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Songwriting Tip No.1
by PKelly on Jun 02, 2005
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Songwriting Tip No.1
Colourful text phrases––The faster a lyric line from your song becomes lodged in the ear and mind of your listener, the better. Now you’ve hooked your listener into learning your song and remembering your song without them having to break a sweat.
Lyric lines of poetry can be made memorable in different ways. One way is to use phrases that people actually use in conversation. Not clichéd phrases but phrases common enough to resonate. Phrases that trip off the tongue and are pleasing to the ear are best. Think of lines like “That’s the way I’ve always heard it should be,” and “I love you just the way you are.”
Both lines flow beautifully when you say them out loud. Both lines sound familiar and yet are not hackneyed from overuse.
As with all lyric writing, keep a notebook or recorder with you at all times! All that good stuff that occurs to you while you’re riding the train to work? Get it down now and work on it later!
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