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Status Key

Purpose

This note defines simple status labels for CTE material.

Use these labels inside song notes, album notes, lyric notes, and prompt notes.

Status labels

RAW

Unsorted or copied in from phone.

Do not judge yet.

SEED

A phrase, image, title, concept, or emotional root.

Not a song yet.

WORKING

Actively being shaped.

Can change freely.

TESTING

Being tried in Suno, Easymusic, Ableton, or another tool.

HOLD

Important, but not for now.

Do not delete.

NEEDS PLACEMENT

This matters, but I do not know where it belongs yet.

Put it in [[01_CTE_Core/Map Notes/Placement Parking Lot|Placement Parking Lot]].

FINAL

Chosen clean version.

Belongs in [[Finished Lyrics Index]] or [[Finished Album Index]].

ARCHIVED

Old, retired, duplicate, or replaced.

Still preserved.

Simple rule

If I am unsure, use HOLD or NEEDS PLACEMENT.

Short version

Status tells me what to do next, not what the piece is worth.