Writing Lyrics In Stages Thanks to Robin Frederick for this article! www.RobinFrederick.com When NASA blasted a rocket into orbit, they did it in stages: The big lift-off, a second stage to get the payload into orbit and a third to fine tune the direction. So, what’s this got to do with writing lyrics? You can think of the lyric writing process in three stages: 1. Getting started. (Lift off) 2. Developing your idea. (Getting into orbit) 3. Rewriting (Fine tune it) => 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