ido1957
9K Gold Member
I wasn't sure how to title this thread so I'll try to explain it her in the post itself.
I've been to a few Songwriting forums lately. The critics seem to be super concerned with the lyrics. The need to be "more meaningful", "show me, don't tell me", "more specific", "tell us the whole 10 chapters of why she shot her husband". I think you get my point - critiquing ad nauseum about how they would do it and make it more "interesting". The music is seldom mentioned and so the abundance of "guy and a guitar" results.
To me, lyrics are where I start but I don't think about any of these things when I write them.
What ever happened to the music? There seems to be too much attention to the lyrics and not enough about what's going on behind it.
If it doesn't move me musically it isn't going to work for me. Sure lyrics can be cool but why does everyone need to be Bob Dylan?
Some of the biggest pop/rock hits had meaningless lyrics and some had none. "yes Dick I give it an 85 because it had a good beat"
/end rant
I've been to a few Songwriting forums lately. The critics seem to be super concerned with the lyrics. The need to be "more meaningful", "show me, don't tell me", "more specific", "tell us the whole 10 chapters of why she shot her husband". I think you get my point - critiquing ad nauseum about how they would do it and make it more "interesting". The music is seldom mentioned and so the abundance of "guy and a guitar" results.
To me, lyrics are where I start but I don't think about any of these things when I write them.
What ever happened to the music? There seems to be too much attention to the lyrics and not enough about what's going on behind it.
If it doesn't move me musically it isn't going to work for me. Sure lyrics can be cool but why does everyone need to be Bob Dylan?
Some of the biggest pop/rock hits had meaningless lyrics and some had none. "yes Dick I give it an 85 because it had a good beat"
/end rant