Originally Posted by BIG JIM MERRILEES
I wrote ... to highlight the fact that composers cannot produce at the same fast work rate as lyricists. That probably accounts for one of the main reasons why there are more lyrics awaiting music than music awaiting lyrics.


Jim, I believe that's true but only to a certain extent. While there are certainly lyricists who can crank 'em out in minutes, it can take hours, days, and more to perfect a lyric. wink Often the revision takes two or three times as long - or longer - as it took to write the original lyric, and tweaking can go on right up to the moment of recording.

(I recall reading that Trisha Yearwood's hit, She's in Love with the Boy, took the lyricist ages to complete it. He re-wrote it something like 32 times.)

Donna

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