How to become a Lyricist

A lyricist is someone who crafts the creative words that are used in songs entertainment, artistic, or commercial purposes lyricists require some formal, a bachelor's degree in music theory or another related subject may be beneficial. A successful lyrics writer will work with a musical composer who can give feedback on how the written lyrics will work in conjunction with the music. A lyricist writes the words to a song, also writes the music, this is an advantage as they can control both the aspects of the song, which gives them artistic feeling that they were aiming for.

The roles and responsibilities of lyricist includes:

• To understand the audience, song specifications and genre you are writing lyrics for.
• To listen proposed melodies to determine the mood,  style, tone of the song before writing.
• To collaborate with musicians,composers, singers, artists, and various other professionals.
• To attend events and festivals where you can network with other writers and artists
• Advising, training, and mentoring junior Lyricists.

To become a lyricist, the aspirants must need to develop certain skills like an excellent understanding of language, style and structure, poetic voice. Lyricist must pose diverse writing portfolio and good presentation skills, must have the ability to simplify lengthy stories and to modify them in song lyrics, Lyricist research the subject’s matter and work on it extensively, must have the ability to think uniquely to develop content and must also have creative thinking skills which will make his lyrics unique from others.

To become a Lyricist, an aspirant must acquire skills like Writing talent, originality, ability to work independently and self-promotion abilities. Any self-driven individual wanting to pursue a career as a Lyricist should have an interest in writing. The individual should have creative thinking and out of the box imagination. The individual must also have good communication and writing skills.

The salary of lyricist depends on experience and education qualification. lyricist paid on hour basis or project basis. lyricist can work as a Lecturer/Professor. The monthly salary of lyricist ranges from Rs.15,000 to Rs.20,000 as starting salary. Salary increases with experience.

There is no as such common entrance exam conducted at state or national level. The admission to educational institutes will based on merit list obtained in 10+2 level. Some universities/colleges conduct their own subjective entrance exam and interview.

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