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Old 06-11-2012, 11:58 AM   #7 (permalink)
AliceN
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Wow, awesome song! You write great instrumentals--looks like you put a lot of work into it. It's very cohesive and has a great theme to it. If you want to work on lyrics, I'd recommend reading some classic literature or current events and highlighting/underlining things that look like good song hooks (from today's news: "National Pride," "Rebel Strongholds," "New Constitution," "Remain in Recession"--from Anna Karina: "Universal Solution" "Darling Dolly," and "Better than Before"). You don't always have to write deep stuff if you don't want, of course...you can write nonsense and people will read all sorts of deep meanings into it. But to write good sensible lyrics, it's generally good to write about things you know about. It's okay to not have all the answers--for example, you could have a song that just asks questions or makes observations. Nobody expects you to know more than you do. Worry about getting into deeper things later and focus on what you know.

But from your post, I have a feeling you already knew that

Go for it, and keep us posted on what you decide!
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