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Oh, and can you please vote in the poll? Every vote will count

Thanks for highlighting comedy lyrics. Comedy lyrics, or more subtle uses of humour, have been mentioned as being included in workshops, but as yet nothing is settled. It as yet a blank canvas with lots of ideas. What we do definitely need to know is desire and need for the subjects of workshops.

Probably, but not necessarily. It might depend on whether individual guests charge me. I should point out that the site is free to you, but it most definitely isn't free for me (I pay the bills out my own pocket and I am far from rich), nor is it free for the rest of the staff who put their time and effort into making the entire site happen, or the other volunteers who contribute in many ways to Songstuff. I am sure you ask "will these be free?" with the best of intention, but sometimes it is worth reminding people that someone always pays. There are differences between song lyrics and poems. Lyricists are not poets, and vice versa. I have known many experienced poets who have much to learn about being a lyricist, though I grant you many skills and concepts are transferable and they may find writing for some genres fairly straight forward. The mere fact that lyrics are intended to be only part of the finished piece, that they create a song only by being in combination with music, complicates the whole picture. The whole being greater than the sum of the parts and all that. I point this out to make sure that you are familiar with song forms, lyrical hooks And other song mechanisms. Songs are most definitely not poetry, though some songs are poetic in nature, many are not. I am sure you are very familiar with meter and the many different types of rhyme as they are the same essential concepts as poetry. If you are as familiar with the specifics of the requirements of songs, and the nuance of combination with music (even from the perspective of being a lyricist) great, but I would rather highlight these differences at a stage that you can change what workshops you take part in if necessary.

Ouch. Hard going. Glad to hear you are back on the mend. Welcome back to Songstuff

Hi Gang I've been discussing with staff and a few other members about the possibility of starting some regular songwriting workshops. I have included a poll to try and break down levels of interest. We might do lyrics only workshops, music only workshops and or workshops looking at creating both lyrics and music. Workshops details will vary depending on experience level. The benginner workshop is likely to cover many aspects from song form to rhyme, meter, the nature of hooks (there are many kinds, not just lyrics hooks), melody, chord progressions and some may have guest speakers. Exact content will depend on the focus of individual workshops. Intermmediate and advanced workshops will probably have more emphasis on guest speakers, Q&A and writer to writer interaction, collaboration and mutual critique. If there are topics you would like to see covered in songwriting workshops, please tell us about them! Please give an indication of your experience level in your posts as that will help us to target content to specific workshops. Once we get an idea of levels of interest we can sort out the content for specific workshops. Thank you in advance for your input! Cheers John

Welcome to Songstuff Topaz

Hi and welcome Jan. You've come to the right place.

Hi and welcome to Songstuff Brandon. You'll need to post your lyrics over on the lyrics critique board to be getting any real help. There are rules to follow but very few and easy to do. Members just look on the introduction board to say hello and welcome members, so there's a good chane your piece will get overlooked.

Hi Erica, welcome to Songstuff

Welcome to Songstuff Stuzz. I'm a big fan of the foos, and known to play a bit of Alterbridge too