Hey, I forgot to mention in the blog below, to post or email me some of your favorite first lines and I’ll publish them as a collection in my next post. Now scroll down and read! And while you’re at it, go to my website www.noahbudin.com and sign up for my newsletter. You can read [...]
Archive > November 2007
On Songwriting: Opening Lines
“I’m the kid who ran away with the circus…”1 “There’s a young man dying as he stands beside the sea…”2 “I saw a stranger with your hair, tried to make her give it back…”3 “You want to dance with the angels? Then embroider me with gold…”4 “Couple in the next room bound to win a [...]
On Songwriting: Music and Lyrics, or Lyrics and Music? REVISED
The answer to this chapter’s titular question is “yes.” There is no one way, better way, right way or wrong way to write a song. I’ve written a lot about lyric writing, to this point, because that’s usually where songwriting starts for me. And, often, as a listener, I tend to get drawn in by [...]
