Here’s a quick lesson on songwriting perspectives with advice on how to choose your lyrical point of view when starting to write.
Tag: lyric-writing
A Beginner’s Guide to Writing Metaphor Into Lyrics
Looking for ways to create more a powerful impact with your song lyrics? Here’s a step-by-step guide to using metaphor to deepen your storylines.
Too Many Lyrics, Not Enough Tune: How Melody Helps Grab Our Attention
There’s as much grammar in a tune as there is in a paragraph. Learn to harness the power of melody and your lyrical strength will follow.
The Most Poetic Lyrics We Heard in Pop Music in 2018
We’ve compiled some of our favorite lyrics to hit the Billboard pop charts last year and isolated them to give them the attention they deserve.
Practical Approaches to Writing Lyrics (for Producers, Mainly)
For electronic home producers, writing lyrics doesn’t always come easy. Here are a few tried-and-true strategies culled from our newest online course.
3 Tips for Getting Out of a Lyric Rhyming Rut
Stuck in “rhymer’s block?” We enlisted a professional songwriting coach to show us three creative schemes for helping to write song lyrics that rhyme.
Understanding Split Sheets and Lyric Sheets
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How Adam Yauch Became Rap’s Fun-Loving Social Change Advocate
Anyway you slice it, Adam “MCA” Yauch of the Beastie Boys was as “cool as a…
Are You Talking to Me? Using Conversation in Lyrics
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10 Famous Song Titles That Never Appear Lyrically in the Song
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