AI music video maker for rock, punk and metal
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Quick answer
Can AI make a music video for my rock song? Yes. Upload the finished mix to Clipbeat: every lyric line becomes its own scene, cuts land on the drums and the words appear on screen as they are sung. Tell the AI Director who fronts the song and where it lives. After the $5 chorus preview you read the scene plan, then pay once — from $5 Standard, $19 Plus or $39 Premium.
Most independent rock bands release far more songs than they can afford to film. A proper shoot means a location, a crew, lights, a day off work for four people and an editor afterwards — so the single goes out with a still image and the video never happens.
Clipbeat gives the song a real music video without the shoot. You upload the track, the vocal is transcribed word by word and every line becomes a planned scene, with cuts placed on the beat so the picture hits with the snare. Gritty textures, hard stage light and desaturated colour come by default for rock; heavier songs lean into smoke, rim light and deep red.
Real output · “Neon Crown”, hip-hop
Clipbeat at a glance
| Price per video | from $5 Standard, $19 Plus or $39 Premium — one-time, priced by song length; a 4-minute song is $14 Standard, $30 Plus or $69 Premium |
|---|---|
| Longer songs | Priced by length, up to 20 minutes; the exact price is shown before you pay |
| Before you pay | Your upload, the timed lyrics and your brief (who sings, the style, the places) — no card needed |
| Scene-by-scene plan | After the $5 chorus preview, before you pay for the full video |
| Chorus preview | A short lip-synced clip of your singer singing your chorus, included in the $5 credit pack |
| Subscription | None — nothing renews |
| Lip-sync | Plus, Premium and Pro (the singing shots follow your vocal) |
| Output | 1080p MP4 without a watermark, 16:9 or 9:16 (1:1 and 4:5 from the editor) |
| Upload | MP3, WAV, M4A, FLAC or AIFF, up to 500 MB |
| Lyrics | Transcribed automatically in 50+ languages, shown word by word, karaoke-style |
How it works
- STEP 1
Upload the master
Use the final mix as MP3, WAV, FLAC, AIFF or M4A. The vocal is transcribed with a timestamp for every word.
- STEP 2
Fix screamed or buried lines
Distorted, screamed or low-in-the-mix vocals are the hardest to transcribe. Correct any word and the on-screen lyrics follow.
- STEP 3
Describe the frontman or frontwoman and the world
Say who sings and where: a basement club, a desert highway, a burned-out warehouse, a seaside town in winter.
- STEP 4
Check the scenes and pay once
After the chorus preview you see the scene for every line and can rewrite any of them. Then choose from $5 Standard, $19 Plus or $39 Premium.
A real example: “Run To The Edge”
A full indie rock song made into a video with Clipbeat on Premium — 12 scenes, one for every lyric line, the same singer throughout and 0 lip-synced singing shots.
Built for the way rock songs move
A rock song is rarely one tempo of feeling. Verses hold back, the pre-chorus builds and the chorus opens up. Because the plan follows your lyric lines and the beat of the track, a long, held verse line stays on one shot while a busy chorus moves through several, without you placing a single edit.
Instrumental breaks, solos and long outros are given their own scenes too, so the video does not freeze on one image while the guitar keeps going for thirty bars.
Looks that work for rock
A sentence in the brief sets the whole look. Directions bands ask for:
- Indie rock and alt rock: grainy film, coastal roads, empty car parks at dusk, a small-town bedroom.
- Punk and garage: a sweaty basement show, flyers on the wall, handheld energy.
- Grunge and emo: rain, flannel, overcast colour, a lonely figure in a wide frame.
- Hard rock: a big stage, haze and backlight, a long highway at night.
- Metal and metalcore: smoke, rim light, steel grey and deep red, a stark industrial space.
Singer and band
The video is built around one lead performer — the singer of the song, kept consistent across every scene. Other band members can appear around them, but they are not each kept as a fixed, recognisable person from shot to shot, so the video works best when it follows the singer or a story rather than a four-piece line-up.
Plus ($19) lip-syncs your singer on the chorus (2–3 shots, your vocals); Premium ($39) lip-syncs up to 12 singing shots across the song, not every line. Standard ($5) has no lip-sync. Lip-sync follows the lead vocal, so a clear vocal bounce helps on very distorted or layered mixes.
Prices
Rock songs often run long, and the price follows the song's length. Every tier makes the whole song, in 1080p without a watermark, with lyrics on screen, paid once. Priced by song length: Standard from $5, Plus from $19, Premium from $39. Standard / Plus / Premium: a 2-minute song $5 / $20 / $39, a 4-minute song $14 / $30 / $69, a 6-minute song $21 / $39 / $100. Pro has its own length table from $100. Premium for songs over 10 minutes is on request — write to us from the Contact page. You see the exact price for your song before you pay.
- Standard (from $5) — the full song with a scene for every lyric line, full motion, word-by-word karaoke lyrics, 1080p without a watermark.
- Plus (from $19) — everything in Standard (full motion, a scene for every lyric line, word-by-word karaoke lyrics, 1080p without a watermark), plus your singer lip-syncing the chorus with your vocals (2–3 shots).
- Premium (from $39) — full motion with the best image and motion models, extra quality checks on every shot, and real lip-sync on up to 12 singing shots.
About the example
The example on this page is "Run To The Edge", an indie rock demo song from our showcase: 1:33, 12 scenes, 8 of them tied to lyric lines. It has no lip-synced shots — the song is carried by road, coast and performance scenes. We do not have a metal example yet; a metal track goes through the same steps with a darker look.
Frequently asked questions
Will screamed vocals work?
The video will be made, but screamed or growled lines are often transcribed wrongly and lip-sync on them is weaker. Fix the words in the transcript; for lip-sync, clean sung passages work best.
Can I put myself in the video?
Yes. Choose "Me" and add a clear selfie; you become the lead in every scene. Use only your own face or someone who clearly agreed.
Which tier has lip-sync?
Plus ($19) lip-syncs the chorus; Premium ($39) lip-syncs up to 12 singing shots across the song, not every line. Standard has none.
Can every band member be in it?
The video follows one lead performer. Other musicians can appear in the background, but they are not each kept as the same recognisable person in every shot.
Do I need a subscription?
No. Each video is a one-time payment.
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