We'll use Rhymezone to help create a songwriting worksheet, much like the one we started in Step 1- Song Title. In fact, for this exercise we'll continue with the same word list from Step 1 for the sex/lust song theme I titled "I've Never Been So High."
It's important to come up with as many words as possible on your own, without Rhymezone's help throughout the following process. This method is meant to enhance your songwriting, not substitute your own natural creativity.
Remember, I picked the following words in Step 1 to fit "I've Never Been So High."
be live had need give
you me I ecstasy night
always never around what high
The words "desire, necessity, cry, feel, thirst, fill, very, and satisfy caught my eye as possible words to use. Now I'll add them to my list under the correct word category. I'll repeat this Rhymezone process a few more times for more related words.
At this point I should have a pretty good specific idea of what my song will be about. You should always be able to describe what your song is about in one sentence. Your songwriting process also becomes easier if you do.
For this song I'm thinking it'll be about the singer telling their lover they're love is the only drug they need.
2. Next, I'll use Rhymezone to pick words to rhyme with, and I'll keep building my list.
So I'll type in the word feel in the Rhymezone "Word" box, I choose "Find rhymes" in the box on the right, and I click "Go get it". Now I'll pick out words that catch my attention as possibly being related to this song, and I'll add these to my list. I'll repeat this songwriting process with other words in Rhymezone.
3. I'll repeat this songwriting process with Rhymezone until I can build an interesting list of words that take up at least half a page with 3 columns of categories (verbs, nouns, other words). ****Note - you can type in as many words as you want in Rhymezone and click Find related word or Find rhymes until you're satisfied with your list. These are the words I've chosen for my list with the help of Rhymezone:
be live had need give cry feel thirst fill satisfy take die laugh use taste see overdose
you me I ecstasy night necessity desire feeling way touch trip syringe love skin drug body face
always never around what high very one because inside intoxicated away gone wasted ready different same how
4. Here, I'll mix and match words from column to column in any direction as many times as I'd like to. This will generate original songwriting ideas and lines I never would have thought of on my own.
get what I need feels like a drug one night inside your skin I'm wasted with desire if I overdose on your love take me on a trip use my high for your own thirst
Notice how I have to add words of my own on some phrases to put them together:
• for "get what I need" I added the word "get"
• for "feels like a drug" I added "like a"
That's it! This simple Rhymezone worksheet can also be created "old school style" with a rhyming dictionary and a good thesaurus.
Mini Rhyming Guide
When developing rhymes they don't have to be perfect rhymes. That is, they don't have to end on the same vowel and consonant. "False" rhymes are very much "in" right now in modern songwriting. Also, there are many different rhyming schemes you can use in your songwriting:For example: (1) rhyming lines 1 and 2 in the verse, then rhyming lines 1 and 2 in the chorus (2) rhyming lines 2 and 4 in the verse, then rhyming lines1 and 2 in the chorus. The point is, use variation between sections in your rhyming scheme to add excitement and contrast.
Use the "related words" category in Rhymezone and you'll never run out of ideas for lines while songwriting.
Rhymezone makes
songwriting easy
if you take the time
to use it and build
an effective
worksheet.