Hi Charlie,

Wow.... your below words are lyric writing gold!

Originally Posted By: Charlie Fogle
We think by association. One can link any three random words and our brain will instantly create an image in our mind from an association it has to make. That's what it does. You can literally write 3/4 to a full page from nothing more than describing the image you brain created from three random words.

Never once I have thought of what you've said above. I first read what you wrote early this morning and since then, I've been going over and over your words in my mind. It's incredibly insightful.

One of my approaches to writing lyrics is to think of a noun or concept and then I write around 150 words of sense-based phrases around that noun or concept. By sense-based, I mean I use the words and phrases that involve the senses (taste, touch, hearing, smell, see, body movement, internal body sensations).

Once I have around 150 words, I then pull the phrases and words that I've written out of context and gauge how interesting they are. I also look for sequences of phrases/words that might cause a lyric spark in my mind.

By doing the above, to date, I have always been able to create a first draft of lyrics for one song section. Once I have that section drafted, the rest of the lyrics follow by employing standard development techniques.

I'm going to be trying out your "Three random words" approach. As I said at the start... for me, this is gold!

Thank you so much!

Regards,
Noel



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