Is it even possible to write lyrics before instrumentation?

>>68162517
Depends. It'd be pretty hard to write lyrics without having SOME idea of how it should sound; but, you wouldn't necessarily need even a solid backbeat before writing.

considering setting poems or other written works to music is a centuries old tradition, I'd say yes

>>68162517
Of course it's possible

I don't like to do it that way though

>>68162607
You don't even have a Billboard top 100 hit, who cares what you do or don't do desu.

>>68162517
Yes.

Shorter phrases are easier esp. if they have open vowels in their syllables because it makes them easier to stretch over multiple notes.

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The quality of the final song is usually worse

Also thanks for the unplanned kek

you can write a rap verse if you have an idea of the tempo you would use.
and for any vocal genre you could write lyrics for a main idea. I keep a lot of notes on chorus ideas.

>>68162517
....I thought writing before the instrumentation was standard procedure..

>>68162517
i remember watching an interview with frank ocean talking about how he writes the lyrics first and then writes a song around them that reflect the feeling of the lyrics

>>68163237
Man fuck you, op asked a question and got a completely fair answer. eat shit.

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this is the one album i can think of where it's super apparent that the lyrics were written before the music.
always liked the odd things it forces the singer to do with the phrasing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEVmbgTdZiU

Ask PJ Harvey

>>68166247
One of the few 9/10 albums

>>68162517
Ugh, you never heard about the songs that was written on poems of the famous poets?