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 thought of the Day
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 >>
