How do you think to become a professional lyricist?

The lyricist is a derivative industry of the recording industry. Throughout the Chinese music scene, the best time for lyricists was the golden age of Taiwan Province Province in the 1980s and 1990s. Rolling Stones and UFO records (some of which will be recorded) produced outstanding lyricists such as Yang Lide,,,, Wu Yukang, Liao Yingru,, Li, and so on. There are also many outstanding representatives from Hong Kong, such as Huang Jianxun, Lin and Huang Weiwen. Some of these lyricists hold senior management positions in record companies, such as Lin Qiuli and Yao Qian, but most of them are non-professionals from all walks of life (the space relationship is not listed one by one). Today, with the decline of the record industry, the profession of lyricist has gradually become a second profession, and there are answers upstairs to send contributions to record companies by email. This method is not advisable. When I was working in a record company, I received a lot of contributions, and I didn't have time to check them one by one. I was looking for a needle in a haystack. Of course, there are also many determined people. I once received a senior three student, who took the initiative to sell his own words and wrote more than 1000 words, which was commendable.

What road should a professional lyricist take? Forget those boring rhymes and other syntax. There are generally two ways to write lyrics: one is to write lyrics first, and then find a suitable arrangement; The second is a ready-made demo, and then fill in the words, that is, follow the trend. At present, most of the lyrics belong to the latter, and there is little room for the lyricists to play freely. Therefore, lyrics writing is an extremely boring job, and it is a marginal occupation in the record industry. It is very persevering and difficult to persist.

Finally, if you want to be a professional lyricist, you still need some writing skills and musical knowledge. If there is professional guidance in this process, there will be great room for improvement. China also has some excellent ci writers, such as Cui Shu.