A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. That is to say, a songwriter is a lyricist, a composer, or both. The word 'songwriter' is however more commonly used to describe one who writes popular songs than to describe a writer of art songs.

History and background of songwriters

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Songwriters may perform the songs they write themselves, or may write for somebody else to perform. People who sing their own songs are nowadays typically called singer-songwriters, although the tradition of doing this dates back hundreds of years. It is often speculated that pre-historic man must have made up and sung songs. More recently, the troubadours of the middle ages sang their own work, as did the German Minnesingers.

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That is what intrigues me; songwriting and song structure and expression.
azquotes (A to Z Quotes) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:40:01 -0000
That is what intrigues me; songwriting and song structure and expression.
Im putting up walls in my loft apartment and having a songwriting session...thes two things r slightly overlapping hahaa
IonaMaclean (Iona Maclean) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:35:04 -0000
Im putting up walls in my loft apartment and having a songwriting session...thes two things r slightly overlapping hahaa
is on a break from songwriting and taking the SAT today! http://fb.me/32doLt0
Taylor_Bright (Taylor Bright) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:29:05 -0000
is on a break from songwriting and taking the SAT today! http://fb.me/32doLt0
Matt is singing gobbledygook and I'm turning it into words. Got our own little songwriting production line… right here. Great fun.
blink_and_miss (Debbie Smith) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:16:57 -0000
Matt is singing gobbledygook and I'm turning it into words. Got our own little songwriting production line… right here. Great fun.
songwriting progress: erste strophe ist fertig und die ist so gut, die könnte glatt ein chorus sein!
tschensen (Jens Schlüter) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:47:29 -0000
songwriting progress: erste strophe ist fertig und die ist so gut, die könnte glatt ein chorus sein!
Straks m'n eerste workshop songwriting ooit geven...Gesel XL, Jacobiberg, Arnhem. Spannend.
Bertolf (Bertolf Lentink) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:44:45 -0000
Straks m'n eerste workshop songwriting ooit geven...Gesel XL, Jacobiberg, Arnhem. Spannend.

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