Writing Lyrics - 3 Things to Remember When Writing Song Lyrics

Living the life of rock stars and pop divas has always been a dream of many. These music artists live the lives we all dream about - expensive cars, designer clothes, fame and fortune. In fact, everything relating to the music industry is quite exciting, and we all want to be a part of it. However, we only see one side of the coin, and this is the easier part of being successful in this line of business. We see the result - great songs, millions and millions of fans, and so much more. Few of us ask ourselves how they got there, and how much effort and time they put into what they do. The fact is that not everyone can write a hit song and earn millions from it in the years to come. Here are the three things to keep in mind if you want to write a good song. You might not earn a lot of money from it, but it is a start even if you don't earn anything. As long as you keep on trying and believe in your talent, you have a good chance of becoming a famous songwriter.

Three Things to Remember - Length, Effect and Editing

Writing song lyrics is a true pleasure for those poetic souls who enjoy writing, but it is also hard work. Many people wrongfully believe that writing songs is easy and nothing but fun. The truth is that you need to invest a lot into the task of writing song lyrics, and one of the things that deserve your attention is the song's length. Before you start making rhymes, think about how long your song should be, taking into account that most songs last from three to five minutes. So, think carefully and try to fit your lyrics into this time frame. To help you, the best lyrics length would be somewhere between 150 and 200 words.

Another thing you might want to consider is the effect you want to cause in your readers or listeners. Some song lyrics make people think, whereas some make them sympathize with the author or relate to his or her feelings. You need to decide what effect you want your song to have on people reading or listening to the lyrics. Finally, you need to edit your lyrics. This means that you need to check whether your lyrics are ready to see the light of the day, and if there is anything you would like to change.

Why Cannot Everybody Write a Song?

The problem with becoming a famous songwriter is that there are no rules when it comes to who will make it big in this department. You can be a fantastic songwriter, and still not be credited for it; you may write songs for years, and remain unnoticed. The reason for this is the fact that you need a great deal of luck when it comes to becoming a well-known songwriter. Therefore, the recipe for writing fantastic lyrics has two main ingredients - talent and luck. If you have what it takes be sure to start writing lyrics, and maybe you will make it big in the music industry. After all, this is a dream worth chasing.

Ana is a freelance writer, and she enjoys writing on any topic.

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What Is the Best Way to Memorize Organ Music and Remember It for a Long Time?

Many organists want to be able to play the most wonderful organ compositions from memory. This skill lets them to know the music at a much deeper level and gives many advantages against the organists who do not work on memorizing their music.

But is it possible to store the music in our permanent memory so that we could play it after many months? The answer is yes, and this article will show you how to do it.

First of all, we have to understand that after we memorize the piece the next day we have to repeat it otherwise we will soon forget it. What does it take to truly memorize the composition? We can take the analogy with learning the words of the new language.

Just imagine if you have to memorize 5 new words in a foreign language today. How many times you have to repeat them in order to memorize them? Perhaps repetition of 10 times each would be enough for most people. Will you remember them tomorrow? Not really, unless you repeat them tomorrow, right? So, if you repeat them tomorrow, will you remember them permanently? Not yet.

We have to repeat them about 100 times over a long period of time to be able to remember them permanently. In other words, repetition of just 10 times stores them in our short-term memory, but if we repeat them 100 times over some months, then we will have them stored in our long-term memory.

Going back to organ playing, we can also use a similar system how you could go about in memorizing music and keeping it in your long-term memory. We will use a special strategy to achieve this goal.

Memorize the music and repeat it 10 times. Then you will have to repeat it after one day, two days, four days, one week, two weeks, one month, two months, four months, six months, and finally after one year. Always repeat your memorized organ piece 10 times.

Note that the length of the piece does not mater as long as you repeat so many times. However, I suggest you try something shorter for starters. After 1 year you will have 110 repetitions of this piece and it will be stored in your long-term memory. Then you can leave it for many months, but your will not forget it.

However, I don't mean you should be playing ONLY this piece for one year. Of course, play and other organ compositions but this is for the sake of an experiment. You can memorize more pieces, if you will have time.

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