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I describe my ongoing lyrics writing projects. Where I get my ideas, how I match my words with other people's music, which little helpers I use...

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my third comprehensive lyrics collection

I just published my third comprehensive lyrics collection. It contains 73 new lyrics, 4 re-writes or alternative versions, and 3 collaboratively written lyrics (with no creative commons license). Two lyrics have not yet been published anywhere else ("a...

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I love you

I guess that most song deal with this message, "I love you", "I love you so much, I can't live without you", and so on. It's the greatest feeling there is, and it makes the most boring song lyrics there are. For my - still non-existing - video tutorial...

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beyond the pale ain't out of this world

... that's the line that sprang to my mind when I read a Facebook post by some Denalyn about his brother who is being bullied because of his attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and Asperger syndrom (a kind of autism). That's all there is at...

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scream, don't shout

I'll rename my lyrics "cry out, shout out" "cry out, scream out". "shout out" also or even primarily(?) stands for "call out" or "proclaim". I obviously want the negative implication. "scream out" is clearer.

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how do you tell if your meter is right

"cry out, shout out" are my latest (lunch time) lyrics. I polished them today. Amazingly, I found that shortening lines that even before seemed too short to produce an even meter actually improved their flow. the lines "now they lay off workforce while...

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where were you

... will be the title of my new song. In my last post I had mentioned that it would need a very strong chorus because it consists of nothing much else ;-) Yet, how do you create a strong chorus or a good 'hook'? By repetition! At least, that is the easiest...

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