Never Let Your Dreams Die
“Our dreams do not die because we grow old; we grow old because our dreams die.“
Gabriel G. Marquez
Songwriting Idea - How To Give A Lyric Line New Life
When you are working on your lyrics, have you ever wondered why it's so hard to think of a good way to say what you want to say, without it sounding boring or clunky or awkward ? Are you sometimes not happy with the lines you have written, and would like to say the same thing only in a more powerful or unusual way ? I think all songwriters and lyricists come against this from time to time, and as a friend recently asked me for help with some lines he wasn't happy with, I thought that I would share the way that I personally try and overcome this when it happens. It's pretty simple, I brainstorm, with myself, alone, on paper. Yes I know, I'm old fashioned. How I brainstorm: * I write the offending line, or pair of lines, at the top of the page. * I then write every conceivable variation of how I could write the same thing using different words and phrases, that I can think of. No matter how silly, daft, weird or over the top sounding they may be. ...
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