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Lyrist 101

http://lyrist101.blogspot.com

Focused on songwriting, lyric writing, melody, song structure, critiques and basic song development theory.

• Added on: Jan 17th, 2009
• Country: United States
• Language: English

• Author: lyrist101
• Listed in: How-To Music
• Tags: Lyrics songwriting songwriters songs songwriting tools songwriting lessons

Recent Posts

• Top 100 Country Albums of the Decade

  Posted on Thursday December 24th, 2009 at 12:16 in country music, making music

  The list according to The9513.com Country Music web site. Granted, one opinion, but a great list to contemplate. Some highlights and differing opinions: I don't agree with Fireflies being so low. Faith Hill sounds great, and the Lori McKenna, who p...

• Bad Simile in Reba\'s "Consider Me Gone"? (Pt. 2)

  Posted on Friday November 27th, 2009 at 12:48 in songwriting, Imagery, songwriting tips, simile, writing songs, lyric writing, song analysis, writing country songs

  Don't get me wrong.  I think Reba McEntire is one of the best.  My issue is with the song.  While it's OK, i.e., not too bad, it falls short of good. The biggest problem - the simile is an unrelenting stinker that ends up permeating th...

• Bad Simile in Reba\'s "Consider Me Gone"? (Pt. 1)

  Posted on Friday November 27th, 2009 at 12:35 in songwriting, metaphor, songwriting tips, simile, writing songs, lyric writing, song analysis

  To clarify - this isn't really Reba's poor simile.  Because she's a great vocalist and song interpreter, she's able to make the simile sound reasonable, so as a listener, we give it a pass. But that doesn't mean it's a well written simile.  ...

• What\'s For Songwriters On twitter?

  Posted on Sunday November 8th, 2009 at 11:14 in songwriters, music business, making music

  I'm not sure if you're following musicians, friends, music magazines, or gear companies on twitter, but there are some folks out there worth tagging along with for some inside scoop and fun. -- Music Fog is a blog that covers the Americana genr...

• MySpace's music Feed

  Posted on Sunday October 18th, 2009 at 11:13

  Artist interviews, including Say Anything, Converge and Tim McGrawMySpace music Feed ...

• Song Key Conversion Site

  Posted on Saturday October 17th, 2009 at 10:06 in songwriting tools, music sites, songwriting site

  Chordie.com has a pretty nice repository of songs, with lyrics, guitar tab, and neat little sidebar item that lets you change the key of a song by semitone. The user interface is clunky, but overall, it's very handy if you're trying to transpose a s...

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This blog is currently rated a 5.00 out of a possible 5 based on 1 comment.

Kirk M Gatzka

Well written and thought provoking blog. As a songwriter I found it very useful.

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