Comments on: Songwright – A Manifesto (kind of) http://www.songwright.co.uk/2008/03/22/songwright-a-manifesto-kind-of/ Ideas and Advice for Songwriters (formerly songwright.co.uk) Sun, 29 Jan 2012 11:50:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: tomslatter http://www.songwright.co.uk/2008/03/22/songwright-a-manifesto-kind-of/comment-page-1/#comment-62 tomslatter Mon, 24 Mar 2008 08:07:17 +0000 http://tomslatter.wordpress.com/?p=70#comment-62 Yeah, I generally find lyrics more difficult. But I also find loads of sites and advice to help me with lyircs, whereas few people talk about melody and things like that. So this is my small attempt to plug that gap. Thank for your comment, glad you like the site. PS. What exactly do you mean by 'song formatting'? Just structure, or more than that? Yeah, I generally find lyrics more difficult.

But I also find loads of sites and advice to help me with lyircs, whereas few people talk about melody and things like that. So this is my small attempt to plug that gap.

Thank for your comment, glad you like the site.

PS. What exactly do you mean by ‘song formatting’? Just structure, or more than that?

]]> By: Corey Stewart http://www.songwright.co.uk/2008/03/22/songwright-a-manifesto-kind-of/comment-page-1/#comment-63 Corey Stewart Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:55:16 +0000 http://tomslatter.wordpress.com/?p=70#comment-63 You're right about the fact that there's not "... a great deal of blogs about songwriting architecture, about the craft of song... " I write songs on a guitar mostly and for me, coming up with musical ideas is a very easy thing to do whereas, coming up with lyrical ideas is a bit more difficult. It's been my experience that one of the major stumbling block of understanding for songwriters is song formatting. I agree that this topic should be covered in greater detail in general. You can write the best lyrics but if the song sounds clumsy in its delivery then all you have is a poem with some music attached to it. BTW, love your blog. I've linked to it. You’re right about the fact that there’s not “… a great deal of blogs about songwriting architecture, about the craft of song… ”

I write songs on a guitar mostly and for me, coming up with musical ideas is a very easy thing to do whereas, coming up with lyrical ideas is a bit more difficult.

It’s been my experience that one of the major stumbling block of understanding for songwriters is song formatting.

I agree that this topic should be covered in greater detail in general.

You can write the best lyrics but if the song sounds clumsy in its delivery then all you have is a poem with some music attached to it.

BTW, love your blog. I’ve linked to it.

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