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Songwriting thought of the Day

Are you writing lyrics or poems?

  • Are you completely certain on the difference between the two?
  • Do you know how to turn a poem into a lyric?
  • Do you know why one might be better than the other when turned into a song?
Here's a great article on this very subject >>


2019 Songbay Lyric Writing Competition Winners

Songbay Lyric to Song service

2019 Songbay Lyric Writing Competition Winners     We are delighted to announce the winners of the 2019 Songbay Lyric Writing Competition. We asked our artists to wrote a lyric based on this image (left). The winners are: First Place Winners: Bob Love and his lyric ‘The Dark Road Leads to Light’ – https://songbay.co/view-lyric/2337184/ Maria Teresa Guzman her lyric ‘Life Under The Woods’ – https://songbay.co/view-lyric/2337263/   Runners Up: Emma Chute and her lyric ‘Ol Piney Grove’ – https://songbay.co/view-lyric/2337161 Sheree Shaw and her lyric ‘Out of Continue