Can u call yourself a songwriter if you just create a guitar riff, bassline and arrange the songs? Or is it the job of a songwriter is to write lyrics for the songs?
2006-08-31 00:06:38 · 6 answers · asked by grunk 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Performing Arts
When you get into legal circles, the composer(s) of lyrics and melody are considered the creators of the song.
2006-08-31 02:58:19 · answer #1 · answered by breid7718 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Songwriter is rather a general category. It can include lyricists (those who write the words) as well as composers (those who write the music). Arrangers are those who score the music for a given set of instruments and/or voices and are generally not included in the category of songwriters although they may very well collaborate with the composer if the composer is not also an arranger.
2006-08-31 00:17:31 · answer #2 · answered by Magic One 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a song writer writes songs...if you just make the music but no lyrics..you would be more of a producer/music composer than a song writer.u can call your self a music writer if u write music but no lyrics..
song:the act or art of singing
2006-08-31 00:16:07 · answer #3 · answered by grim_garcia 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would say all of the above because if you think about it a "song" doesn't have to have words to be a song
2006-08-31 00:10:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
write songs!
2006-08-31 00:08:38 · answer #5 · answered by monaUK 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
someone who writes songs.
2006-08-31 00:12:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋