Songs have focal points, they take the form of choruses, refrains, or hooks. As a lyricist, a question to ask yourself is - 'what is my lyric's focal point?' Many professional lyricists consider the focal point to be the most important part of their lyric, i.e., they've thought about the one or two repeating words or phrases intended to stay 'in the head' of the listener! Some lyricists write entire lyrics around a focal point (or chorus). The focal point is written first, the rest outwards from that. Here's a great article on this very subject >>
Writing a song is a creative act. Proving when you wrote it is a record-keeping task. If somebody later questions who created a lyric, melody or recording, the strongest answer is rarely one certificate or one file. It is usually a connected trail showing what the work looked like, when it existed and how it developed. This checklist explains the evidence songwriters can preserve and how the Songbay Copyright Protection Certificate can add a dated, verifiable record to that wider Continue
