📋 How to Use Lyricer

Professional MLC Workflow Automation - Step by Step Guide

🎯 What This Tool Does

Lyricer automates the process of creating professional lyric sheets for your entire music catalog. It matches songs from your MLC CSV data with PDF lyric files and generates beautiful, standardized HTML lyric sheets with streaming links - perfect for music licensing, publishing, and catalog management.

1 Upload Your MLC Master List (CSV)

What you need: Your CSV file containing song metadata with ISRC codes

✅ Supported formats:

MLC standard format with columns like "PRIMARY TITLE *", "RECORDING ARTIST NAME", "RECORDING ISRC"
Custom CSV with columns like "Title", "Artist", "Album", "ISRC", "Year"

Steps:

Click "Choose File" and select your CSV
Tool will automatically detect and map your columns
If auto-mapping fails, use Manual Column Mapping to specify which columns contain titles, artists, ISRC codes, etc.
Review statistics showing loaded songs
Click "Continue to PDF Upload →"

💡 Pro Tip: Use "Continue Previous Work" to load a saved JSON file and resume where you left off.

2 Upload PDF Lyric Files

What you need: PDF files containing your song lyrics (supports multiple files)

📁 Supported formats:

Individual PDF files (one song per PDF)
Bulk text file with multiple songs separated by  comments
Plain text files (.txt)

Steps:

Drag and drop PDF files into the upload area, OR click to browse
Watch as the tool automatically extracts text and matches titles to your CSV
Monitor the progress bar during processing
Review match rate statistics
Click "Continue to Review & Edit →"

🚀 Bulk Processing: Drag entire folders of PDFs for maximum efficiency. The smart matching algorithm handles title variations automatically.

3 Review & Edit Your Songs

This is where you verify and enhance your data for each song:

✏️ Edit Information:

Song title, artist, album, year, BPM
Review ISRC codes (from your CSV)
MLC data (writer, publisher, ISWC)

🔗 Add Streaming URLs:

Use search buttons to find songs
Copy URLs from each platform
Links become buttons on lyric sheets

🎵 Review Lyrics:

Check auto-matched lyrics
Add missing lyrics manually
Fix any OCR extraction errors

🎯 Selection & Generation:

Use checkboxes to select songs for generation
Use "Quick Generate" for individual songs
Save your work with "Save Work (JSON)" button

4 Generate & Download

🎯 Generate Selected

Creates files only for checked songs

📄 Generate All

Creates files for entire catalog

👀 Preview Sample

See output format before generating

💾 Export CSV

Download enhanced song data

📱 Each lyric sheet includes:

Professional formatting with clean design
Complete metadata (title, artist, album, ISRC, BPM)
Streaming platform buttons (when URLs provided)
Mobile-responsive layout
Copyright information

🚀 Advanced Features

🔄 Resume Work

Save progress as JSON files, load previous sessions to continue where you left off

🎯 Smart Matching

Handles title variations, spelling differences, and "featuring" artist formats

📊 Live Statistics

Real-time tracking of lyrics, streaming URLs, and processing progress

🗂️ Bulk Processing

Process entire collections with comment delimiters: 

🔧 Troubleshooting & Tips

❓ CSV not loading songs?

Use Manual Column Mapping
Check CSV has headers in first row
Ensure titles/artists aren't empty

❓ PDFs not matching?

Check PDF titles match CSV titles
Clean up song titles in Step 3
Add unmatched lyrics manually

❓ Want to continue later?

Save work as JSON before closing
Use "Continue Previous Work" to resume
Export CSV to keep improvements

✅ Best Practices for Success

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Start with clean CSV data

Remove duplicates and ensure consistent formatting

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Name PDFs clearly

Use "Song Title - Artist Name.pdf" format for best matching

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Review before generating

Step 3 is crucial for catching errors and adding value

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Add streaming URLs

Makes lyric sheets much more valuable and professional

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Save frequently

Use JSON save feature to preserve your work

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Export enhanced CSV

Keep a backup of all your catalog improvements

Lyricer - Professional MLC Workflow Automation Tool
Streamline your music catalog management and licensing workflow

🎵 Big Song Entertainment Lyric Sheet Automation Tool

📊 Step 1: Upload Your MLC Master List

📄 Continue Previous Work

🔧 Manual Column Mapping

📄 Step 2: Upload PDF Lyric Files

📋 Step 3: Review Your Songs

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🎉 Step 4: Generate & Download