songwriting-and-ai-music

# Songwriting & AI Music Generation Everything here is a GUIDELINE, not a rule. Art breaks rules on purpose. Use what serves the song. Ignore what doesn't. --- ## 1. Song Structure (Pick One or Invent Your Own) Common skeletons — mix, modify, or throw out as needed: ``` ABABCB Verse/Chorus/Verse/Chorus/Bridge/Chorus (most pop/rock) AABA Verse/Verse/Bridge/Verse (refrain-based) (jazz standards, ballads) ABAB Verse/Chorus alternating (simple, direct) AAA Verse/Verse/Verse (strophic, no chorus) (folk, storytelling) ``` The six building blocks: - Intro — set the mood, pull the listener in - Verse — the story, the details, the world-building - Pre-Chorus — optional tension ramp before the payoff - Chorus — the emotional core, the part people remember - Bridge — a detour, a shift in perspective or key - Outro — the farewell, can echo or subvert the rest You don't need all of these. Some great songs are just one section that evolves. Structure serves the emotion, not the other way around. --- ## 2. Rhyme, Meter, and Sound RHYME TYPES (from tight to loose): - Perfect: lean/mean - Family: crate/braid - Assonance: had/glass (same vowels, different endings) - Consonance: scene/when (different vowels, similar endings) - Near/slant: enough to suggest connection without locking it down Mix them. All perfect rhymes can sound like a nursery rhyme. All slant rhymes can sound lazy. The blend is where it lives. INTERNAL ...