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I recently found out, that songwriting and writing the lyrics can be very much separate. I was reading an interview of the metal band Sulphur Aeon, and apparent
by Semaphor 3y ago
I recently found out, that songwriting and writing the lyrics can be very much separate. I was reading an interview of the metal band Sulphur Aeon, and apparently the songwriter writes the music, and then hands it over to the vocalist, who writes the lyrics for them.
As a very vocal oriented person (though as I like extreme metal, I often can't understand them), that was fascinating to me, as music and vocals are so very connected to me.
- LordHeini 3y agoThis is a very common thing in music and I would say more the Norm than one might think. Historically often librettists where responsible for texts. For example in opera there the librettist was as important as the composer and his texts might have been used in multiple operas. Among the most famous examples would be the European hymn Freude schöner Götterfunken. The text is by Schiller and the music by Beethoven.
- Semaphor 3y agoInteresting. With older music, it’s kinda expected, as (especially church) songs often have "to the melody of" parts. Just did not think it would be the same for contemporary.
- anamax 3y agoFWIW, Elton John and Bernie Taupin worked the other way at least some of the time. (Taupin wrote lyrics and then John wrote the music.) That said, repurposing music with new lyrics is very common. For example, the Star Spangled Banner is "new lyrics" for a older English drinking song.