Lyric first writing – How to write song lyrics if you are not a musician
There are almost certainly lots of music fans out there who love the idea of writing lyrics for a song. However, if you don’t happen to be a musician then […]
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Sport anthems – Songs and Lyrics about Sport
I’ve already written 2 posts about songs and lyrics that are about war. (Songs and Lyrics about war – part 1 and Songs and Lyrics about war – part 2). […]
A beginner’s guide to writing lyrics – part 1
So you want to write song lyrics? In this Beginner’s guide to writing lyrics series of posts I’m going to outline some tips for getting started with lyric writing. There […]
Why you shouldn’t just write what you know
Writers are often told to write what you know. This seemingly sage advice is trotted out for a variety of writing genres: novels, short stories, poems, and lyrics. However, I […]
How to generate inspiration for song lyrics – part 2
In part 1, I described a couple of techniques that aspiring lyric writers can use to generate lyric inspiration. These were the Cut Out technique (favoured by Bowie and Cobain […]
How to generate inspiration for song lyrics – part 1
How do you generate inspiration for song lyrics? Do your lyric ideas come easily, or does it involve a lot of staring at a screen? Maybe accompanied by a low […]
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 […]