While I sing and play guitar and can put together a reasonable demo in my home studio, I am not a performer and am looking to write music for other artists to perform-and hopefully record.

If the song works out, I will then take it to a producer to get it done ‘properly.’

Having been down this path a few times before, with I guess mixed results, I’ll tell you what I am looking for-you can let me know whether you’re interested in working together. That way we can save some time and effort if we’re not on the same wavelength.

When I have tried this before

The times I have tried this before, a lyricist has generally sent me a set of lyrics (or partial lyrics) to compose to. From there I put together a song with verse chorus, break, etc., and I am prepared to put a lot of effort into getting the music right.

So far, the process has been a bit frustrating,

because many lyricists have good ideas, but unfortunately have never studied or read up on how to write a complete set of lyrics. It’s one thing to have the ability to put good ideas on paper, but another one to be able to write a complete lyric that will stand up to the scrutiny of an artist looking to using someone else’s song.

I mean things such as a development of a storyline, a theme that puts the singer in a good light and appeals to a variety of artists. I guess you could say this is writing to bit of a formula; however, if you’ve studied song writing you’ll know what I mean.

While I am not much good at writing lyrics and don’t enjoy the process, I have read up a lot and studied what make a good set of lyrics.I am looking to work with an artist who understands that lyrics often need to be worked on and crafted, and that a bit of work is required, rather than just moving onto something else.

I hope this make some sense to you. Let me know if you think we are on the same page and we can chat some more.

Getting in Contact

If you think we may be able to do something together and would like to discuss this further, please contact me via the details below.

Drop me an email and we’ll take it from there..

Email address : collabwith ‘at’ steviebarnes ‘dot’ com – replacing the ‘at’ with @ and ‘dot’ with a .

Thanking you
Stevie Barnes