Today we looked into lyrics and the different aspects of what lyrics bring to a song and their effects. Much of lyrical writing is technical, and we base our writing on these key factors:
Rhyme, Rhythm, Contrast, Balance, Repetition and Repetition.
Being a singer – songwriter myself, it was interesting to see how else I could improve my lyrics for my songs. I found this session helpful as we also did a task at the end where in pairs we were instructed to write lyrics using our 5 senses.
On the spot, these were my lyrics ! :
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