YW Band: I actually disagree because sometimes I can’t come up with the words until I hear the music, and its the music that inspires me to write beautiful lyrics. I guess it depends HOW a person composes some people’s inspiration comes out in words – whilst mine comes out in my music. Its my music that tells the story and once its made I can come up with the lyrics that translates the story into words… My best songs came out that way – the ones that I made the lyrics first are good but my top ones are music first.
I guess it depends on the individual…
And I agree about if the song is a real niggun it can be sung at the Shabbos table – but… not all songs have to be niggunim 🙂