We are excited to announce the launch of two new songwriting features coming soon to Songbay!
Lyrics-to-music at Songbay
For Lyricists. You will soon be able to have your lyrics turned into complete songs by our specialist songwriting team. Send us your lyrics and we will turn them into professionally recorded original songs containing melody, harmony, live vocals and instruments – in the style of your choice.
Use the songs as you wish; release them, seek media placements, approach publishers, and much more.
Music and Lyric improvement at Songbay
For Lyricists and Songwriters. Send us your lyrics and songs and receive expert professional analyses, evaluation and improvement suggestions from our specialist songwriting team. Improve your songwriting skills and boost your selling chances.
\"Avoid using cliché and overused rhymes where possible. \'Understand\'/ \'Man\' are frequently rhymed together. Can you replace these with lesser-used rhymes? Uncommon rhymes are more memorable and intriguing. The phrase ‘heart and soul’ is also verging on cliché. \"
\"The chorus feels incomplete. Try experimenting with this. Possibly a six line structure, with the latter three lines matching the first in both rhythm and rhyme This would work better, particularly in your bridge/ middle section.\"
\"The backing vocals are not in tune (consistently sharp) and are too prominent in the mix . Also, the choice of harmonies?? -for the second chorus, perhaps keep things simpler-try harmonising in 3\'rds and 6\'ths- If we can\'t quite discern the intervals being used, neither can the public!\"
\"Why not use \'personification\' in your opening line? Personification is a literary device which gives human characteristics to non-human objects- you can bring your objects to life! For example, in your opening verse, you state that the sky is dark. Why not say instead, “The sky weeps,”. This way you are giving the sky the ability to cry, which is a human quality. Your lyric will be so much stronger and draw your readers/ listeners in from the start!\"
\"The bass drum and bass guitar rhythm are not synchronized, creating a somewhat \'lumpy\' groove. Further, the song is quite fast at 140 bpm. Currently it all sounds a bit busy. Consider reworking the bass guitar pattern, or moving to a half time snare back beat groove in the chorus. Here\'s an example: *************\"
\"The chorus is an example of this inconsistency. The first half references the card game with words such as ‘joker’ and ‘jack’. The second half doesn’t continue with the theme until the last line, so feels flat compared to the first half. we recommend using the metaphor to strengthen this section. Here’s an example you can use, it would be much stronger: :**************************************************************************\"
\"We like strong chord progression on the Rhodes piano (bridge section). It would however, benefit further from some funkier chords -try adding some minor 9\'th and 13\'th chords- Here\'s a good tutorial to help you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJO-deB_xLM \"
Full details will be announced soon. We will keep you updated!