Comments on: Can you learn how to write lyrics? http://distributedresearch.net/blog/2008/07/08/how-to-write-lyrics Distributed Action Research, communities of practice and social objects by Andy Roberts Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:40:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Calum http://distributedresearch.net/blog/2008/07/08/how-to-write-lyrics#comment-50804 Calum Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:02:00 +0000 http://distributedresearch.net/blog/2008/07/08/how-to-write-lyrics#comment-50804 thanks mate this has sorta helped ... music flows through my fingers but lyrics and me just dont go ... i will definatly sit down and just try and write things for my songs, i have a lot of songs currently sitting as instrumentals and its not all great :( but thanks :) thanks mate this has sorta helped … music flows through my fingers but lyrics and me just dont go … i will definatly sit down and just try and write things for my songs, i have a lot of songs currently sitting as instrumentals and its not all great :(
but thanks :)

]]> By: Rachel http://distributedresearch.net/blog/2008/07/08/how-to-write-lyrics#comment-50669 Rachel Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:29:02 +0000 http://distributedresearch.net/blog/2008/07/08/how-to-write-lyrics#comment-50669 well, i'm 15 now, and i started playing the guitar at about 13/14, same as you, and i have to say, you're quite an inspirational person! =D thanks, mate well, i’m 15 now, and i started playing the guitar at about 13/14, same as you, and i have to say, you’re quite an inspirational person!

=D

thanks, mate

]]> By: Myarshay McDaniel http://distributedresearch.net/blog/2008/07/08/how-to-write-lyrics#comment-45417 Myarshay McDaniel Thu, 11 Sep 2008 01:07:55 +0000 http://distributedresearch.net/blog/2008/07/08/how-to-write-lyrics#comment-45417 I still dont get how to write better songs faster then having to try to write it for at least 45 minutes. I still dont get how to write better songs faster then having to try to write it for at least 45 minutes.

]]> By: 50+ Great Lyric Writing Resources - AUDIOTUTS http://distributedresearch.net/blog/2008/07/08/how-to-write-lyrics#comment-41864 50+ Great Lyric Writing Resources - AUDIOTUTS Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:43:46 +0000 http://distributedresearch.net/blog/2008/07/08/how-to-write-lyrics#comment-41864 [...] Your attitude to songwriting is just as important as your technique—Andy Roberts talks about which attitude is the right one. [...] […] Your attitude to songwriting is just as important as your technique—Andy Roberts talks about which attitude is the right one. […]

]]> By: visitor http://distributedresearch.net/blog/2008/07/08/how-to-write-lyrics#comment-41185 visitor Sun, 03 Aug 2008 05:11:48 +0000 http://distributedresearch.net/blog/2008/07/08/how-to-write-lyrics#comment-41185 thanks thanks

]]> By: visitor http://distributedresearch.net/blog/2008/07/08/how-to-write-lyrics#comment-41184 visitor Sun, 03 Aug 2008 05:11:10 +0000 http://distributedresearch.net/blog/2008/07/08/how-to-write-lyrics#comment-41184 i have a heart for music. I have my own guitar and i had it since i was a sophomore in high school. I dont know the proper or standard ways to write lyrics( because i created my songs without the intention of it becoming a song) because i never realized i would need to learn it. Until now, looking back at my compositions which came from my own journal ( my journal is not a notebook or anything i could use to write my thoughts, it contains records of me singing while playing arandom tunes in my guitar), all of it seems to have the same unfinished melodies. Like the ending isn't much catching or something to be remembered. I think ,i now need to learn it the right way, I have plenty of emotions to spill, but i don't know the right craft . i have a heart for music. I have my own guitar and i had it since i was a sophomore in high school. I dont know the proper or standard ways to write lyrics( because i created my songs without the intention of it becoming a song) because i never realized i would need to learn it. Until now, looking back at my compositions which came from my own journal ( my journal is not a notebook or anything i could use to write my thoughts, it contains records of me singing while playing arandom tunes in my guitar), all of it seems to have the same unfinished melodies. Like the ending isn’t much catching or something to be remembered. I think ,i now need to learn it the right way, I have plenty of emotions to spill, but i don’t know the right craft .

]]> By: Tom Smith http://distributedresearch.net/blog/2008/07/08/how-to-write-lyrics#comment-39508 Tom Smith Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:33:27 +0000 http://distributedresearch.net/blog/2008/07/08/how-to-write-lyrics#comment-39508 I used to write a lot of songs.. all the time... they were never planned, completely spontaneous and often worrying. I'd be singing some disturbing lyric and wonder where the hell it came from. Then they just stopped. Like that. Now I have to "put time aside" to write lyrics. They still sort of come from the same place, somewhere slighty worrying deep down inside, but they don't come unless I cajoule them out. BTW, Sophie has written a book about ways of cajouling ideas onto the page. It does work, but it still feels like cheating to me... http://hypnoticjournaling.com/ I used to write a lot of songs.. all the time… they were never planned, completely spontaneous and often worrying. I’d be singing some disturbing lyric and wonder where the hell it came from.

Then they just stopped. Like that.

Now I have to “put time aside” to write lyrics. They still sort of come from the same place, somewhere slighty worrying deep down inside, but they don’t come unless I cajoule them out.

BTW, Sophie has written a book about ways of cajouling ideas onto the page. It does work, but it still feels like cheating to me…
http://hypnoticjournaling.com/

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