Artist bio generator
Ten short questions. Out come the three bios every artist needs: one line, a short one and a long one. Nothing is written for you. The generator puts your own words in the order a stranger reads them, and flags the habits that make bios forgettable.
[Your name] makes [your sound].
[Your name] makes [your sound].
[Your name] makes [your sound].
Built from your words only: nothing is written for you, nothing is stored or sent. Read each one aloud and change anything you wouldn't say.
How to use it
- 1Start with your sound. The way a stranger would place it in a second: the genre, the form. One, not a list.
- 2Add the one thing. What nobody else has: an instrument, a place, a language, a word in the wrong spot.
- 3Say who it's for. Or how it should feel. This is what turns a description into a line people repeat.
- 4Fill in the facts. Where you're based, what's out, one fact that proves it, what's next. Leave out anything you'd rather keep private.
- 5Copy the length you need. One line for profiles, short for pitches and listings, long for your press page. Read each aloud before you use it.
The one line does most of the work
An artist bio is the line a stranger repeats about you after they've gone. Everything else in the box is there to earn it. The line has three parts: something familiar a stranger can place in a second, the one thing nobody else has, and who it's for or how it should feel. Get those three right and the short and long versions are mostly facts.
If the answers won't come
Imagine it's five years from now. You've just come off stage and your fans are talking about you. Write down every word you'd want to hear, as many as you can. Then group them and keep the word the others sit inside. That word usually belongs in your one line. Our guide to writing an artist bio walks through the whole exercise, and the free bio sheet has it on one page.
Questions
Does this write my bio for me?
No. It arranges your own answers into the three shapes a bio needs, in the order editors and fans read them. Every word in the result is one you typed, which is why it sounds like you.
How long should an artist bio be?
You need three. One line of about fifteen words for profiles and the top of everything. About fifty words for pitches and listings. Up to 150 for a press page or a streaming profile. All three come from the same answers.
What should I leave out of my bio?
Other artists' names, genre slashes, and words every bio uses, like versatile or unique. Anything private you haven't decided to share: your town, your family, your health, your old job. The tool flags the common ones as you type.
Should a bio be written in the first person or the third?
Third person for press, listings and festival forms, because editors lift lines straight from it. First person works on your own site and socials. This tool writes the third-person version; change it for your own pages.
How often should I update my bio?
Every release, or every six to twelve months. The one line usually stays. What's out, the proof and what's next change each time.
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