How did they do it? How did they make that song funny? How did they make that emotion ring true? How did they come up with that vivid, original lyric with a rhyme that feels right?
BFD (0:07:05)
Steve Seskin
What name rhymes with pizza? You can find out in this song. Here's a fun and light look at creating a funny song with Steve's insights into how the song works. Along the way, get some spelling lessons as well. ;)
Writing Emotional Songs: Part 1: Lyrics (0:30:51)
Bonnie Hayes
Don't forget to focus on what makes your listeners feel. Learn how to look for and find -- and collect and remember where the magic is!
Bonnie shares an exercise to help you avoid relying on "feeling words" that
tell us how the person feels and to instead find and use language that
evokes feelings.
Rhyme Types (0:49:12)
Pat Pattison
Rhyme types are just as expressive as chords are. You don't have to rhyme "home alone" with "by the phone" -- unique options abound!
Your selection of rhyme type helps color your lyrics -- stable or unstable? Fully resolved, partially resolved, or unresolved? Beyond the most familiar perfect rhyme, there is a whole spectrum of rhyme types that broadens your palette of meaning as well as candidate vocabulary.
