On Using LLMs for Lyrics

When I’ve used ChatGPT to generate lyrics for pre-existing musical ideas, it generates lyrics with a completely different prosody. The A-B comparison is quite remarkable. I can tell the difference and always go with my original idea. You could take the generated lyric and use it to write another piece. The Boomy app is also interesting to generate ideas but the results are too random and require lots of editing. Editing might involve playing against the generated music, in which case you’ll have something similar but mostly different. Whether a layperson can tell the difference between two pieces of music that have been similarly produced, I think they couldn’t because of a similar production. But certainly one can tell the difference between a grainy, warbled music made from samples and something through-composed. As to classical music, it might be more difficult to tell them apart, simply by the nature of the music. For example, baroque music tends to sound like baroque music using the same instrumentation. Generative classical is easier because of its instrumental typology, as opposed to pop music which is infinitely more varied in terms of sounds used.