It may seem utterly obvious, but the importance of melody can sometimes be overlooked-great grooves, clever chord sequences and glossy production can culminate in just that: a great groove, some chords and glossy production! From a music licensing perspective, it tends to be the melody that sells; writers who can compose great melodies are of most interest to film producers. The chords and rhythm set the mood, but its the tune that allows the viewer to relate to the product Continue
Songwriting thought of the Day
Is your lyric structured correctly?
Lyrics are designed to work with songs, therefore your lyric needs to have a song structure. Are you completely familar with song structures? For commercial, pop, country, rock, soul, hip hop songs, you need to have clearly defined sections. This is the most common song structure:
- Verse 1
- Chorus
- Verse 2
- Chorus
- Bridge
- Chorus
The Songbay ‘Latest News Blog’ is here, just ahead of our full web service, (still in Beta testing for another week). We will be using this blog to discuss topics of interest to all music Industry professionals looking to sell, buy or license original music. We will be focusing heavily on songwriting, production and arrangement issues as well as the latest news and opportunities from Songbay. Best Wishes, The Songbayteam
We are now beta testing our web service for Song writers, lyricists, Music Licensors and Buyers. Songbay The last year has been a period of intense development for Songbay, during this time, we have received overwhelming interest and support from artists and companies across the globe. We have already began promoting the work of preregistered clients, arranging licensing and management deals for some of them through our well established contacts. Songbay’s services are: music licensing, copyright-exchange sales, digital downloads, artist Continue