4 Underrated Ways to Improve Your Lyrics

Do you find editing your lyrics difficult? Perhaps you feel the lyric could be
better but you don’t know how to make improvements.

Don’t worry. We’re here to help!

Try these quick and easy methods.

1. Wait a few days
This is one of the best yet simplest ways to improve your lyrics. We
recommend leaving each draft at least 48 hours before editing. If possible,
wait 7-14 days.

It’s important not to look at the lyric at all during this time. This way you
return with fresh eyes. This makes it easier to spot mistakes and identify the
sections you want to keep or change. Thinking of new ideas and replacement
lines is often easier after a break too!

Trust us. Give it a go!

2. Tell a story
Similar to traditional storytelling, lyrics should have a beginning, middle and
end. Sometimes editing is challenging if every section of your lyric (verse,
bridge, chorus) repeats the same details using different words.

3. Use text-to-voice software

When reading your own work back, you often see what you expect to see.
This means typos go unnoticed. Text-to-voice software reads your lyric aloud.
When listening to this, typos stand out like a bum note!

This is important when the lyric needs to read well on screen or paper, for
example if you’re selling lyrics on Songbay or sending them to a client. Taking
time to eliminate mistakes comes across as professional.

Some laptops/computers have text-to-voice software built in. Find out by
Googling your make and model. We recommend listening at least twice.
Listen the first time and read along the second. Repeat this process 1-3 times
to be extra thorough!

4. Use our Lyric-Improvement Service
When struggling to edit your lyrics, advice from a professional is invaluable –
but not easy to find. This is why we created our new Lyric-Improvement
Service.

It’s an affordable way to get feedback from one of our professional lyricists.
Here’s how it works.

1) Submit your lyric at: https://songbay.co/lyric-improvement/
2) Get feedback by email within 7 days

It’s that simple!