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Re: When writing a song, do you write the lyrics first? Ember - PG Music #466377 04/09/18 02:12 PM Songwriting
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rockstar_not Veteran R Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 7,913 Colorado Springs, CO, USA	For songs that have lyrics, lyrics are first almost always. For instrumentals, I have less structure. The only songwriting training I have ever had was Pat Pattison’s class from Berklee. That class is 90% about writing lyrics and song form. Maybe even more than that. I credit Noel96 from here for turning me on to that class. The other resource that I continually mine which is more song form and chord/melody structure is Matt Blick’s Tickets To Write website which catalogs all of the tricks and tactics the Beatles used in very digestible ways. I’m not ashamed to admit that I have gone to that well many times for inspiration. My Songs, photos, writing,etc. My Sound Cloud

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When writing a song, do you write the lyrics first?	Ember - PG Music	04/08/18 04:32 PM
Re: When writing a song, do you write the lyrics first?	Buford	04/08/18 05:28 PM
Re: When writing a song, do you write the lyrics first?	Noel96	04/08/18 06:25 PM
Re: When writing a song, do you write the lyrics first?	Ember - PG Music	04/09/18 01:15 PM
Re: When writing a song, do you write the lyrics first?	dani48	04/08/18 06:37 PM
Re: When writing a song, do you write the lyrics first?	Ember - PG Music	04/09/18 01:16 PM
Re: When writing a song, do you write the lyrics first?	dani48	04/19/18 07:21 PM
Re: When writing a song, do you write the lyrics first?	guitar1	04/08/18 11:50 PM
Re: When writing a song, do you write the lyrics first?	Ember - PG Music	04/09/18 01:18 PM
Re: When writing a song, do you write the lyrics first?	BlueAttitude	04/09/18 07:21 AM
Re: When writing a song, do you write the lyrics first?	Ember - PG Music	04/09/18 01:20 PM
Re: When writing a song, do you write the lyrics first?	AudioTrack	04/09/18 10:12 AM
Re: When writing a song, do you write the lyrics first?	Ember - PG Music	04/09/18 01:21 PM
Re: When writing a song, do you write the lyrics first?	Janice & Bud	04/09/18 10:35 AM
Re: When writing a song, do you write the lyrics first?	Ember - PG Music	04/09/18 01:24 PM
Re: When writing a song, do you write the lyrics first?	Janice & Bud	04/09/18 04:46 PM
Re: When writing a song, do you write the lyrics first?	Ember - PG Music	04/10/18 12:07 PM
Re: When writing a song, do you write the lyrics first?	Guitarhacker	04/09/18 10:45 AM
Re: When writing a song, do you write the lyrics first?	Ember - PG Music	04/09/18 01:27 PM
Re: When writing a song, do you write the lyrics first?	Samuel Davis	04/09/18 03:23 PM
Re: When writing a song, do you write the lyrics first?	Ember - PG Music	04/10/18 12:05 PM
Re: When writing a song, do you write the lyrics first?	rockstar_not	04/09/18 09:12 PM
Re: When writing a song, do you write the lyrics first?	Ember - PG Music	04/10/18 12:09 PM
Re: When writing a song, do you write the lyrics first?	jford	04/10/18 12:55 PM
Re: When writing a song, do you write the lyrics first?	Ember - PG Music	04/11/18 01:51 PM
Re: When writing a song, do you write the lyrics first?	chulaivet1966	04/10/18 03:40 PM
Re: When writing a song, do you write the lyrics first?	SilverBeat	04/10/18 09:41 PM
Re: When writing a song, do you write the lyrics first?	Ember - PG Music	04/11/18 01:57 PM
Re: When writing a song, do you write the lyrics first?	Ember - PG Music	04/11/18 01:54 PM
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Re: When writing a song, do you write the lyrics first?	Ember - PG Music	04/11/18 01:56 PM
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Re: When writing a song, do you write the lyrics first?	Ember - PG Music	04/11/18 01:59 PM
Re: When writing a song, do you write the lyrics first?	ZUrlocker	04/12/18 06:10 PM
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Re: When writing a song, do you write the lyrics first?	rockstar_not	04/13/18 08:33 AM
Re: When writing a song, do you write the lyrics first?	Noel96	04/13/18 11:01 AM
Re: When writing a song, do you write the lyrics first?	lambada	04/13/18 10:37 PM
Re: When writing a song, do you write the lyrics first?	ZUrlocker	04/13/18 11:25 PM
Re: When writing a song, do you write the lyrics first?	David Snyder	04/14/18 10:49 PM
Re: When writing a song, do you write the lyrics first?	Buford	04/17/18 01:21 PM
Re: When writing a song, do you write the lyrics first?	Ember - PG Music	04/25/18 07:54 PM
Re: When writing a song, do you write the lyrics first?	jimmadsen	04/17/18 02:29 PM
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