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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

• 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...

• Project Song: Chris Walla & J. Robbins

  Posted on Thursday October 15th, 2009 at 05:33 in pop, songwriting lesson, songwriting collaboration, songwriting site, songwriter interview

  Chris Walla, founder of Death Cab for Cutie, and J. Robbins of Jawbox create "Mercury," a song inspired by the word "cerebral" and the photo Black Dog's Retreat by Tom Chambers (2002).Watch the song being created. ...

• Free Music: Kerouac Set To Music?

  Posted on Thursday October 15th, 2009 at 05:21 in pop, free music, music sites, songwriting site

  Based on Kerouac's novel Big Sur, Jay Farrar (Sun Volt) and Benjamin Gibbard (Death Cab for Cutie) wrote 12 songs out of a mutual admiration for the writer. You can hear the entire album, One Fast Move Or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur, on NPR's site. ...

• Handy Old Blog for Songwriters

  Posted on Sunday October 11th, 2009 at 11:19 in business, songwriters, songwriting tools, songwriting site

  The Songwriter Toolbox is a nice blog for independent music groups and songwriters to pillage for some abandoned content. While the posts are more than a year old, Nick Daugherty did a nice job of choosing subjects with long-term appeal from a songw...

• Dolly Parton: Celebrating 42 Years of Songwriting

  Posted on Saturday October 10th, 2009 at 10:31 in songwriters, songwriting site

  A new box set is out with over 100 tracks spanning the years between 1967, and her first hit "Dumb Blonde" to her 26th number one single in 1991 "Rockin' Years."Check out American Songwriter for a more detailed description. ...

Comments & Reviews

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.

Posted: March 21st, 2009 | More Reviews From kmgatzka | Report This Comment

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