Why Lyricists and Composers Do Not Always Split a Song 50/50

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What is your lyric’s focal point?

Songs have focal points, they take the form of choruses, refrains, or hooks. As a lyricist, a question to ask yourself  is - 'what is my lyric's focal point?' Many professional lyricists consider the focal point to be the most important part of their lyric, i.e., they've thought about the one or two repeating words or phrases intended to stay 'in the head' of the listener! Some lyricists write entire lyrics around a focal point (or chorus). The focal point is written first, the rest outwards from that.   Here's a great article on this very subject >>


Why Lyricists and Composers Do Not Always Split a Song 50/50

A lyricist and composer reviewing a song in a professional recording studio while a vocalist and engineer work behind them

A lyric can be the emotional heart of a song. It may contain the title, the story, the central image and the words that listeners remember. But a lyric on the page is not yet a completed song or a finished recording. To become a release-ready track, those words may still need melody, harmony, rhythm, structure, arrangement, vocal production, musicians, recording, editing, mixing and mastering. That work can take considerable time, skill and financial investment. This is why an automatic Continue