I think a "linter" like that would be kind of like a linter for analyzing poetry or short stories. It's so subjective that the most it could do would be offer very superficial suggestions without really understanding context. Things like "does it have a rhyming scheme and meter". And that's not that useful because some poetry doesn't rhyme, and some doesn't adhere to a meter.
Like, is 50 Shades of Grey bad writing? some might say so... but can you deny the popularity of it? Are the people that enjoyed reading that book wrong for enjoying it? Trying to apply an objective measure to quality of writing or music is futile, I think. Same goes for music. You might write a song that some stuffy old classical music PhD would scoff at but maybe children LOVE it. How could a linter possibly know that?
I say embrace the subjectivity of it. Write a song, ask people what they think of it. Accept that you will not write super great songs right away and just keep writing and experimenting. Use theory as a language to explain what you've done in songs you wrote and songs that you like.
I think a "linter" like that would be kind of like a linter for analyzing poetry or short stories. It's so subjective that the most it could do would be offer very superficial suggestions without really understanding context. Things like "does it have a rhyming scheme and meter". And that's not that useful because some poetry doesn't rhyme, and some doesn't adhere to a meter.
Like, is 50 Shades of Grey bad writing? some might say so... but can you deny the popularity of it? Are the people that enjoyed reading that book wrong for enjoying it? Trying to apply an objective measure to quality of writing or music is futile, I think. Same goes for music. You might write a song that some stuffy old classical music PhD would scoff at but maybe children LOVE it. How could a linter possibly know that?
I say embrace the subjectivity of it. Write a song, ask people what they think of it. Accept that you will not write super great songs right away and just keep writing and experimenting. Use theory as a language to explain what you've done in songs you wrote and songs that you like.
Good luck!!