n. The practice of crafting songs, or skill in doing so
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The art of making songs or verses; metrical composition; versification.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The art of composing songs; skill in versification.
Word Usage
"As vanguard bands such as Loud Family, Negro Problem and Matthew Sweet have discovered, "songcraft" and "professionalism" have somehow become code words for painful dullness."