Comments on: Songwriters – Should You Use A Rhyming Dictionary? http://www.wearelistening.org/blog/songwriters-should-you-use-a-rhyming-dictionary/ News, tips and resources for songwriters and song contest participants Wed, 09 Nov 2011 23:07:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Debra http://www.wearelistening.org/blog/songwriters-should-you-use-a-rhyming-dictionary/#comment-886 Debra Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:01:04 +0000 http://www.wearelistening.org/blog/?p=2730#comment-886 Oscar Hammerstein II, in his excellent book, LYRICS, says, "I do not open mine until I have exhausted my own memory and invention of rhymes for a word." Have a laugh at rhyming gone wrong here http://bit.ly/4CBoQY Oscar Hammerstein II, in his excellent book, LYRICS, says, “I do not open mine until I have exhausted my own memory and invention of rhymes for a word.” Have a laugh at rhyming gone wrong here http://bit.ly/4CBoQY

]]> By: Pat http://www.wearelistening.org/blog/songwriters-should-you-use-a-rhyming-dictionary/#comment-703 Pat Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:27:29 +0000 http://www.wearelistening.org/blog/?p=2730#comment-703 "Spontaneity" is not a synonym for "creativity." Nor is it a synonym for "inspiration." Don't be afraid to think. Use all the tools you have. Writing your best is difficult enough, and requires your full presence at the writing table, including both your heart and your brain. Over-reliance on either one will usually result in inferior work. “Spontaneity” is not a synonym for “creativity.” Nor is it a synonym for “inspiration.” Don’t be afraid to think. Use all the tools you have. Writing your best is difficult enough, and requires your full presence at the writing table, including both your heart and your brain. Over-reliance on either one will usually result in inferior work.

]]> By: Jeff http://www.wearelistening.org/blog/songwriters-should-you-use-a-rhyming-dictionary/#comment-699 Jeff Thu, 31 Dec 2009 06:22:00 +0000 http://www.wearelistening.org/blog/?p=2730#comment-699 Tim C. makes a great point about internal rhymes and both Tim C. and Stephen C. are right to hit on the importance of creating from the heart, but rhyming dictionaries are just a tool -- and a good one. They won't help you write a great song or even a better song, but they will help you get to your good ideas a little faster, and that's worth a lot, I think. Jeff Tim C. makes a great point about internal rhymes and both Tim C. and Stephen C. are right to hit on the importance of creating from the heart, but rhyming dictionaries are just a tool — and a good one. They won’t help you write a great song or even a better song, but they will help you get to your good ideas a little faster, and that’s worth a lot, I think.

Jeff

]]> By: Tim Constable http://www.wearelistening.org/blog/songwriters-should-you-use-a-rhyming-dictionary/#comment-685 Tim Constable Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:36:45 +0000 http://www.wearelistening.org/blog/?p=2730#comment-685 Any creative work may be the ONLY creative work by that artist that a particular person may experience. That work, then, should give some measure of the artist's inspiration and abilities. In the main, song lyrics match music better if they rhyme - a rhyming dictionary can be an aid to this; but don't let ANY tool over-ride inspiration! In one of my songs (Mind Control) I rhyme "As the sound intensiFIED, A throbbing pulse - with a kalEID - oscope of colours..." Every work is unique, and has it's own rules. But the only generality I tend to believe is that generalities are not true.... ! Any creative work may be the ONLY creative work by that artist that a particular person may experience. That work, then, should give some measure of the artist’s inspiration and abilities. In the main, song lyrics match music better if they rhyme – a rhyming dictionary can be an aid to this; but don’t let ANY tool over-ride inspiration! In one of my songs (Mind Control) I rhyme “As the sound intensiFIED, A throbbing pulse – with a kalEID – oscope of colours…” Every work is unique, and has it’s own rules. But the only generality I tend to believe is that generalities are not true…. !

]]> By: Stephen carmichael http://www.wearelistening.org/blog/songwriters-should-you-use-a-rhyming-dictionary/#comment-674 Stephen carmichael Tue, 29 Dec 2009 01:22:52 +0000 http://www.wearelistening.org/blog/?p=2730#comment-674 You should write from the heart and if by some chance your words happen to rhyme then ...it is what it is. but never force something to rhyme or go searching for words that rhyme. that makes lyrics cheezy and cliche. You should write from the heart and if by some chance your words happen to rhyme then …it is what it is. but never force something to rhyme or go searching for words that rhyme. that makes lyrics cheezy and cliche.

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