A Vocal Direction Framework for Create Music Style

Describe the performance, never a famous person

Celebrity names in Style are brittle and often inconsistent. Instead, write what you want to hear: register, grain, vibrato amount, attack, and how close the voice sits to the mic.

Example: “intimate alto, breathy tone, soft consonants, close dry vocal” beats naming a pop star.

Five knobs that belong in Style

Keep a vocal brief to five controls you can actually hear on playback: range feel (higher/lower), tone color (bright/warm/airy/gritty), phrasing (legato vs clipped), energy (whisper to belted), and distance (dry/close vs roomy).

Put those knobs in the Style lane on Create Music. Keep story words in Lyrics so you can revise either side independently.

• Range feel: “lower baritone lead” / “light higher register”.
• Tone: “warm and rounded” / “thin and bright”.
• Phrasing: “long legato lines” / “syncopated short phrases”.
• Energy: “restrained verse, open chorus”.
• Distance: “dry and forward” / “soft pad of room reverb”.

Make vocal energy follow the Lyrics sections

A verse that shouts and a chorus that whispers fights the Lyrics structure you wrote. Call out section-aware delivery in Style in one short clause, then keep Lyrics section labels honest.

Test the brief on a two-line couplet before committing a full lyric — faster feedback, fewer credits.

Use Persona when consistency matters more than novelty

When you need the same singer character across an EP or series, create a Persona from Custom Mode (upload audio, name and describe the voice) or save a voice from a library track — as described in the Guide Persona section.

Persona does not replace a clear Style vocal brief; it stabilizes identity while Style still sets arrangement and production.

Diagnose common vocal failures by layer

Buried vocal → thin competing mid instruments in Style, or inspect with Split Music. Shouty / harsh → lower energy knob and bright-edge adjectives. Monotone → add phrasing and section contrast in Style, and check that Lyrics chorus lines are shorter and more stressed.

For karaoke or stem work after the fact, Vocal Remover and Split Music live under /tools and the Split Music feature.