My album title

            I'm finally putting music to my lyrics. I know I usually write about lyrics, but this is new to me so I'm excited. It's been slow going, but I'm working on the right music to two of my songs. There's really not much I can say about it yet, except I'm enjoying the key of B for one of my songs. I'm probably over analyzing each note and which note goes with which lyric.

Enough about music, let's talk about lyrics!

Words

When you're thinking of lyrics to a song you probably have tons of imagery and emotions floating through your head, and so many words to describe the images and feelings. Unfortunately, if you use every word that pops into your heard, or describe every image or feeling, it because anticlimactic. If you use to many large words, or any word too much, they begin to lose their meaning. That's why I always say re-write your songs. Think of the first song as a rough draft, read it over and tweak. If you repeat a word too much, find a way to reword the line. There or other word problems besides, big words and  repeating words.

Album Title

        I'm working on my first album, which I hope will be ready for recording by summer, and I'm undecided on whether I should have one of those fancy "self titled" albums or give in an actual name. If I do give it a name, should it be obscure and have nothing to do with any of my songs titles, or should it be the classic name-it-after-a-song-from-the-album albums?  These are questions that must be answered.

Rhyming: Part 3; Rhyme Format

The rhyme format, or rhyme scheme is how you will layout your rhymes. There are an infinite number of ways to layout your rhymes but here are the basics.

A-B-A-B The first line rhymes with the third, while the second rhymes with the fourth.

A-A-B-B
The first line rhymes with the second, while the third rhymes with the fourth.

A-A-A-A
The same rhyming sound throughout.

A-B-C-B
The first and third line don't rhyme at all, while the second and fourth line do rhyme.

As I said before, there are unlimited ways to layout your rhymes. You could rhyme in any combination you want. There are no strict rules, only guidelines and ideas.  If you want a rhyming scheme as strange as A-C-C-B-A-D, go for it! 

Rhyming: Part 1

     Lyrics that rhyme are memorable, and easy to sing along to. They roll off the tongue easily and form easily to melody's.

 But, do not sacrifice the idea or meaning for the sake of a rhyme. Do not be so focused on rhyming that your song has no meaning, or makes no sense to the listener.

Ransom Lyrics!

Have you ever felt like you weren't the creative type? You couldn't understand how some people could turn an ordinary situation into a colorful work of art.  Me too.

     Well, I learned an amazing way to write song for us less creative types. It's simple and quick!

Don't Wait for Inspiration

People love to wait for inspiration before they begin writing lyrics. I've done this. I think it's partially a fear of writing the wrong thing. or writing something no one will like. But I've learned if you just write for the sake of writing you'll get more inspiration from those writings. This includes everything from, lyrics, poems, and novels.

Don't wait for the perfect song to hit you like a brick, grab it by writing!  Let your imagination run, create, or just write about

Re-write

If you are an aspiring lyricist one of the worst things that get you down about writing is yourself. You are your own worst critic! That's good...to a point. Be hard on yourself and push yourself to be better but never doubt yourself and don't be scared to write something crazy! A great tip I learned was to re-write everything. You may think the song is perfect, you can't believe you wrote such an amazing song. Put that song away for a week or two, or even a month. When you come back to read it, you'll find something you can fix.

Political Pop Songs

I was writing a song. It took me, I think, two months. Which, I guess, is relatively quick. I've heard of some people taking at least a year to write one song! But, it felt like forever. I still don't know if I'm finished with it. I like the title, and the theme. Unfortunately, I wont divulge my title or even the lyrics to any of my songs until I have them copy written.

I will say that the lyrics come from an important world view that I take very seriously. There are two sides to this topic, some for and some against it. I will also say that this world view is often used as part of political platforms, rallies, and debate.