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Get your lyrics on Spotify with Musixmatch
Add real-time lyrics to your songs on Spotify. Spotify has launched a real-time lyrics feature in 26 markets around the world. Listeners in participating countries can opt to view lyrics … Continue reading
How to get your lyrics on Instagram Stories with Musixmatch
Automatically add words to your music in Instagram Stories. You can create quick Instagram Stories that feature your lyrics. The words to the songs are auto-populated, so you don’t have … Continue reading
Reading lyrics on stage? Hmmmmmm.
Relying on lyric sheets or chord charts during a performance It finally happened. I’ve gotten to the point where I’m thinking about leaning on a crutch on stage: a lyric … Continue reading
How literate are YOUR lyrics?
Studying the dumbness of pop music When someone says “literate songwriting,” I think of Dave Carter, Kool Keith, Mary Gauthier, Elvis Costello. But let’s think about it more… literally, as … Continue reading
A letter to a young lyricist, from Gavin Castleton
[This post, written by Gavin Castleton, is part of a series of letters from established artists (including Gretchen Peters and Mary Gauthier) to young musicians — and it originally appeared on … Continue reading
3 Tips to Writing More Evocative Songs (without the use of an instrument)
Effective mental tools for songwriters [This guest post was written by Dan Hazlett, an acclaimed songwriter, performer, and teacher.] After spending more than thirty years writing and performing songs and … Continue reading
Transforming Your Lyrics from Poetry to Personal Truth
[This article was written by songwriter Anna Dagmar, a five-time award winner of the Mid-Atlantaic Songwriting Competition.] One of the biggest discoveries I made during the process of recording my fourth … Continue reading
The Difference Between Song Lyrics and Poetry
Lyrics can be poetic. Poetry can be lyrical. But rarely the twain shall meet. Of course it does no good to be wholly dogmatic about things, but in general, rockstars … Continue reading