What I do first is make tracks of the melody with chords or sometimes just an improvised melody line with a drum track etc. without vocals or lyrics. Then I try to find prewritten lyrical ideas to go with the instrumental. For me,the lyrics never work with the ideas I have in my head of the melody, arrangement etc.

I have tons and tons of drum tracks with just a piano and synth, sometimes without a structured melody line. Most of the time the melody is built around a drum track and then sits there waiting to be finished. Sometimes I just play a piece without any drums or beats to it with a piano sound.. It usually gets saved to my DAW and sits there until I muster up some more lyrics. Don't like that part. My musical ideas far outweigh my ability to write lyrics. Then I end up putting a not so good lyric to music that would be far more interesting with a better lyric. That's a big problem for us "one man band" creators.

So I guess one can put their instrumentals (finished or unfinished) up on the forum for anybody that needs help making their lyrics come to life. That's a thought!

I admire people that can effortlessly write tons of lyrics. I have a hard time finding something interesting to say.

Jane