Scansion for lyrics writing

I'm thinking on writing an article about using scansion for lyrics writing.

It's a term many lyricists aren't familiar with, yet it can be a very useful tool if you are writing lyrics before the melody, and perhaps are unlikely to have much contact with the music writer. So it's ideally suited to the isolated lyricist.

Basically scansion helps you tidy up the meter of your lyrics so that the meter of the lyrics will be more consistent, with stressed syllables landing in the right place so that the melody works consistently through the song.

It's a tool that originated in poetry writing but when applied to lyrics it's a very useful technique in that realm too.. There's not a lot of info out there on exactly how to apply it to lyrics, so who knows... time to bite the bullet and dive in?

Studio rewiring finished!

Not the top of my list in things to do but at least it enables me to move on to finish some recordings that have been draft recordings for too long!

There's a few new pieces of gear added in, including an upgrade to Sonar X1 Producer to play with. I'm really looking forward to it.

As it stands i have 6 draft recordings to finish, including "Hit and Run", and about 10 completely new songs to begin recording. Add to that lots of lyrics to finish writing.

I do love recording a song for the first time. That transition from idea, through basic arrangement to a fully realized idea. So hopefully soon I'll have some freee tracks to share and some tasters for my upcoming album.

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Hit and Run

Just posted a new lyric for review on Songstuff.com:

Hit and Run

AmpliTube Fender Review

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New in-depth review of AmpliTube Fender.

AmpliTube is a software amplifier simulator, the Fender edition providing amp simulations of fender gear including lots of classic amplifiers, effects racks and stomp boxes. Fender tested all the simulations with the tests they use on the real gear and by side by side comparison...

Read more about AmpliTube Fender.

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John

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AmpliTube Jimi Hendrix Review

Hi

I've just written a new in-depth review of AmpliTube - Jimi Hendrix.

AmpliTube is a software amplifier simulator, the Jimi Hendrix edition providing amp simulations of the kinds of rigs that Jimi Hendrix used including amplifiers, effects racks and stomp boxes.

http://recording.songstuff.com/article/AmpliTube_Jimi_Hendrix

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John

BFD2 Review

New review of FXpansion's BFD2 drum workstation software by songstuff.com writer Steve Mueske. BFD2 is the second generation acoustic drum sampler that allows you to record life-like drum tracks. The article is here:

http://recording.songstuff.com/article/BFD2