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! 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
