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Posted: **August 9th, 2012, 4:49 pm**

Yeah, I know it's not an actual dilemma for non-song writers (hence this isn't a real dilemma for me either). I do have this argument with some people every once in a while.

I'd go with the second option, mainly because I care more about the music than the lyrics.

Posted: **August 9th, 2012, 4:52 pm**

Definitely the latter. Lyrics are nothing if they aren't on top of a good melody, and usually the best way to get that is to have the melody in place first it seems. I'm not a songwriter, but that seems to mostly be the case when you see behind the scenes footage with successful artists.

Posted: **August 9th, 2012, 4:54 pm**

When I was writing my hit song "Midnight Train To Georgia" I found that writing the music first and then the lyrics made things easier

Posted: **August 9th, 2012, 4:59 pm**

I'd first write the lyrics

and then dump the music writing to someone else *likes writing*

Posted: **August 9th, 2012, 5:07 pm**

Jd- wrote: Definitely the latter. Lyrics are nothing if they aren't on top of a good melody, and usually the best way to get that is to have the melody in place first it seems. I'm not a songwriter, but that seems to mostly be the case when you see behind the scenes footage with successful artists.

^This

Posted: **August 9th, 2012, 5:23 pm**

KainTheVampire wrote: I'd first write the lyrics and then dump the music writing to someone else *likes writing*

^

Posted: **August 9th, 2012, 6:13 pm**

Kaito Lady wrote:
KainTheVampire wrote: I'd first write the lyrics and then dump the music writing to someone else *likes writing*
^

What they said.Â I don't know enough about music to write it.

Posted: **August 9th, 2012, 6:34 pm**

Conan324 wrote: but its interesting that i read somewhere that classical composers such as Chopin used to come up with a harmony scheme before the melody, i find that somehow hard to believe.

Harmony is completely different from lyrics, so it doesn't have much to do with this poll.

But I don't understand why it's hard for you to believe. It makes perfect sense for me that some classical composers cared first for their harmony than their melody.

Posted: **August 9th, 2012, 6:41 pm**

First option. Lyrics are most of the reason I listen to a lot of the songs I listen to.

Posted: **August 9th, 2012, 7:03 pm**

Option 1. The only reason I can think of, is that it seems easier to write the lyrics first.

Posted: **August 9th, 2012, 7:43 pm**

Music first. In a lot of the music I listen to, the vocals are just another instrument, and whatever the actual lyrics are is relatively unimportant.

Posted: **August 9th, 2012, 8:44 pm**

Music first, lyrics after except in very specific genres of music (like sung poetry).

Posted: **August 9th, 2012, 10:48 pm**

Lyrics have always been the important thing to me.

Posted: **August 10th, 2012, 1:15 am**

That depends, do you have something you want to get "out there" of course lyrics first
But I choose music first, since I'm way better with music than with words

Posted: **August 10th, 2012, 3:22 am**

The later as some of the greatest music ever writen never got lyrics and that the way I like my music - Instrumental. That might be one reason why I love classical music from Beethoven, Pachelbel, Bach, Mozart, Tchaikovsky, and Strauss.

Please enjoy some of it

Found here Best Classical Music

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