Name: The Marriage of Lyrics and Melody: Experimenting with Music “Meet Cutes”
Start: 2025-06-07T10:15:00-0500
End: 2025-06-07T11:15:00-0500

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Saturday June 7, 2025 10:15am - 11:15am CDT

Classroom 113 - Legacy Building

In songwriting there are three key ways lyrics and melody can come together in original music. Those three ways include the following: lyrics first, melody first, and music and lyric simultaneity. In reference to the 5th chapter “The Marriage of Lyrics and Melody” from my textbook “The Songwriting Breakdown: simplifying the art of creating original music,” we will explore the love story of how these pieces come together in “meet cute form.” I describe these different melodic and lyric connections as “saying I love you first,” “melodically setting the mood,” and “love at first sight.” In this workshop, each of these songwriting love stories will be examined and tried as a class. This will include listing the pros and cons of each “meet cute” melodic and lyric approach, examples from famous songwriters, as well as a short exercise, where attendees will try their hand at creating each of these different original music connections for themselves. Ideas specific for classroom implementation will be included, as well as variations for both larger and smaller groups, so that educators can implement these songwriting concepts at their schools right away. This presentation is meant to be fun and is meant to give educators ideas for incorporating creativity and songwriting in their music classrooms, and provide more tools for students to approach creating original songs of their own.

Speakers

Taylor Miranda

Taylor Miranda is a songwriter, singer and music educator. In the past 10 years she has written and produced 6 EPs of original music with different bands. She studied commercial music and writing at BYU and loved her time working as a producer at BYU Radio. Her primary focus in music... Read More →

Saturday June 7, 2025 10:15am - 11:15am CDT
Classroom 113 - Legacy Building 3775 Central Avenue 129 Music Building Memphis, TN, 38111

APME Memphis 2025

Taylor Miranda

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