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Your songs matter.
Prove it.

Songmatter is a lyric development companion built by a songwriter, for songwriters. It will not write for you. It will tell you exactly where your song falls apart — and push you to fix it yourself.

6Critics ready
1–10Brutally honest
0Words written for you
Elias
Elias
The Professor · Lyric Craft
“A lyric that tries to say everything says nothing. I will tell you exactly where yours goes wrong.”
Jules
Jules
The Dreamer · Feeling First
“I don't care if it's perfect. I care if it makes me feel something I couldn't name before I heard it.”
Marcus
Marcus
The Architect · Hip Hop Lineage
“You're using twelve words to say what three could carry. Tighten it or it falls apart on the beat.”
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Write your lyrics

Paste or type your lyrics into the notepad. Don't clean them up first. Elias reads rough drafts. That's the point.

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Choose your critic

Elias grades on craft and precision. Jules on feeling and truth. Marcus on density and rhythm. Each one sees something different.

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Get the score

A grade from 1–10. A marginal note on your weakest line. One question that pushes your next draft. Then you write again.

Example grade

Elias doesn't soften it.

Every grade comes with a specific marginal note — not general feedback, but one line from your song, annotated exactly as a professor would. Ruthless and useful.

“The sting of a 4/10 from Elias changed my whole approach to the bridge. He was right and I knew it.”— Early access user
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Getting Somewhere
Elias · Draft 2 · Songwriter Standard
This has the bones of something real. The wildflower metaphor earns its keep in the verses but the chorus abandons it entirely. You're reaching for a mantra and landing on a platitude.
Marginal note
‘Find your place and be happy’ — you told me. You didn't show me. This is the weakest line in the song and it lives in the chorus. That's a problem.
songmatter.com · @songmatterapp
Daily Object Writing

Write every day.
Get better every day.

A new prompt every morning. Two minutes on the clock. Write freely about an object, an image, a single word — then get feedback from your coach. Build your streak. Sharpen your instincts.

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A rusted mailbox at the end of a dirt road
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Songwriting courses

Learn from the room.

Six coaches. Six 10-lesson courses. Each one teaches a different discipline of songwriting — with workshops graded by the coach who wrote the lesson.

Elias
Elias
The Professor
The Craft of the Lyric
Word weight, sonic architecture, economy of language.
10 lessons · Workshop graded
Jules
Jules
The Dreamer
Feeling First
Body knowledge, vulnerability, writing in the dark.
10 lessons · Workshop graded
Marcus
Marcus
The Architect
Density & Flow
Compression, rhythm as meaning, the pocket.
10 lessons · Workshop graded
Jolene
Jolene
The Americana
Front Porch Songwriting
Sense of place, story songs, conversational truth.
10 lessons · Workshop graded
Arlo
Arlo
The Sage
The Weight of Simple Words
Less, common words, silence, timelessness.
10 lessons · Workshop graded
Maren
Maren
The Hit Maker
Hook Craft
Chorus architecture, melody and lyrics, the hook.
10 lessons · Workshop graded
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The Notebook
Free
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The Session
$19/mo · $149/yr
Start The Session →
Writers Room
$49/mo · $399/yr
Enter the Room →
Meet your critics

Six voices. Zero mercy.

Every critic hears something different. Together, they see your song from every angle.

Elias
Elias
The Professor
Lyric Craft · Literary Rigor
A lyric that tries to say everything says nothing.
Jules
Jules
The Dreamer
Feeling First · Emotional Truth
I care if it makes me feel something I couldn’t name before.
Marcus
Marcus
The Architect
Hip Hop Lineage · Density & Rhythm
You’re using twelve words to say what three could carry.
Writers Room
Jolene
Jolene
The Americana
Nashville Rooms · Front Porch Truth
If I can’t see the place, you haven’t written it yet.
Writers Room
Arlo
Arlo
The Sage
Folk Troubadour · Campfire Philosopher
The best lyrics aren’t clever. They’re inevitable.
Writers Room
Maren
Maren
The Hit Maker
Pop Instinct · Hook Surgeon
I don’t care how deep it is if nobody can sing it in the shower.
A note from A. Clifford
“I built this because nothing like it existed. Every AI writing tool wants to write for you. I don't want that. I want something that makes you better — that tells you the truth about your work the way a great collaborator does. Not a ghostwriter. A mirror. Songmatter is that mirror.”
— A. Clifford · Creator of Songmatter