Does this sound familiar? You write some awesome lyrics without an instrumental and then when you try to rap those lyrics over an instrumental it sounds like complete trash! Well if so, the good news is that you’re not alone. This is something that many rappers struggle with and in today’s video lesson I’m going to be showing you the 3 techniques that I use to make any lyrics sound incredible over any instrumental. So without further ado.... LET’S GET IT!!! https://youtu.be/13WcmHD_zJU ORIGINAL LYRICS TIP 1 - Place Your Rhyme Scat up until around the 4th beat and place the … [Read more...] about fit rap lyrics to any instrumental
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How To Structure Your Rap Lyrics With Bar Sheets
In order for you to be able to rap your verses and hooks correctly the same way every time you must remember the following How does your verse begin? On the 1st beat, before the 1st beat, or after the 1st beat? Which syllables land on each beat within each bar, as well as which syllables land between each beat of each bar. Where do you take breaths or pauses? Where within each bar are your rhymes schemes placed? You may be wondering how in the world you are supposed to remember all of that?!? Don't worry I've got you covered! Two words... BAR … [Read more...] about How To Structure Your Rap Lyrics With Bar Sheets
Why Counting Your Rap Lyrics Syllables Isn’t Accurate
In this article, I'm going to share some advice that will help you the next time you're trying to get your rap lyrics to fit within your bars properly. Counting Syllables I often get asked a question that goes a little something like this. "Cole, how many syllables should my rap lyrics have per bar?" Pretty straight forward right? I usually respond with saying that 11-14 syllables are a good generic syllable count to shoot for. The reason being is because rappers typically rap using 16th notes for the majority of the time while occasionally using 8th and 32nd notes. So even if … [Read more...] about Why Counting Your Rap Lyrics Syllables Isn’t Accurate