You don’t need to feel “inspired” to write. You don’t need some grand idea either. …
Lyric Ideas: How to Reconnect with the Inspiration that Surrounds You Every Day
[...] Be awake enough to see where you are at any given time and how that is beautiful and has poetry inside, even in places you hate. — Jeff Buckley, in an interview with Luisa …
Writing Lyrics: 5 Basics All Songwriters Should Know
Writing lyrics is a unique form of creative writing, with important differences that set it apart from writing poetry, fiction, plays, or any other type of literature. What are the essential …
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How to sweeten your lyric with ‘anadiplosis’
Repetition in songwriting works magic on listeners. All by itself, repetition can make a lyric sound musical before it’s even set to a melody. The chorus and refrain are the two most common forms of …
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Write Better Love Songs (with Help from Ancient Roman Convicts)
Follow me back to ancient Rome for a minute. I want to show you something. In Roman courts, there were no mugshots used to correctly identify suspects. Courthouses didn't have sketch artists to draw …
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