Rhyming
Ninety percent of lyrics rhyme. Most people expect lyrics to rhyme. If your lyrics do not rhyme, is this intentional? As a songwriter, might you be narrowing your potential market without the use of rhyming devices?
Don't forget,,,Songbay has a fantastic rhyming dictionary, an 'alternate word' finder, an adjective finder, and 'related word' feature built into the user dashboard. It's called the 'Lyric Composer' and it makes the creative process of writing lyrics much easier!
The Lyric Composer
At SongBay, we regularly receive writing that is labelled as a lyric, although it is really a poem, a prose passage, a collection of thoughts or a sequence of stanzas that has not yet been shaped for music. That does not mean the writing lacks value. A poem may contain a striking image, a memorable phrase or an emotionally powerful idea. It may be the beginning of an excellent lyric. The important point is that a poem does not become Continue
AuthentiTrack by Songbay begins where every song begins: with an idea. Songwriting rarely starts with a finished recording; it starts with a title, a lyric, a mood, a rhythm, a chord sequence or simply a feeling that needs a musical home. In an increasingly collaborative and AI-assisted music world, those early human decisions matter. They reveal how a song took shape and help establish a clearer record of the creator’s contribution. That is the purpose of AuthentiTrack™ by Songbay: a Continue
Introduction While there isn’t an official songwriting rulebook, there are quite a few tried and true songwriting conventions that over time have essentially become rules. In almost all instances, these “rules” are there because they tend to make songs more commercial or catchy or both. That being said, breaking these rules can be a very effective tool assuming it’s done with the full understanding that you are doing so. In other words breaking the rules by accident doesn’t count and Continue
Posted by Jessica Brandon on Tue, Feb 10, 2015 @ 01:44 PM REPETITION, REPETITION, REPETITIONby Harriet SchockEdna St. Vincent Millay once said “Life is not one damned thing after another; it’s the same damned thing over and over.” In songwriting, it may seem as if the same damned thing over and over is not only permissible but called for these days. However when it gets to the point of torture, it might be best to change the melodic phrase. And maybe Continue
Posted by Jessica Brandon on Thu, Oct 09, 2014 @ 07:01 AM LYRICS AND POETRYby Harriet SchockI’ve noticed a lot of people confuse poetry and lyrics. I think reading poetry can make you a better lyricist because good poets do the following things that lyricists should also do:1) Say a lot in a few words. I call it emotional shorthand2) Write visually or show don’t tell3) Use irony4) Use conversational language, especially found in modern poetry.I have all my students read Continue
