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  • How Professional Songwriters Decide: Lyric or Melody First?

    Lyric or Melody First? The Real Answer for Songwriters When you write a song, one question always comes up: Do you start with the lyric or the melody? Answer is: Sometimes lyric, sometimes melody, and sometimes both. And then, sometimes the lyric changes and sometimes the melody changes, and sometimes they both change at the same time. Sometimes the melody leads to a different song idea. Sometimes the lyric changes to a different subject than when it first appeared. Sometimes the melody influences the lyric to change, and sometimes the lyric influences the melody to change. That’s not a vague answer. It’s actually how…

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