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How To Write And Analyze Lyrics Using TextMate

November 10, 2008 By Graham English

TextMate is my second favorite app right behind Logic Studio. I've written about my TextMate love affair a lot. In this tutorial, I wanted to share how I use TextMate to write and analyze lyrics, including tips for finding the perfect rhyme and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Video Tagged With: lyric writing, lyrics, rhyme, Songwriting, songwriting tips, spotlights, TextMate, writing lyrics

Samurai Songwriting Issue 1 Is Now Available

April 16, 2007 By Graham English

It's time to dig into the first issue of Samurai Songwriting. If you're not a subscriber, join now. If you want to purchase just this issue, you can do that here: 1. Select your country USA Outside USA Here's what we cover … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: rhyme, Samurai Songwriting, Songwriting, songwriting tips

The Perfect Song Title – 5 Things To Remember

November 26, 2006 By Graham English

Place Your Song Title At Key Points In The Chorus Your song title is more likely to be remembered if it is placed in the first or last line of the chorus. Place Emphasis On Your Song Title In The Chorus Support your song title by giving it a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: chorus, contrast, harmony, lyric writing, lyrics, melody, rhyme, rhythm, song titles, Songwriting, songwriting techniques, songwriting tips, spotlights, writing lyrics

Hit Songwriting Tips Podcast 08-09-06

August 9, 2006 By Graham English

Topics covered: Top 10 Lyric Writing Insights, line length, contrasting ideas, melody, metaphor, prosody, rhyme schemes, rhythm, song forms, spotlights... Download: Hit Songwriting Tips Podcast 08-09-06 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audio, Hit Songwriting Tips Podcast, Music Education Tagged With: contrast, contrasting ideas, development, hit songwriting tips, Hit Songwriting Tips Podcast, line length, lyric writing, lyrics, melody, metaphor, perspective, podcasts, point of view, prosody, rhyme, rhyme schemes, rhythm, setting, song forms, Songwriting, songwriting tips, SongwritingHacks, spotlights, stress, verb tense

Perfect Rhyme and Family Rhyme

April 5, 2006 By Graham English

Perfect Rhyme has three characteristics: The rhyming syllables have the same vowel soundsThe consonant sounds after the vowel (if any) have the same soundsThe rhyming syllables begin differentlyA good substitute for Perfect Rhyme is Family … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: family rhyme, lyric writing, perfect rhyme, rhyme, Songwriting, writing lyrics

Get Your Creative Juices Flowing

March 21, 2006 By Graham English

Give me 5 minutes and I'll show you how to instantly find unique and interesting details to put into your lyrics. The technique is called Object Writing and it's so ridiculously easy that you'll be pissed you didn't know about it sooner. I learned … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: abstract, chorus, creativity, CreativityHacks, details, don't tell, emotions, heart, lyric writing, meaning, Object Writing, Pat Pattison, perspective, rhyme, rhythm, senses, show, Songwriting, SongwritingHacks, verses, writing, writing lyrics

Top 10 Lyric Writing Insights

February 6, 2006 By Graham English

*Before I continue, and I'll say this many times, I operate under the assumption that the opposite of everything I say is equally true. Including the opposite of what I just said. :) Here's my top 10 lyric writing insights: 1. The rhythm of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: consonance, contrast, contrasting ideas, details, development, don't tell, line length, lyric writing, lyrics, melody, metaphor, perspective, point of view, prosody, rhyme, rhyme schemes, rhythm, rules, setting, show, song forms, Songwriting, SongwritingHacks, spotlights, stress, verb tense, writing lyrics

MasterWriter Review

December 9, 2005 By Graham English

Here is my review of MasterWriter, a collection of writing tools for songwriters. First of all, I give MasterWriter two big thumbs up. It has been an invaluable songwriting tool for me since the day I bought just over a year ago. MasterWriter … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: alliteration, creative process, dictionary, lyrics, pop culture, rhyme, songwriters, Songwriting, songwriting tools, SongwritingHacks, thesaurus

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