Soaking up the song "Me And Bobby McGee" made me think about, and wonder about, songwriting.
There are videos on You Tube about writing songs.
It's mysterious to me.
How do people make up lyrics?
How do people invent melodies?
It seems impossible.
It must be a talent that a person is born with.
But - how?
comment under a songwriting video:
@illinoisan
It's good to remember why we have meter and rhyme. They are remnants of our ancient oral tradition.
Before writing, the only way to pass down culture from one generation to the next was by memorization, so mnemonics were invented to aid the memory, meter and rhyme.
When you structure your lyrics following meter and rhyme, you are creating patterns that humans have evolved to seek, recognize and delight in.
A technique I use is to not write anything down while I'm composing. If I can't remember it, it wasn't any good.
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