Feautured Songbay Artist: Mark Downey This week we feature the work of Songbay artist Mark Downey, an extremely talented lyricist and poet with a large selection of lyrics available for purchase at Songbay. Mark’s recent works focus on the ‘individual perspective’- ‘Everyday’ people dealing with ‘everyday’ life. In his own words: ” I’ve gone through a number of artistic formats over the years, from play-writing to poetry through most memorably for a few months, pottery. But writing, putting ideas into words, creating images and Continue
Songwriting thought of the Day
Lyric Speed
Lyric Speed
Have you given thought about the tempo (speed) and the type of rhythm/ groove of the song that will work with your lyric?
So, when writing a lyric, at the outset, a lyricist should think how the words are going to work/interact with other instruments, singers, melodies, harmonies and rhythms, etc
It's important to have a clear idea: of the speed of the words, the style of music required, and if possible, a rough idea of the type of melody and a rough idea of the rhythm/groove emanating from the words.
It makes things much easier when pitching your work to songwriters looking for lyrics- “Hey, I’ve got the perfect lyric for your music, here’s why,,,,,” (you we really sound like you know your stuff!
If you haven’t thought about this - you might want to read this article: How to write the Perfect Lyric >>
Feautured Songbay Artist Kristy C Mason This week we feature the work of Kristy C Mason, a gifted lyricist with a large selection of her work available for purchase at Songbay In her own words: “Writing has come to me naturally. I started out at a young age. With writing children story books and poetry. Writing is something I enjoy. It is relaxing, fun and entertaining. There are times I laugh at what I am writing, cry or completely happy. There Continue
Feautured Songbay Artist Rachel M Starr This week we interview Rachel Star. Although relatively new to the art of lyric writing, she is already a popular artist on Songbay and clearly very talented. How did you get in to songwriting? “I started writing lyrics about six months ago as a creative outlet. I was going through a really tough time after my Mum passed away and needed to channel my energy into something positive. Now that I’ve started I couldn’t stop if I wanted Continue
Featured Article from Songbay Artist Justine Perry This week we are pleased to publish an article from Justine Perry. Justine is a talented lyricist and writer who has been a Songbay subscriber for over two years. She has been a popular artist on Songbay and during this time, has had several lyrics commissioned and licensed. She has also received several collaborative work offers. Justine also writes blog articles about lyric writing, creative writing and the music business. “Fight Song: What All Songwriters Can Learn From Rachel Platten’sSuccess… By Continue
Collaboration is working well at Songbay ‘Coincidence or Fate’? PEACE Music and Video by Daniel Hall We recently published an article on our user-Daniel Hall. In it Daniel explained how within only one day of subscribing to Songbay he’d received a message from a female vocalist asking if he was interested in a collaboration project. Daniel is based in Australia and the collaborator -Janne Villaflora from the Philippines. As Daniel explained: “I was working on a track called “Peace” and thought to myself Continue
