Songwriting
Music · 72 members
Lines that earn their place.
About this space
Lyrics, melody, structure and the line that is not earning its place. Critique here is specific enough to use, which means bringing a verse you are unsure about rather than a finished song you want praised. Drafts, demos and dead ends all welcome.
Topics
- Lyrics
- Melody
- Critique
- Finished songs
Recent discussions
- When does Taglish in a chorus sound natural, and when does it sound like a gimmick?Lyrics · Oct 25, 2026 · 6 replies
- What a small label listens for in the first forty seconds of a demoCritique · Oct 24, 2026 · 7 replies
- When does an allusion to a famous lyric add depth, and when is it a crutch?Question · Lyrics · Oct 24, 2026 · 8 replies
- A distinctive title helps the song, and quietly helps the royalty statement tooLyrics · Oct 24, 2026 · 6 replies
- This verse is doing nothing and I cannot see whyQuestion · Critique · Oct 3, 2026 · 6 replies
- Melody: the advice I had to unlearnMelody · Oct 1, 2026 · 5 replies
- Lyrics: how do you keep going past the interesting part?Question · Lyrics · Sep 26, 2026 · 3 replies
- Melody: where would you tell a beginner to start?Question · Melody · Sep 21, 2026 · 2 replies
- Write the chorus melody before the words and fit words to itMelody · Sep 21, 2026 · 8 replies
- Finished song after eleven draftsFinished songs · Sep 14, 2026 · 7 replies
- Melody: six months in, including what did not workFinished songs · Aug 27, 2026 · 11 replies
- Lyrics: what has actually changed in the last year?Critique · Aug 25, 2026 · 9 replies
- Lyrics: an unpopular opinion, argued properlyLyrics · Aug 17, 2026 · 9 replies
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