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b'SUPPORT ME ON PATREON\\n\\nWATCH MUSIC is not a GENRE VIDEOS and MORE\\n\\nWe all know what songs are made of: Music & Lyrics (or at least most have lyrics). When you see credits for a song written by more than one person, or say for a musical, they\\u2019ll always list who wrote the music (sometimes called the \\u2018composer\\u2019) and who wrote the lyrics. So it would stand to reason that all good songs have both good music and good lyrics, right?\\n\\nNOPE.\\n\\nEXCEPTIONAL songs \\u2013 those great, legendary, perennial classics, or the unsung, obscure works of genius \\u2013 THOSE do have both good music and good lyrics. But a good song, even a great song, doesn\\u2019t have to have good or great lyrics to work. WHY? Because of the eponymous definition of what we\\u2019re talking about every week: MUSIC. Music is music because of the MUSIC. Without the music side \\u2013 the composition itself, songs with lyrics are just poems \\u2013 often not even good poems; and songs without lyrics are \\u2026 well \\u2026 nonexistent.\\n\\nDo I prefer good lyrics? Yes, absolutely. Some of the songs I really like have lyrical gems in them, or are on the whole very well written. And I make sure every song I WRITE has the best possible lyrics in the context of what I\\u2019m trying to achieve. But there are other songs I like that have average to maybe not so great lyrics, and yet those songs are still good-to-great.\\n\\nOn the flip side of that, there are TONS of songs that have good to great lyrics \\u2013 sometimes even genius lyrics \\u2013 whose music does not support that quality. The music for those songs is simply there to serve the lyrics, and the end result is often unexceptional, dull, unmemorable. If the music to a song is good, I\\u2019ll tap into the lyrics and appreciate them at their level. I\\u2019ll want to understand and connect more. If the music isn\\u2019t good, I don\\u2019t care what the singer is singing about. There\\u2019s no connection for me. It may as well be a decent or second-rate poem, or someone\\u2019s diary entry.\\n\\nI guarantee you the songs that you most remember are the ones that have great music, no matter what the lyrics are. And the songs that speak to you \\u2013 your heart songs \\u2013 have lyrics that speak to you THROUGH THE MUSIC. The music is the medium. The music transmits the message deeper and more effectively than words alone could. It\\u2019s one facet of a philosophy I have that when you\\u2019re creating music, every aspect of it should be in service of the song. It\\u2019s a topic I\\u2019ll get more into in a future podcast.\\n\\nWhen someone is speaking in ANY way \\u2013 speech, interview, conversation, acting, voice over, spoken word performance, the WAY that person says what they\\u2019re saying is even more important than the words themselves. Why? Think of it this way: Give three people the same exact speech. One reads it with no vocal inflection \\u2013 flatlined. One reads it with some meaningful inflection, some attempt to create some texture in the sound and flow of the words \\u2013 the average speechifier. One reads it dynamically, with full inflection and more importantly full connection to the words and the meaning. With the first speaker, you\\u2019d be too bored to engage or remember or last to the end. With the second, you\\u2019d probably get the gist, and come away with something valuable, but it won\\u2019t be that memorable or that connected to your personal experience. With the THIRD speaker, you will remember. You will connect like they\\u2019re speaking directly to you. You might even be inspired...\\n\\n\\n--- \\n\\nThis episode is sponsored by \\n\\xb7 Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app\\n\\nSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/musicisnotagenre/support\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'