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I use a lawnmower and seem to get great ideas while mowing the lawn during the Spring, Summer. Got so wrapped up in a song last year I actually strayed into the next door neighbour's lawn (open plan around here) Until a deep booming voice rang out, "Hey you get off my lawn"  Musiclover
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1. Freebie McGill Rhyming dictionary
2. Several online rhyming dictionaries and tools, specifically recall a dillfrog domain name
3. Trello in iOS for organizing thoughts and phrases, then PC version when I'm at my DAW
4. Google docs for cross globe collaboration
5. Notes app in iOS for voice memos when I don't have a pen and paper with me (but I always have my phone. Weird how that works)
6. Camera app in phone to capture inspiring images
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"....instead of depending on a program to write your lyrics, do it yourself."
This seems to be a running misconception in this thread. I have not seen ONE PERSON that says their recommended program WRITES their lyrics, just that their program HELPS them either organize, find rhymes, etc....
That is no different than my way, paper-pencil-rhyming dictionary....just a LOT FASTER!
BUT sometimes that is also a problem, because as I am writing down my thoughts-ideas I can go at x-speed, and no faster....and sometimes while writing things down another idea will pop in the mix and change the outcome of the line.
Now, in THAT respect I can see the argument that the program is writing your lyric......but that is a stretch.
Just a IMHO, YMMV, yada yada type of post....
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Verse perfect is the same tool as the McGill rhyming dictionary I mentioned
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And, after all this, what have I learned? Old School remains my mainstay. And to you Beta-Test crowd using Quills, I retort: "CHARCOAL on CORN HUSKS!" Seriously, though - I had a flirtation with "Lyric-generating software", then a flirtation with "a huge Excel list of phrases" and a couple macros to auto-assemble them, and many other Geeky endeavors. None really worked - especially the software. In the time it would have taken me to learn the software and get a MEANINGFUL, CREDIBLE RESULT, I could learn to play cello, and still have time to write a dozen GOOD songs the old-fashioned way. I still maintain the Excel file, just for single-phrase Inspiration. And some other observations that I hope might help: 1. Keeping a list of phrases, as I mentioned, is a BIG help to "spark" a song idea. It's actually better than BB's "title generator", because only pre-vetted ideas are in my list. 2. After a 15-year writer's block, I recently joined a Meetup group for songwriters. That was 2 weeks ago; I've since written 3 songs. Peer pressure helps! 3. After I mentioned "I've run out of things to write about", a person suggested "Exo-Autonomous Writing" - that is, forget I'm "me", and write from another person's point of view... AND STYLE. 4. An example - I developed a tune reminiscent of the Rolling Stones.But all the lyrics I wrote just didn't work. So, I Internet-Trolled through several dozen sites with lyrics to all the Rolling Stones songs, and lifted lines of lyrics that [to me] epitomized their style. Then I assembled those lines (and re-assembled a few dozen times!] into a lyric. Which sucked, of course. But THEN my own mind took over, and started tweaking and tweazing those lines... always forcing myself "not to think like ME, but like THEM". I am very close now to a credible lyric. Maybe you're an old Star Trek fan, and recall the TOS Episode "The Ultimate Computer", where Commodore Wesley calls Kirk "Captain Dunsell", and says "you have a great job, Jim! Sit back and let the computer do the work!" Real life ain't like that, when you're an Artist.
We get 168 hours a week to be alive, for as many weeks as God lets us live. What shall you do with yours?
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Yeah not looking for an app/prog to write the lyrics FOR me. Just what people are using when they write their lyrics. Got a lot of great ideas! Thanks for all of the input!
Chad (Hope that makes it easier)
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I write my songs mainly on my Ipad in the Notes app,and then map out the chords to fit the words and the style,seems to be working ok so far!
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