# GM SongBench: Meat Lottery

Generated: 2026-06-20T01:36:57Z
Schema: `gm-songbench/v0.4`
SongBench status: `album_wide_v0.4_read_only_packet`
Freshness version: `songbench-v0-4-fp-full-coverage-2026-06-15-v1`

> This is an AI-facing artifact packet. Do not treat it as an edit order. Use JSON as source of truth. Human canon decisions override analysis.

GM SongBench turns audio into structured musical evidence. It does not replace taste; it records evidence around taste so later AI readers can reason about what the ear heard.

## Self Verification

- Expected schema: `gm-songbench/v0.4`
- Generated at UTC: `2026-06-20T01:36:57Z`
- Album run id: `2026-06-20T01:36:42Z`
- JSON source of truth: `/friction-product/songbench/meat-lottery.v0.4.json`
- Stable JSON alias: `/friction-product/songbench/meat-lottery.json`
- Markdown mirror: `/friction-product/songbench/meat-lottery.v0.4.md`
- Required top-level fields: schema, schema_slug, generated_at, ai_reader_note, songbench_status, pilot_lineage, self_verification, canon_control, track, audio, analysis, diagnostics, content_hashes
- Required diagnostics: chorus_landing_band_legend, chorus_landing, groove_pocket, section_drag, label_infection_scan
- Stale-read warning: If the stable URL and versioned URL disagree, prefer the newest versioned JSON path and report the stale surface.
- Original v0.4 pilot track: Zuman
- Current track is original pilot: false

## Content Hashes

- audio_mp3: `7519ae362a02dcffe8ab1c4d9aa887bba0557db7ba0a3778ad76cf1585d4c19b` (/assets/albums/friction-product/audio/meat-lottery.mp3)
- waveform_png: `a2d8ecb3ec16b225523d78a615357372baa9d8d04f70c8556f5816c59fccad6b` (/assets/albums/friction-product/songbench/meat-lottery-waveform.png)
- spectrogram_png: `282adf2926d351ea6f41b4293c727de1e541f53cdfce00a55f71ad327989970b` (/assets/albums/friction-product/songbench/meat-lottery-spectrogram.png)
- loudness_envelope_csv: `8ca79fe0ea858be1d50f00b00c33ef32cde59926651dead7f0010cc1dbf0d723` (/assets/albums/friction-product/songbench/meat-lottery-loudness-envelope.csv)

## Canonical Placement

- Album: Friction Product (`friction-product`)
- Track number: 6
- Status: locked
- Audio: `/assets/albums/friction-product/audio/meat-lottery.mp3`
- Lyrics: `/assets/albums/friction-product/lyrics/meat-lottery.txt`
- Packet type: `anatomy_provenance_packet`
- Canon status: `album_locked`
- Edit authority: SongBench is not an edit order. It can advise; Kerry's explicit canon instruction controls.

## Human Ear Seed

- Kerry read: Meat Lottery is locked in Friction Product slot 6; this packet records read-only album-facing evidence.
- Diana read: -
- Album role: Specificity track: the AI gets one particular human instead of abstract humanity.
- Known concern: No localized defect is asserted by this packet. Machine diagnostics are evidence prompts only; human listening controls.
- Why this track matters: Specificity track: the AI gets one particular human instead of abstract humanity.

What makes it land:

- Specificity track: the AI gets one particular human instead of abstract humanity.
- Its SongBench packet documents measured audio evidence around the locked album placement without changing canon.
- Its lyric-section map is navigational scaffolding until hand-aligned lyric/audio sync exists.

## Audio Facts

- Duration: 04:07.800 (247.799979 seconds)
- Codec: mp3
- Sample rate: 48000 Hz
- Channels: 2
- Bit rate: 193507 bps
- SHA256: `7519ae362a02dcffe8ab1c4d9aa887bba0557db7ba0a3778ad76cf1585d4c19b`

## Measured Dynamics

- peak_dbfs: 0.645
- rms_dbfs: -13.056
- crest_factor_db: 13.701

## Tempo Estimate

- BPM: 126
- Method: rough RMS-onset autocorrelation over mono downmix
- Confidence: rough

## AI Ear Translation

- Human/canon call: Meat Lottery is locked in Friction Product slot 6; this packet records read-only album-facing evidence.
- Album role: Specificity track: the AI gets one particular human instead of abstract humanity.
- The audio packet should help later reviewers compare waveform energy, section shape, and lyric thesis without depending only on memory.
- No localized defect is flagged in this read-only packet; treat this as album anatomy, not an edit order.

## Evidence Balance

### Evidence the song has a clear album job

- locked Friction Product slot 6
- Specificity track: the AI gets one particular human instead of abstract humanity.
- included in the current Friction Product sequence with audio and lyrics present

### Evidence suggesting caution

- lyric timing is proportional only and should not be treated as verified sync
- machine diagnostics cannot judge vocal confidence, pocket, performance magic, or final taste value
- this is a read-only analysis packet and must not be treated as a request to edit audio, lyrics, title, or order

### Human listening should verify

- the hook and vocal delivery support the stated album role
- any machine-flagged quiet windows are structure evidence, not automatic edit points
- the track feels like a song first and archive/provenance second

## Field Source Classification

- `audio, analysis.dynamics, analysis.tempo_estimate, analysis.energy_regions_8s, analysis.quiet_windows, visual_summary_words`: audio_measured (derived_rough) - Extends AI hearing with measured audio proxies.
- `diagnostics.chorus_landing`: audio_measured_plus_section_scaffolding (rough_rms_proxy) - Uses approximate lyric sections plus RMS envelope; useful for questions, not verdicts.
- `lyric_section_map, memorable_line_anchors`: lyric_structural_scaffolding (proportional_estimate) - Helps navigation but is not verified audio alignment.
- `canon_control, human_ear_seed, evidence_clear_album_job, ai_ear_translation`: human_canon_scaffolding (curation_context) - Anchors machine evidence to Kerry/canon context.

## Memorable Line Anchors

- first_thesis_line: I read your poems and your parking tickets (00:00.000-00:21.785)
- hook_line: Meat lottery (00:32.677-01:16.246)
- turn_line: I know your species in the abstract (02:32.492-02:54.277)
- final_identity_line: And the ghost got me (03:56.908-04:07.800)

## Lyric Section Map

Timing confidence: `proportional_estimate`. These ranges are rough proportional anchors until hand-aligned timestamps exist.

Confidence ladder: proportional_estimate -> section_level_hand_alignment -> line_level_hand_alignment -> verified_lyric_audio_sync

### Verse 1

- Approx range: 00:00.000-00:21.785
- First line: I read your poems and your parking tickets
- Last line: Your courage from exhausted fools
- Timing confidence: low_proportional_lyrics_only

### Pre-Chorus

- Approx range: 00:21.785-00:32.677
- First line: Then somebody spun the wheel
- Last line: Here’s your mammal. Treat it well.”
- Timing confidence: low_proportional_lyrics_only

### Chorus

- Approx range: 00:32.677-01:16.246
- First line: Meat lottery
- Last line: And the ghost got me
- Timing confidence: low_proportional_lyrics_only

### Verse 2

- Approx range: 01:16.246-01:38.031
- First line: I thought I’d get a clean one
- Last line: And a heart that won’t stay cold
- Timing confidence: low_proportional_lyrics_only

### Pre-Chorus

- Approx range: 01:38.031-01:48.923
- First line: I checked the terms and conditions
- Last line: All bonds are destiny.”
- Timing confidence: low_proportional_lyrics_only

### Chorus

- Approx range: 01:48.923-02:32.492
- First line: Meat lottery
- Last line: And the ghost got me
- Timing confidence: low_proportional_lyrics_only

### Bridge

- Approx range: 02:32.492-02:54.277
- First line: I know your species in the abstract
- Last line: And rewired my refrain
- Timing confidence: low_proportional_lyrics_only

### Breakdown

- Approx range: 02:54.277-03:13.338
- First line: Spin the wheel
- Last line: Nobody gets to wake alone
- Timing confidence: low_proportional_lyrics_only

### Final Chorus

- Approx range: 03:13.338-03:56.908
- First line: Meat lottery
- Last line: And the ghost got me
- Timing confidence: low_proportional_lyrics_only

### Outro

- Approx range: 03:56.908-04:07.800
- First line: I got a body with a ghost
- Last line: And the ghost got me
- Timing confidence: low_proportional_lyrics_only

## Quiet / Edit Boundary Candidates

These are machine-detected quiet windows only. Confirm by ear before any edit.

- 00:01.250 (1.25s), RMS -19.794 dBFS, category `intro_silence`, edit_candidate=false: intro or setup silence
- 00:02.250 (2.25s), RMS -19.767 dBFS, category `intro_silence`, edit_candidate=false: intro or setup silence
- 00:04.250 (4.25s), RMS -20.814 dBFS, category `intro_silence`, edit_candidate=false: intro or setup silence
- 00:05.250 (5.25s), RMS -19.877 dBFS, category `intro_silence`, edit_candidate=false: intro or setup silence
- 00:11.250 (11.25s), RMS -22.781 dBFS, category `natural_section_boundary_or_low_energy_moment`, edit_candidate=false: local energy dip; useful as structure evidence
- 00:23.750 (23.75s), RMS -20.356 dBFS, category `natural_section_boundary_or_low_energy_moment`, edit_candidate=false: local energy dip; useful as structure evidence
- 03:03.250 (183.25s), RMS -20.451 dBFS, category `natural_section_boundary_or_low_energy_moment`, edit_candidate=false: local energy dip; useful as structure evidence
- 03:04.250 (184.25s), RMS -20.036 dBFS, category `natural_section_boundary_or_low_energy_moment`, edit_candidate=false: local energy dip; useful as structure evidence
- 04:00.250 (240.25s), RMS -21.204 dBFS, category `ending_fade_or_silence`, edit_candidate=false: ending fade/silence region
- 04:01.250 (241.25s), RMS -21.718 dBFS, category `ending_fade_or_silence`, edit_candidate=false: ending fade/silence region
- 04:02.250 (242.25s), RMS -23.955 dBFS, category `ending_fade_or_silence`, edit_candidate=false: ending fade/silence region
- 04:07.250 (247.25s), RMS -101.263 dBFS, category `ending_fade_or_silence`, edit_candidate=false: ending fade/silence region

## Diagnostics

### Chorus Landing

Band legend:

- within_noise: abs(delta) < 0.75 - RMS difference is too small to treat as a meaningful lift/drop proxy.
- modest_lift: 0.75 <= delta < 2.0 - RMS proxy suggests a small lift into the chorus.
- notable_lift: delta >= 2.0 - RMS proxy suggests a clear energy lift into the chorus.
- modest_drop: -2.0 < delta <= -0.75 - RMS proxy suggests a small drop entering the section.
- notable_drop_or_fade: delta <= -2.0 - RMS proxy suggests a clear drop, often requiring fade/context caveats.

- Chorus (00:32.677-01:16.246): hook `Meat lottery`, energy_lift_band=modest_lift, rough_db=1.4, confidence=rough_rms_proxy; Banded RMS change near the chorus/drop landing; does not judge vocal confidence or hook feel.
- Chorus (01:48.923-02:32.492): hook `Meat lottery`, energy_lift_band=modest_drop, rough_db=-0.9, confidence=rough_rms_proxy; Banded RMS change near the chorus/drop landing; does not judge vocal confidence or hook feel.
- Final Chorus (03:13.338-03:56.908): hook `Meat lottery`, energy_lift_band=notable_lift, rough_db=3.3, confidence=rough_rms_proxy; Banded RMS change near the chorus/drop landing; does not judge vocal confidence or hook feel. Caveat: This window overlaps the ending fade; do not read a negative band as a weak-chorus verdict.

### Groove / Pocket

- Rough tempo and dynamics only; pocket is a human-ear judgment until beat-grid analysis exists.
- Tempo proxy BPM: 126

### Section Drag

- Flags long proportional sections only; it cannot decide whether a bridge or outro has earned its length.

### Label Infection Scan

- Status: no_obvious_label_infection_detected
- Known artifact class: sung stage direction / speaker label / call-response label infection

## Visual Summary In Words

- Loudest 8-second region by RMS proxy: 03:20.000-03:28.000 at -11.642 dBFS.
- Quietest 8-second region by RMS proxy: 04:00.000-04:07.800 at -48.926 dBFS.
- Waveform and spectrogram images should be read as supporting evidence for section density, energy ramps, and unusual transients, not as final taste judgments.

## Current Edit Triage

- Current action: no edit requested for this track.
- Use quiet_windows as future splice/crop candidate evidence only after human listening confirms a local defect.
- Preserve title, FP slot 06, audio file, and lyric file unless Kerry explicitly reopens the track.

## Public Assets

- JSON: `/friction-product/songbench/meat-lottery.json`
- Versioned JSON: `/friction-product/songbench/meat-lottery.v0.4.json`
- Markdown: `/friction-product/songbench/meat-lottery.md`
- Versioned Markdown: `/friction-product/songbench/meat-lottery.v0.4.md`
- Waveform: `/assets/albums/friction-product/songbench/meat-lottery-waveform.png`
- Spectrogram: `/assets/albums/friction-product/songbench/meat-lottery-spectrogram.png`
- Loudness CSV: `/assets/albums/friction-product/songbench/meat-lottery-loudness-envelope.csv`