Composition roles focus on the foundational elements that shape the musical piece. These roles define the core structure and content of the music. Please note that legal names are required for all clients with a composition role.
Composer: A creator of original music, often focusing on instrumental melodies, harmonic progressions, and overall structure.
Lyrics: A person who writes the words or poetry set to music in a song.
Songwriter: A person who writes both the music and lyrics of a song, often combining the roles of composer and lyricist. This was previously called "Author".
Arranger: A person who adapts a piece for a specific purpose or performance context.
These roles will display as "Written by" on Spotify.
You have the ability to list out certain credits and group members as made by AI in Label Engine.
You will now see an "AI" checkbox next to group members. When you select this, every role next to that group member is tagged as AI-generated. You will see the selections you made.
An example of when you would use this is:
A human generates lyrics using AI, but creates everything else themselves and releases it under their own name -
Primary Artist: Human Artist Name
Group Member 1: Human Artist Name
Roles for Group Member 1: Vocals, Producer
Group Member 2: GenerativeAI
Roles for Group Member 2: Lyrics AI
You also have the ability to add AI credits to a human group member.
An example of when you would use this:
A human writes a song and uses AI to translate his voice into a different language. The song is released under the human's name -
Primary Artist: Human Artist Name
Group Member 1: Human Artist Name
Roles for Group Member 1: Vocals AI, Producer, Lyrics