Comments on: The Secret Alchemy Of Songwriting http://i.grahamenglish.net/1092/the-secret-alchemy-of-songwriting/ Songwriter, Recording Artist, and Blogging Musician Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:10:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Graham English http://i.grahamenglish.net/1092/the-secret-alchemy-of-songwriting/comment-page-1/#comment-1900 Graham English Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:41:45 +0000 http://i.grahamenglish.net/1092/the-secret-alchemy-of-songwriting/#comment-1900 Absolutely you can, Jonathan. First, stick with a common meter to make things simple. Think, "Mary had a little lamb." Then you can make things more complicated. Since you have to keep in mind that someone will be writing music to your words, verses need the same number of sylables with stresses in the same places each time they are repeated. Another thing you can do is try to rewrite the lyrics to other people's music. That gives you a framework to hang your words on. And if you give it to a musician, they'll create something completely new. Best of luck! Absolutely you can, Jonathan. First, stick with a common meter to make things simple. Think, “Mary had a little lamb.” Then you can make things more complicated. Since you have to keep in mind that someone will be writing music to your words, verses need the same number of sylables with stresses in the same places each time they are repeated.

Another thing you can do is try to rewrite the lyrics to other people’s music. That gives you a framework to hang your words on. And if you give it to a musician, they’ll create something completely new.

Best of luck!

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]]> By: Graham English http://i.grahamenglish.net/1092/the-secret-alchemy-of-songwriting/comment-page-1/#comment-1902 Graham English Sat, 29 Sep 2007 21:27:04 +0000 http://i.grahamenglish.net/1092/the-secret-alchemy-of-songwriting/#comment-1902 Thanks for the comment, Benjamin! Much appreciated. Thanks for the comment, Benjamin! Much appreciated.

]]> By: Benjamin http://i.grahamenglish.net/1092/the-secret-alchemy-of-songwriting/comment-page-1/#comment-1903 Benjamin Sat, 29 Sep 2007 16:42:35 +0000 http://i.grahamenglish.net/1092/the-secret-alchemy-of-songwriting/#comment-1903 Simple, great and brilliant. Thank you Graham! Simple, great and brilliant. Thank you Graham!

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