How to Write a Song: Use Imagery and Small Moments | Part 1/9 | Andrea Stolpe | American Songwriter

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As a songwriter, you engage more with your listener if you employ the practice of “show, don’t tell” with your lyrics. In this video, songwriter and Berklee Online course author Andrea Stolpe shows why it’s important to use imagery in the verses of your song. She encourages you to think of your song as a conversation with a good friend: When you open up to that friend, you likely start by summarizing what’s going on, and then you quickly delve into greater detail with colorful anecdotes. Learn how to tailor your lyrics after this type of conversation, by starting on the surface, and then digging down to show what you’ve discovered. Focusing on imagery will make your lyrics stronger, and paint a more vivid image for your listeners.

Watch all the videos in this series:
How to Write a Song: Verses Carry the Story, Chorus Carries the Message:    • How to Write a Song: Verses Carry the Stor...  
How to Write a Song: Tips to Generate Imagery for Lyrics:    • How to Write a Song: Tips to Generate Imag...  
How to Write a Song: Focus on Weight and Pace of Moments:    • How to Write a Song: Focus on Weight and P...  
How to Write a Song: Use Melody to Build Your Verse Lyrics:    • How to Write a Song: Use Melody to Build Y...  
How to Write a Song: Use Toggling in Your Lyrics:    • Видео  
How to Write a Song: Write Lyrics Through a Lens:    • How to Write a Song: Write Lyrics Through ...  
How to Write a Song: Imagery Tips for the Second Verse:    • How to Write a Song: Imagery Tips for the ...  
How to Write a Song: 5 Polishing Techniques for Lyrics:    • How to Write a Song: 5 Polishing Technique...  


About Andrea Stolpe:
Andrea Stolpe is a multiplatinum songwriter, performing artist, and educator. Her songs have been recorded by Faith Hill, Julianne Hough, Jimmy Wayne, and more. She has worked as a staff writer for EMI, Almo-Irving, and Universal Music Publishing. Her books, Popular Songwriting: 10 Steps to Effective Storytelling and Beginning Songwriting: Writing Your Own Lyrics, Melodies, and Chords detail a unique process for uniting your artistic voice with the commercial market. Andrea has taught melody, harmony, and lyric writing courses for Berklee Online for more than a decade. She authored the Berklee Online course Commercial Songwriting Techniques, which she teaches. She also teaches Lyric Writing: Writing from the Title, and Lyric Writing: Writing Lyrics to Music for Berklee Online.

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