You would have listened to your favourite / memorable songs in You Tube or net or from your music player. If you have the habit of regularly listening to songs in You Tube, you would have come across a lot of positive comments like "Song with Good Lyrics", "Nice Words", "Heart-touching Words", "My Favourite Song of All Time", "One of My Favourites", "Memorable Song" etc.
Even today, people do remember some songs which they would have listened years back or have the habit of listening to those songs often. What makes them remember those songs? Good lyrics is one of the reasons. Good & memorable lyrics leave a sense of feeling behind the words. If you are interested in writing lyrics for songs, following are the simple tips and techniques to write lyrics for the songs:-
Even today, people do remember some songs which they would have listened years back or have the habit of listening to those songs often. What makes them remember those songs? Good lyrics is one of the reasons. Good & memorable lyrics leave a sense of feeling behind the words. If you are interested in writing lyrics for songs, following are the simple tips and techniques to write lyrics for the songs:-
- Writing a good lyrics for any song needs time, effort, dedication and patience.
- Read articles and interviews of song writers.
- Song writing is an artistic expression. Have the habit of reading poems and listening to good songs.
- As lyrics convey message of your song, know what type of song you are going to write about - Love, Romance, Friendship, Emotion, Breakup, Relationship, Bad-day, Anger, Religion or about Nature.
- Listen to similar type of songs to get ideas but do not copy any sentence or creative word or phrase of any song.
- Also think yourself about what a song is and how it should be written as good lyrics demands careful choice of each word.
- Select a title for your song which will be helpful during the writing process.Have a book of rhyming words at hand always.
- Start with catchy or meaningful words/phrases.
- Everybody comes across good and bad days in one's own life. If you write lyrics from your own personal experience in your life, it will be much easier. You will be able to unconsciously make rhymes in your mind.
- Creative ideas / words & phrases might pop up in your mind any time. Carry a notepad / pencil with you all the time. Jot down ideas, phrases, experiences & inspirational thoughts that you encounter during the ordinary course of your day.
- Write as many synonyms as possible for any word to choose the best for your lyrics. Keep changing the words till you find the word best suited, but do not erase any word / phrase while changing as you might need them later.
- Be original, creative and write from your heart.
- It is better not to use same words often. Most song lovers ignore / do not like songs which are of repetitive nature, especially remix songs.
- Try to avoid big words which will be difficult to pronounce for song lovers. Use most common phrases that people like to hear.
- Most song writers first write their songs in rough poetry and then restructure into a song-lyrics with rhymes. Try to write poetry first.
- Write all the time to keep the flow going. If your mind is blocked and you are not able to continue writing, take a break and come back with a fresh mind to continue.
- Never copy existing song lyrics.