Bullets of betrayl I stackem by the dozen I stack the first bullet I cant contimplaint all the shit going wrong in my head Double down for being the point of no control third went down for being bound and shackled and forced to play lifes corrupted game four was for fighting enough battles to start a war the fith one was for living on the verge of a mental breakdown sixth one went down for keeping everything bottled up Continue
Songwriting thought of the Day
Uneven Lyric Length
Have you thought about your lyric phrase lengths? The Golden rule- Keep things EVEN. Ninety percent of mainstream commercial pop music is written with four beats to each bar (4/4) time, meaning the music is divisible by 4. This needs to be considered when writing commercial pop lyrics. If you write consistent song sections-verses, chorus, bridges, etc, that are grouped into 4 or 8 lines, you are on the right track. If you write lyrics with sections containing odd phrase lengths, e.g., 3 lines, 5 lines, 7 lines, or phrases with notable uneven syllable lengths, etc, they will not work well rhythmically, and will almost always be overlooked by composers looking for lyrics. Here is a great article on this very subject >>
