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lyricist Definition

lyri·cist (-sist)

noun

a writer of lyrics, esp. lyrics for popular songs

lyricist Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • time: I still love it now - to me, Berry is the best lyricist of all time.
  • song: This section therefore acknowledges the collaboration between lyricists of one song, for example.

Converse of object

  • get: Please get a decent lyricist to do justice to a great voice and transcendent tunes.
  • include: There are a number of different songwriting combinations including lyricist Pete Brown.

Preposition: for

  • band: In Norwich during the 90s, I was the singer and lyricist for an art band, Come Flying.

Adjective modifier

  • great: The greatest English lyricist of his generation, who also comes up with beautiful melodies.
  • good: I think he is probably the best lyricist in the world today ' Don Henley Leonard Cohen was born in Montreal in 1934.
  • other: GW: You collaborated with other lyricists on " The Division Bell " .
  • favorite: Nick Cave, because he is my favorite lyricist.
  • well-known: Dee is an NLP Master Practitioner, a well-known lyricist and writer of West End Musicals.
  • legendary: We asked 12 artists, from a legendary lyricist to a freelance hit-making team, how they created one of their classic tracks.

Noun used with modifier

  • pop: Terry was really becoming known as one of the most interesting and amusing pop lyricists of the time.
  • song: You have to be either a poet, or a song lyricist.
  • composer: A composer and/or lyricist might need to rework the text to help it to coalesce with a melody.
  • genius: But it would be sad to think, to quote another genius lyricist, Mike Stoller, " Is That All There Is?

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