no way to change the lyrics for an existing song they created previously.
Having never written lyrics before (and only books), I decided to use the lyrics generated for each of the 13 songs in my sci-fi rock opera by Songer as templates for my original lyrics. This worked well because while the lyrics needed more clarity, the flow of the lyrics from a story perspective was there. I would say that about 75% to 80% of the lines throughout the songs were either modified or entirely rewritten. And to help with writing the lyrics I used the site rhymezone.com. I believe this is a great approach for anyone not skilled in writing lyrics. Feed Songer the prompts for the song you want, but don't unlock the song. Then copy their lyrics and use them as a template, changing them to better reflect your vision for the song. There is a tab to toggle between using Songer's lyrics and your lyrics, if you upgrade to Pro.
One thing I learned during the process is if you write full sentences instead of shortened sentences, Songer gives you rap in the song when the lyrics are a mouthful. It's not all rap, just a portion. Think Linkin Park. I had to go back and modify my lyrics to shorten sentences to eliminate rap in one of my songs.
Also, looking at the lyrics Songer generated, I noticed something that helped me control the music beyond the five genres/moods that you can enter. Use the brackets [ ]. I also used asterisks (*) inside the brackets since that is how the completed lyrics from Songer showed instrumentals. Apparently anything in the brackets are looked at as instructions, not song lyrics. So for example in one of my songs I started with:
[Song title = MEET TEAM 9]
[Intro]
[*Instrumental saxophone opening, melodic and gritty, setting a rhythmic tone.*]
[Verse 1]
Then the lyrics start
This worked very well in creating an opening instrumental for that song.
Another point I want to make if you use Songer, is that in addition to their list of genres/moods, you can try entering your own. If you do you'll find that they have many more already configured. Some examples are: new wave, catchy, male, female, male and female vocals, synth-pop, unplugged, and many more. Just try whatever you can think of.
My next step was to send my music to Discmakers.com to get physical copies of my sci-fi rock opera. I have used them in the past for other projects and I like their work.
I also submitted my album to CDBaby.com for marketing and distribution. Here I had to convert the mp3s I downloaded from Songer to WAV files. For that I used Audacity, which is a free program you can download. I had to set the project rate to 44.1 kHz when converting the mp3s to WAV files for uploading to CD Baby. Next month I'll report on the progress I make with CD Baby. They have a very cool webpage for my project after it's approved, and I'll provide a link to that page next month so you can see what you can get. And after it's approved I will submit my album to a PRO (most likely ASCAP). As of this write-up, you cannot submit songs created with the help of AI to SoundExchange. However, I talked with them over the phone and they are working on a policy to correct that. I pointed out to them that if they didn't allow it, it would negatively impact their existing members since it would be less expensive for radio stations to play AI-assisted music than music by artists since there would be no royalties owed for internet airplay for AI-assisted songs.
What this all means when all steps are finished is that in addition to owning Live365 radio stations, station owners can be in the business of creating content. And if their content catches on (either through airplay, sales, or streaming), there could be revenue generated to help pay for the cost of their radio stations.
Worst case, if you don't follow through with making your songs available commercially or for other outlets to play, it would provide your station with music that can only be heard on your station and provide you with songs listeners can only get through station promotions.
Here is a link to Songer.co – I get two song credits if you sign up through the link.
Now onto the music for this month. What follows are some of the latest songs I received from indie artists:
"Ladies And Gentlemen" by Andy X
"Summer Ends In June" by Bad Valentines
"Bring Me The Keys" by Alex Wellkers
"Put Your Jeans On" by Delta High
"Pounding Pavements" by Studeo
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