Getting started¶

The quickest way to understand Songcards is to use it for one real song.

You do not need to complete every field. Only the title is required. A Songcard should contain the information that will save you time later, not information added for its own sake.

1. Create a Songcard¶

Open Songcards and choose New Songcard.

Give the song a title. That is enough to create a useful record and come back to it later.

Add identity details when they help you organise the library. Useful examples include:

• catalogue number;
• primary artist and project;
• song status;
• language or languages;
• duration;
• primary and secondary genre;
• work type;
• tags.

Song status is meant to describe where the song actually is:

2. Record the creative work¶

Open Creative and add what is worth preserving.

The section separates:

• Core idea
• Working lyrics
• Final lyrics
• Production notes

Keeping working and final lyrics separate is useful when the finished song no longer tells the whole story of how it developed.

3. Add the Suno generation details¶

Open Suno generation and record the generation information you may want later.

Songcards can keep details such as the model, plan used, creation mode, voice source, Suno song URL, style prompt, Weirdness, Style influence, Audio influence when relevant, excluded styles and generation notes.

You do not need to fill fields that do not apply. Some fields are shown or hidden according to choices such as voice source and work type.

Recording a generation setup gives you a useful reference. It does not guarantee that a future generation will reproduce the same audio.

4. Add release information when it exists¶

Open Release, credits & rights when the song reaches that stage.

This is where you can keep release date, distributor, record label, ISRC, UPC / EAN, master and cover file references, rights-review status, copyright ownership notes, songwriters, additional credits and publication links.

Songcards records this information. It does not determine legal ownership or replace legal advice.

5. Leave and come back¶

Songcards saves the working library locally as you edit.

Close the app, open it again, and find the Songcard from the library. Search and filters are there so you can return to a song by the details you actually remember.

You can also group the library by Project or Status when that makes a larger catalogue easier to scan.

6. Make your first full backup¶

Once you have created a few useful records — or immediately, if the data matters — create a full backup from Backup & data.

Keep the exported backup somewhere separate from the working copy on your computer.

Next: Install SongCards.