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Genre — what should this song sound like?
Classic Country
Waylon, Cash, Hank Williams. Stories told plain, with weight.
New Country
Luke Bryan, Sam Hunt, Kane Brown. Country bones, pop polish, radio hooks.
Soft Rock
Bryan Adams, Fleetwood Mac, Billy Joel. Polished feeling, melody first.
Classic Rock
Stones, Beatles, Petty, Skynyrd. Big imagery, guitar muscle, hooks that swing.
Alt Rock
Radiohead, Nirvana, The National. Oblique, atmospheric, dynamic.
Folk
Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Simon & Garfunkel. Stories with breath, voice forward.
Blues
B.B. King, Muddy Waters, Etta James. Twelve bars, three lines, one ache.
Pop
Modern, immediate, hook-obsessed. Built to be sung along to.
Rap
Persona, density, multisyllabic rhyme. Bars over chords.
Emotions — pick as many as fit
Setting — where does this song live?
Word palette — images and textures to weave in
Lyric style
Sparse & raw
Short lines. Nothing wasted. Every word earns its place.
Poetic & dense
Rich imagery. Layered meaning. Reads like it was lived in.
Conversational
Sounds like talking. Honest and direct. Easy to sing along to.
Storytelling
A scene. A moment. Something that happened, told like it mattered.
Rhyme pattern
Free verse
No rhyme pattern. Let the words flow naturally.
Couplets (AABB)
Paired lines rhyme. 1 with 2, then 3 with 4.
Alternating (ABAB)
Every other line rhymes. 1 with 3, 2 with 4.
Folk pattern (ABCB)
Only the 2nd and 4th lines rhyme. Common in folk and country.
Internal rhymes
Rhymes happen inside lines, not just at the end. Clever and dense.
Chord feel — optional starting point for the verses
Upbeat & hopeful
C — G — Am — F
Bright and open. Familiar warmth. Feels like possibility cracking through.
Dark & heavy
Dm — Am — Bb — F
Weight without collapse. Sits in the dark comfortably.
Bittersweet ache
Am — F — C — G
Sad but still breathing. The classic heartbreak sound.
Tension & unease
Em — D — C — B7
Never fully resolves. Perfect for anger or conflict that has no answer.
Dreamy & floating
Cmaj7 — Am7 — Fmaj7 — G
Soft edges. Like a memory you can't quite hold onto.
Warm & grounded
G — D — Em — C
Steady and honest. Sounds like something real happened here.
Raw & unresolved
Am — C — F — E
That E major surprise stings right when you don't expect it.
Driving & urgent
E — A — D — A
Forward momentum. Feels like something has to give.
Quiet hope
F — C — Dm — Am
Sadness softening into peace. Tender and still.
Triumphant
D — G — A — D
Anthemic. The "made it through" sound. Big and open.
Lonely & folk
Em — Am — D — G
Late-night campfire feeling. Wistful and worn-in.
Tender & intimate
D — A — Bm — G
A love song that means it. Warm without being sweet.
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