Have you ever seen songs on Spotify that feature the lyrics? How about Instagram Stories featuring songs that also have the lyrics appearing onscreen? Musixmatch is the service that allows you to do this – and it’s free. In order to use Musixmatch to get your lyrics on Instagram and Spotify you will need to create a Musixmatch account, verify your artist name on Musixmatch, then upload all your song lyrics to Musixmatch, then sync the lyrics to each song. Plan on spending at least 20 minutes of your time syncing each song.
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Create A Musixmatch Artist Account
- Navigate to musixmatch.com. Select PRO at the top of the screen. You will be taken to a signup screen.
- It’s recommended you do not use the Sign In With Google option. If you do this, then you won’t be able to share your Musixmatch credentials with a manager or publicist who you may prefer to add your lyrics to your account for you.
- Whenever possible, choose the PRO option in any choice you’re given. Do not choose the Community option. And remember, the free version of PRO will work fine for your purposes here.
Verify Your Artist Profile On Musixmatch
Once you’re in your Musixmatch account, you’ll need to add your artist profile to your Musixmatch account. Click the Add Artist icon at top. You’ll be taken to an Add Artist screen where you can search yourself by name and send the add request. Getting your profile verified might might take a day or two. They may ask for ID.
Adding Songs
Once your artist profile has been linked to your Musixmatch account, you should receive an email notification. Now you can start syncing your lyrics to your songs.
- Log back into your Musixmatch account
- Click the Music tab. You will be taken to a list of all your available songs. Search the song you’re trying to add. When it comes up, click the three dot icon on the right and choose edit lyrics.
- Some songs will be missing the mp3, in which case you’ll need to upload them to Musixmatch by pressing the Add Missing Release button from inside the Music page.
- Some will be missing the lyrics, in which case you’ll need to paste them into Musixmatch.
- Some will be missing both lyrics and music, in which case you’ll need to add both.
- Some songs will not be available at all, in which you’ll have to open a support ticket with Musixmatch.
Edit Lyrics
- In the Edit Lyrics screen, paste your song lyrics.
- Next, select Sync at the top of the screen. Musixmatch may ask for an audio source, in which case upload the song’s mp3.
Once it’s uploaded, click Continue to begin syncing.
- To begin the song, press the white DOWN arrow. The song will begin.
- Press the white DOWN arrow the millisecond you hear the lyric on that line begin. Continue to do this until the song is over.
- Once you’re done, you can verify you did it correctly by pressing the Play button next to a few of the lyrics. If the words you hear match the words on the line, you did it correctly.
- Press Send in the top right corner. You’re done.