[#8 Is A Rhyme A Crime Or Just In Time?]

Rhyming is something I've been trying to pay more attention with lately.

 

I am finding it interesting how some writers really seem to have a knack for finding words that are perfect for what they are trying to say, and do have rhyming qualities but aren't exact rhymes. Often they just have the same vowel sounds or a similar sound like "sh" or "ch". When the vocal performance is done just right that can be magic that sticks in your brain forever yet doesn't seem cliche at all.

 

I think it's very important to determine whether your lyrics need to bring a sense of finality or resolution to the listener by rhyming or if it is more effective to be more subtle about it or not rhyme at all. Sometimes not rhyming at all at a point where it felt like a rhyme was coming for sure can be really eerie and unsettling. But in a good way.. a way that serves the song.