Hi Vintage. Without getting off-topic, I'd emphasise the earlier point I made about varying approaches to both the craft of lyric writing and critique. I noted my lack of musicality, which I must point is pretty much zero - I don't sing, nor have a band, and my ability to play anything other than simple chords on my strat has long since faded. I write lyrics for fun, I mostly write by adopting the style of whoever I'm listening to and having fun with it, and I come from a literature and poetry background. Therefore when I write - and more than not, when I post a critique - most of my emphasis is on the use of poetic devices for affective response. I do this because it teaches me a lot and helps me grow as a writer, and on the off chance if someone appreciates an element of constructive criticism, then it's helped two people. Where someone who writes differently - maybe the melody or riff comes first, maybe a drum beat, etc. - probably has those qualities at the forefront of their minds when writing and critiquing. Where some look for melody, I look for metre, to give a crude and cut-for-size example (and of course there are approaches in between and outside of those). So when I said I'm more a technical lyricist, I was explaining my personal approach to both writing and critiquing lyrics, which I imagine differs to others. Which is why a lyric critique community works, because of the variety of voices and feedback one can receive.
So my exclusion of a note on genre isn't to disrespect those approaches - nor to say I find such feedback irrelevant - but goes some way to ensuring the majority of people who might find the time to comment on the lyrics aren't influenced by any preamble, because I'm mainly looking for feedback on the words as they are typed, not sung.
Cheers for your comment.
