I'd love to have a challenge where lyrics are to be provided for music. It needn't be all that complicated. Many composers sing their own songs and do the final mixes anyway. Composers also often have a melody in mind, or would be willing to create one for the lyric.

For those lyricists with no recording facilities but who would have a melody in mind for the lyric, Audacity software is free to download and backing tracks can be brought into it. Thus, lyricists would be able to sing to the music they'd selected. They'd then create an MP3 file in Audacity to email to the composer, who in turn could apply the vocals/melody to the music or provide the vocals him/herself.

No problem with lyricists jumping on the same music if the composer were to mark the work "taken", as has been done in the current challenge.

What I'd like to see for the current challenge is more notification around the boards. Perhaps setting a deadline for completion would spark a little more action. All the lyrics that haven't been picked up are excellent ones and it's a shame they've not yet found a good home.

Just my tuppence worth. wink

(By the way, I wish I were one of those people who can write a lyric in just a few minutes. grin For many of us, the writing of a decent lyric can range from hours to days to weeks. Even then, the tweaking is ongoing... wink )

Donna

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