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 >>
Hi Songbay Fans. Although we may have appeared somewhat ‘low profile’ of late, we have been very busy behind the scenes! We are continuing to refine our service to provide more options for those wishing to sell and buy original songs and lyrics. You will soon notice changes to our website, which will be much easier to navigate and be brimming with exciting new services. Artists will have The ability to sell everything from a digital download to a full Continue
We are making changes to Songbay.co so that artists will soon be able to sell and determine their own rates for music licenses, sample use and lyric and copyright sales. More details to follow shortly.
Following the recent launch of our on-line music licensing service, will will shortly be unrolling a major new upgrade for the benefit of all our users. It allows the sale of lyrics and the sale of copyright of both songs and lyrics. Also, we have decided to simplify our licensing process to allow the sale of ‘multi-use’ music and lyric licenses, the fees for will be wholly determined by our artists. We will let you know as soon as the Continue
We really want as many songwriters and lyricists as possible to be able to participate in Songbay so we have decided to extend our ‘Free’ package to include a generous allowance of features including: An upload of 3 Songs/Lyrics to our highly visible online music library for use in commercial film and media synchronisation projects. Functionality which allows songwriters/lyricists to be contacted directly by industry professionals looking for a suitable songwriter/lyricist for their projects. Functionality to upload CV, BIO, LINKS and Continue
