Hi all. Just a quick update from us. Its been a hectic few weeks at Songbay HQ. We’ve been busy launching our upgrade whilst seeking new outlets for our users. We have some exciting collaborations in the pipeline which will give songwriters and lyricists even greater exposure. We continue to make friends with new users -both sellers and buyers (at the rate of one every 4 hours!) We are always looking to improve our service, in the last year we’ve 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 >>
In the desire to make Songbay more inclusive and to tap into the creative experience of our users, we will be regularly inviting Songbay songwriters, lyricists and buyers to contribute articles to our blog. This Month we are honoured to present an article written by Anthony Martin. Anthony has a diverse career spanning art, horticulture and music. For the last five years he has been dividing his time between teaching music performance and theory with the selling of his original Continue
Musicality Wake up call! Musical expression has always fascinated me throughout my career as a session musician and teacher. On one of my first recording sessions, straight out of music college (Trinity College of Music, London), I overheard the MD/Producer talking to the string section- ‘Nice feel, but more musicality please at bar,,,”. At that time, I didn’t really know what he meant and worryingly for me (about to overdub some percussion), how I was supposed to implement it should he say the Continue
Songwriting Competition open to all Songbay Users. One of our Songbay users- Mike Lea Jones http://www.songbay.co/artists/844/ has asked us if we would mention this to Songbay users. Mike is an incredibly talented music student in his second year of a music degree course in Newcastle, UK. One of the modules requires the music students to organise and promote a Songwriting competition. We will help with contributing to the organisational costs of the event and by awarding free Songbay subscriptions to Continue
The upgrade to our service has been set for Mon 28th January 2013. From this date, Songbay users will have some exciting options available to them. In addition to music licensing, they will also be able to: Trade music samples Sell Lyrics Trade Music and Lyric copyrights Set their own prices for their work Contribute to our blog (we want all users to participate in sharing their expertise and experience with fellow users). The changes are designed to give Continue
