Academy Make songs

Write descriptions like a pro

Intermediate6 min6 steps

A great description is not long: it names the right things. Producers think in six layers. Give Vocals a word or two for each and the song comes out the way you hear it.

Step 1 of 6
  1. The genre sets almost everything else: the drums, the instruments, the tempo. Be specific: deep house says more than “electronic”.

  2. One or two words for the feeling: dreamy, late-night, uplifting. Mood decides the chords and the sounds.

  3. Pick the sounds you want to hear first: warm Rhodes, punchy 808s, soft strings. More than three and they start to fight.

  4. A number of BPM or a key, like 100 BPM in A minor, pins the groove down. Leave it out and Vocals picks what suits the genre.

  5. Ask for a shape: a quiet intro that builds, a big chorus, a fade-out ending.

  6. Say who sings and what about: breathy female vocal, about driving home at dawn. The story is what the words are written from.

Build a description

Pick one word or more in each row. The description writes itself; open it in Create when it sounds right.

Genre
Mood
Instruments
Tempo and key
Shape
Voice and story

Your description appears here.

Make it in Vocals

Pro tips

  • Use Write it with AI (the wand in the box) to turn three words into a full description, then edit it.
  • A song came out well? Reuse in its menu brings its idea back into Create, to try a twist on it.
  • Same description, different song: press Create again for another take, or raise Surprise for bolder turns.

Your turn

Open Vocals and do it for real: it takes a minute.

Try it in Vocals