week 2a - starting on titles and lyrics
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SONGWRITING STUDIESWeek 2a - Starting on Titles and Lyrics
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“How do I come up with things to write about?
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LEARNING OUTCOMES
➤ By the end of today’s session, students will be able to:
➤ Be aware of popular and effective strategies for actively collecting lyrical ideas
➤ Identify and construct effective song titles
➤ Plan out and write a song lyric from a title
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REVISION/HOMEWORK
➤ Find the lyrics to your favourite song, answer the following questions:
➤ What is the theme of the song?
➤ What is the song structure?
➤ What is your favourite lyric line in the song and why?
➤ Discuss your homework findings with a classmate
➤ Share highlights with the class
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ASSIGNMENT 1A
➤ Write a complete lyric to a song
➤ Answer the 6 questions in the brief
➤ Due Wednesday Week 4 (in two weeks)
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HOW DO I COME UP WITH THINGS TO WRITE ABOUT
➤ A lot of songwriting is working hard
➤ Only a little bit are those magical inspiration moments
➤ In pairs or small groups, brainstorm how you come up with things to write about.
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Lyric Ideas
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COLLECTING LYRIC IDEAS
➤ Starting with a theme
➤ Starting with a title
➤ Find-a-Title Game
➤ Listen for interesting phrases when:
➤ Reading Newspapers/Books
➤ Watching TV or Movies
➤ Having a conversation
➤ Sitting in a coffee shop
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EFFECTIVE TITLES
➤ Compare the following titles
➤ Which ones are effective? Which ones are not?
➤ Why?
➤ Share your ideas with the class
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➤ Relationships are Difficult
➤ Poison and Wine
➤ Heartbreak Warfare
➤ Couples Fight
➤ Party in the USA
➤ Road-trips are Fun
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WHAT MAKES AN EFFECTIVE TITLE
➤ Based on your thoughts from the previous exercise, write down a few words or sentences to describe what makes a title effective
➤ Share with the class
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WHAT MAKES AN EFFECTIVE TITLE?
➤ 1-5 words
➤ Contains images
➤ Uses action words
➤ Is about someone
➤ Uses common phrases
➤ The title makes the listener ask questions about what will be in the song
➤ Most importantly, it creates an emotional reaction
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WORKSHOP ACTIVITY 1
➤ Complete workshop activity 1
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PLANNING A SONG LYRIC FROM A TITLE
➤ An effective title will have the listening asking questions
➤ We can plan a song lyric by first finding the questions the title asks, and then answering them
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SHADOW WOMAN
➤ What kinds of questions does this title ask?
➤ Who is this woman?
➤ Why is she a shadow woman?
➤ What or who is she hiding from?
➤ What is she hiding?
➤ What is her relationship to the you?
➤ How do you know her?
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USING THE QUESTIONS TO SKETCH OUT THE SONG
➤ Use these questions to sketch out the layout of the song:
➤ Verse 1: Who is this woman?
➤ Chorus: What is she hiding?
➤ Verse 2: What is her relationship to you?
➤ Chorus: What is she hiding?
➤ Bridge: Why is she a shadow woman?
➤ Chorus: What is she hiding?
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WORKSHOP ACTIVITY 2
➤ Complete workshop activity 2 on the Moodle page
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REVIEW
➤ By the end of today’s session, students will be able to:
➤ Be aware of popular and effective strategies for actively collecting lyrical ideas
➤ Identify and construct effective song titles
➤ Plan out and write a song lyric from a title
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HOMEWORK
➤ Use the Workshop activity to begin your lyric for Assignment 1
➤ Once you have structured the song with questions, start answering them in loose prose
➤ Work on turning your sentences/phrases into lyric lines, starting with a chorus or refrain that includes the title