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Lyrics without music is just bad poetry
if you're gonna write lyrics first it helps a lot to stick to a meter, like if you're writing the music with the stresses on beats on 2 and 4 writing iambicly usually works really well, if you're writing the music with the stress on beats 1 and 3 writing trochaicly works in the same way, also to help this just drum (i usually drum on my belly) with the stresses on 2 and 4 or 1 and 3 respectively as you write and it just makes sure all the stresses are in the right place in your lyrics and you can even leave a couple beats between lines to get away with a little more, also keep in mind usually the verses are for the story and the choruses are for mostly theme and emotion not to contain part of the story, if you're better at writing lyrics it can help to write lyrics first as long as you follow these tips or find a way that works for you because than the music won't step on the lyrics, but if you're better at writing music it can help to write the music first then do the lyrics that way the lyrics won't step on the music, either way they have to work together, and whichever you're better at will most likely be what people like about your music anyway so it's best to let that part shine and make that part as good as it can be, try both ways and see what produces the best results, and remember you don't have to do it the same way every time
I SIMPLY FEEL SOMETHING, HEAR THE WORDS COMING TO A TUNE. THEN I WRITE THE LYRICS TO THAT TUNE AND IT ONLY COMES IN THAT ORDER UNTIL IT'S DONE. WHEN IT IS FINISHED I SING THE SONG AND HEAR THE RHYTHM AS I SING. TRYING TO START BY USING MUSIC INSTRUMENT WILL INTERFERE WITH THIS NATURAL INSPIRATION. WE COMPLICATE THINGS BY DIVERTING FROM THE NATURAL ORDER.
This is why I listen to instrumental music as it can give you vocal melody ideas because you can hear music inside music
I started out in poetry writing and I already self-published a poetry book but now I am switching to songwriting and I AM thinking about melodies in my head while writing songs. At times, my lyrics get too wordy and I am trying to avoid common phrases I hear in pop music to make it interesting but it is tricky. Thanks for this video, it helped me out a lot.
Andrea is great, I took classes with her, you should all go out and get her book as well
I have watched so many videos with Andrea in the last year. So cool to see both of you collaborating! Your channel is really helpful and getting better all the time dude. Keep it up ?
Thank you, interesting approach. I will take a look at more on this.