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Lyrics Submission Tools


We are constantly encouraging artists to publish lyrics to the main lyric databases. So, we felt it would help if we also share a few of the tools that we have. 

Here are the links to the tools that we have created and are actively using while processing lyrics for use in various lyric databases.

The workflow 

You can use these tools in any order you please, BUT we personally get the most out of these tools when we work in the following order...
  1. Musixmatch 
  2. Genius
  3. LyricFind

Format checker for Musixmatch

URL: https://nzwaneveld.github.io/lyricformatter/mxmformatter.html

How to use: 
Transcribe or use the lyric transcript provided by the artist. 
Note: This tool only triggers when you drag & drop content into the white area of this tool. 

If the lyric transcript is in another browser window, you can drag and drop text from that browser window into this tool. 

If the lyric transcript is not yet in another browser window, then copy & paste the lyric into the Genius tool. Select the lyrics in the Genius tool, then drag & drop it into the Musixmatch tool.

This tool also fixes a number of common formatting errors. This tool also converts a number of stanza tags used in Genius to stanza tags used by Musixmatch.

Copy & paste the corrected text from the window into the lyric submission area in Musixmatch.

Format checker for Genius 

How to use: 
Note: This tool only triggers when you drag & drop content into the white area of this tool. 

If the lyric transcript is in another browser window, you can drag and drop text from that browser window into this tool. In our recommended way of working, the formatted lyrics are in the Musixmatch editor window, so select the lyrics in Musixmatch and then drag & drop it into the Genius tool.

If the lyric transcript is not yet in another browser window, then copy & paste the lyric into the Musixmatch tool. Select the lyrics in the Musixmatch tool, then drag & drop it into the Genius tool.

This tool also fixes a number of common formatting errors. This tool also converts a number of stanza tags used in Musixmatch to stanza tags used by Genius.

Copy & paste the corrected text from the window into the lyric submission area in Genius.

Convert synced lyrics in Musixmatch to LRC formatted lyrics


How to use: 
  • Go to Musixmatch and open your synced lyrics in 'Edit'-mode, and go to the 'Synchronize' tab.
  • Use your mouse to select the text, starting with the '...' and go all the way up to the last line of the lyrics. Ignore the 'End of Song'-label.
  • Now drag the selected text to the browser window with the mxm2lyricfind converter, and drop the text into the large white text area.
  • This tool moves the timestamps in the proper format to the beginning of each line and removes the stanza tags used in Musixmatch.
  • The converted LRC formatted text is already copied into memory, so all you need to do is 'paste' it into the document where you want the LRC formatted lyrics.
  • If you are manually pasting lyrics into the converter, then you will also need to manually start the conversion. Start conversion by clicking on the 'Convert MXM > LRC' button in the bottom left corner of the browser window (you may need to scroll down the browser page to see this button).

Not enough time or too intimidating?

Don't worry, we've got you covered there as well. We offer a service on Fiverr, where we take your lyric transcript and publish it for you to Musixmatch, Genius, and LyricFind. This includes time-syncing the lyrics to the music.

Click here for more details, or click on the recommended service below.

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