Lyric Writing
Any Writers Wishing To Collaborate? Let Me Know!
I want to work with other lyricists, poets, writers and other wordsmiths.
Are you out there? If you are, I’d love to talk with you.
You see, I’m at the point in my songwriting where I want to start collaborating with other writers in a big way. For me, collaboration is the next step in my development as a songwriter.
I want to be able to shape songs out of different points of view and be challenged by sonically interpreting the experiences of others.
One of the main stumbling blocks I have in my songwriting process however, is lyric writing.
I know I have written a lot about this subject in earlier Songwriting Zen posts. I do write down the phrases I hear in conversation, I record my musical and lyrical ideas and I make copious lists of possible song titles but actually completing a song…
There’s my problem!
No matter how hard I try, my inner critic has a field day everytime I try to put lyrics down onto paper. It’s getting very hard to take my own advice and as a result my confidence as a lyricist is diminishing.
In essence, I’m becoming snowed under with all of my half finished songwriting ideas
It’s my hope that working with other writers will enable me to learn from them. I want to have the confidence needed to look at my completed song lyrics and say “I’m really happy with that.”
Are there any writers that want to collaborate with me? If so, contact me.
Lets make beautiful music together 
Until next time, happy writing,
Corey Stewart
Singer/Songwriter/Musician
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Lyrical Ideas Are Everywhere. Just Listen!
It’s amazing the amount of lyrical ideas we can pick up if we just listened out for them. This concept is explained very clearly in an article by Shamir Rele from his “Songwriting & Beyond” blog called “Songwriting Tips – Listen For Lyrics”.
Personally, I found this article very useful. I hope you do too.
Do you ever have a time where you’re searching for lyrical ideas? I know I do.
Some of you may have already read my newsletter ‘Super-Charge Your Lyrical Ideas’ – and hopefully you’ve grabbed some idea’s from it. Here, I’ll go into it a little bit more.
You should certainly take what is happening in your daily life and try and ‘listen for lyrics’ as they happen to you.
Overheard Chit-Chat
For example, I overheard a conversation at a restaurant the other day (which usually isn’t very difficult) and somebody said the phrase “there’s just no use in me trying”. I immediately jotted it down, came home and starting to write a song based around that phrase.
The song was about a relationship and the girl tried her best to keep it together, but it was sinking situation and the hook (chorus) would sing “there just ain’t no use in my trying”.
This is a very simple yet powerful idea.
Write about your Friends Situation
There isn’t anything like taking ideas from your friends or relative’s life. Of course, if it’s seemingly negative then you may not want to tell them where the inspiration came from 
If your friend’s mother just had a heart transplant and the family is going through grief, then why not write a song about it? In fact, why don’t you go one further and make out like the father is cheating with another woman?
Fictionalizing a real life story is often a great way to write a song. Perhaps the father cheating can be a feature of the song.
Yes, this may seem harsh – but look, who’s to say you have to reveal your sources of inspiration? Remember, you are only writing a song here.
Grab the Daily News
What’s happening in the world today? Earthquakes? Tsunamis? Politics? Violence? Racism? Think about the implications of events that are unfolding before your very eyes.
These are the things and the people of the world are listening and watching.
Remember to take things to a new level with your song – meaning think of the depths of these events and circumstances and write from a ‘how this effects us’ stand point.
This is incredibly powerful because people will WANT to sing your song as it effects them too.
Ideas from TV and the Movies
How many times have you watched a movie and have been completely moved by it? This is exactly the feeling people experience when listening to a song they love. It makes them feel validated in some way.
The lyrics are totally congruent with their emotions. Writing about specific situations from TV and films in realistic genres (ie. not sci-fi and horror) will be a route to evoke somebody and then hopefully to like your song enough to want to hear it over and over.
As you can see, the above will surely get your ears listening for lyrical ideas in different situations. Once you make a habit of this, ideas will be flooding in your mind – sometimes non-stop.
Shamir Rele shows us that anyone can learn how to write a song with his ‘no nonsense’ styled approach songwriting tips.
Grab your tips here http://www.SongwritingTipsOnline.com
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Shamir_Rele
No matter what I do, I find it a real challenge to write lyrics as freely as musical ideas.
I’m pretty sure that this block is a self imposed one however, it’s articles like this one that give me the confidence to write the lyrics that I want to write.
Anyone out there have other tips on writing better lyrics? Let me know, I’m all ears.
Until next time, happy writing,
Corey Stewart
Singer/Songwriter/Musician
Keywords: songwriting, songwriter, songwriting tip, songwriting idea, songwriting help, songwriting blog, corey stewart
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