As a songwriter, achieving a consistently high standard in lyrics writing or song writing can be elusive. You have to be able to create a catchy melody and interesting chord progressions, write lyrics where the phrasing of your song lyrics works with the melody, and plan the song structure (song form). As you progress into musical arrangement you have to create rhythm and harmony, understand what different musical instruments can and cannot do, and think about the how two or more instruments work together as they perfom a composition. You might also want to think of targeting a musical genre, or how one song fits with other tracks on an album.
Music Forum
We support a large community in the Songstuff Music Forum. You'll find many songwriters and musicians keen to help each other improve their skills and support their fellow artists. If you want help writing songs, we have dedicated several boards for the purpose of discussing song lyrics, song form and recording in our Song and Recording Critique, Lyrics Critique, and the more general Songwriting Discussion boards, which together make an excellent resource for songwriters.
Articles
We have a growing library of Articles written by a mixture of in-house writers and contribuors working in various aspects of the music business. Subjects include writing lyrics, writers block, song structure or song form, melody, chord progressions, lyrical function, and the placement of hooks plus a look at the related subjects of harmony, rhythm and more broadly musical arrangement.
Links
Our links for songwriters are extensive and categorised. In addition to numerous links to general composition resources for writers in the main category, there are dedicated sub-categories.
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