Is there a magical formula for winning lyric contests?
Lyric Contests – exploring whether there’s a formula to win them Is there a magical formula for writing successful lyrics? Something that the likes of Bob Dylan, Paul Simon and […]
Entering Free Lyric Contests
As lyric writers start their songwriting careers one thing they’ll come across is the availability of lyric contests. Some may find it intimidating to think that other people would be […]
Case study – Creating a character to base a song around
In the last couple of posts I’ve provided some tips around how to create a character for a song lyric. In part 1 I provided some examples of well known […]
How to create a character to base a song around – part 2
In the first part of this topic I highlighted some examples of characters from famous songs. That included Stan from Eminem, Eleanor Rigby from The Beatles and Stagger Lee from […]
How to create a character to base a song around – part 1
In my last post I recommended re-using main protagonists from your lyrics in other songs. I talked about how artists such as Pink Floyd, Alice Cooper, and David Bowie have […]
Re-using characters in songs
I came to writing lyrics having first of all spent several years writing comedy sketches. In the world of comedy sketch writing it’s considered normal, indeed extremely desirable, to re-use […]
Songs and lyrics about war – part 2 (My lyrics)
My war lyrics Having quoted so many awesome and legendary war lyrics and songs in my last post, it’s with a little trepidation that I seek to introduce some of […]
Songs and lyrics about war – part 1
All songwriters will probably find themes that they keep coming back to. Pop music is powered largely about songs about love and lust, the blues has an enduring fixation on […]
Turning old poems & lyrics into well structured song lyrics
One of the most common questions that I see from lyrics writers (and from writers generally) is ‘How do I overcome writer’s block?’ There are huge quantities of articles devoted […]
Becoming a lyric writer – part 3
Previously on LyricSlinger … In my first post I explained how my lyric writing journey had started. I had written lyrics for years but had never done anything with them. […]