3 Things Every Songwriter Should Know About Using Imagery

3 Things Every Songwriter Should Know About Using Imagery

As I'm preparing to teach my songwriting class at Belmont University, I'm reminded of something my friend Jamie Floyd shared with the audience about songwriting at our recent show at the Bluebird Cafe: the more detailed and personal the lyrics, the more universal the message for the listener. It seems counterintuitive, but it's true. In fact, the text we use for our songwriting class begins with this very lesson. Read on to learn 3 things to remember when using imagery in your lyrics…

Read on and you’ll see what I mean. Here are 3 things songwriters should remember about using imagery in their lyrics:

How to Write a Song When You’re Out of Ideas

How to Write a Song When You’re Out of Ideas

If you are a songwriter, then you have a problem.

Relax. I’m not talking about Hemingway-sized alcoholic tendencies or crazy dark mood swings (although, many creative writers have those problems, as well). Your problem as a writer is a blank page. Our job as songwriters is to take the essence of an idea, marry it with emotion and make it rhyme in 15 to 20 lines of lyric.

So, how are we going to fill that page?

I’m going to share with you 4 ways to find the inspiration you need to write your next song, even if you don’t have an idea.

 
 
 

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