It's funny, being a composer myself, I always find that writing songs can sometimes be a bore. But why does it feel this way? Isn't this supposed to be my enthusiasm? Isn't this supposed to be something that I never become bored of?
well, not exactly. Everything gets dull once in a while, even the things which you're most dedicated to. So every now and then I like to take the lazy man's route to doing things. And amazingly, I regularly produce some superb results!
So listen up. If you beginner at songwriting, or perhaps if you have been at it for some time -- I am going to a couple of easy tricks that may help you start the writing process within a few minutes.
Here we go
1) Review a selected situation in your day. It might be at work, during your travels, or at home. It might be with your work pals, your family or your friends. Just any situation that affected you in either a negative or positive way.
An illustrative example of this would be "when you're at work, your manager just keeps hounding you. However the only thing that keeps you going during the day is that you know that somebody in the office has a crush on you"
(the above is a very dry example but try and work with me here)
2) Write down as many words as you can think about related to your present position.
Let's follow the example from earlier on:
anger, discomfort, miserable, content, excitement, nervousness, concerned, torment, impatience, relaxation, goofy, complicated, annoying, frustrating, antagonising, fancy, sexy, cool, pretty, grin, etc, etc you get the point :-)
3) Write down random short sentences about your situation including the words that you mentioned him step 2. So let's continue in our tiny experiment
" how he rapped with me actually angers me"
" if only he knew the discomfort I suffered within"
" when I see her pretty eyes light up it makes me smile"
" I need to act cool and complex -- don't want to get frustrated"
" he doesn't know what makes my day go by"
" don't want to be in this misery for much longer"
Etc, etc. At about that point it's important to note that you do not have to use all the words that you discussed earlier in step two. As you can see I have even started to make up my own lines *without* any of the words too! Sometimes, I am rhyming the words without even realizing. And this is precisely where the magic starts to occur
You can simply turn this idea into a full-fledged song. Use rhymezone.com to help you find words that rhyme and also other related words as well.
My example was really average and simplified -- but you can use an example that's a bit more dramatic. You should really get wild with your ideas! Actually, just unleashed.
4) Listen to a 'backing track ' (an instrumental of a song) that you have No CLUE about. While it's playing, make up a melody. Doesn't have to be perfect, just create a tune on the fly. You do not have to sing any lyrics either. Just 'humm ' or 'laaa ' a tune out till you are hearts content.
Why do this? This is an exercise that may subliminally preparing you to create melodies for you're own chord sequences in the very next step.
5) Create a Straightforward chord progression on the guitar or keyboard. When I say easy, I mean *simple*. Maybe 2 chords for the verse and Two chords for the chorus. Now create a melody on top of that chord progression. Record the tune on tape. There you have it.
NOTE: if you don't play an instrument, then hook up with someone that does. In fact , you just about have half the song now :-).
well, not exactly. Everything gets dull once in a while, even the things which you're most dedicated to. So every now and then I like to take the lazy man's route to doing things. And amazingly, I regularly produce some superb results!
So listen up. If you beginner at songwriting, or perhaps if you have been at it for some time -- I am going to a couple of easy tricks that may help you start the writing process within a few minutes.
Here we go
1) Review a selected situation in your day. It might be at work, during your travels, or at home. It might be with your work pals, your family or your friends. Just any situation that affected you in either a negative or positive way.
An illustrative example of this would be "when you're at work, your manager just keeps hounding you. However the only thing that keeps you going during the day is that you know that somebody in the office has a crush on you"
(the above is a very dry example but try and work with me here)
2) Write down as many words as you can think about related to your present position.
Let's follow the example from earlier on:
anger, discomfort, miserable, content, excitement, nervousness, concerned, torment, impatience, relaxation, goofy, complicated, annoying, frustrating, antagonising, fancy, sexy, cool, pretty, grin, etc, etc you get the point :-)
3) Write down random short sentences about your situation including the words that you mentioned him step 2. So let's continue in our tiny experiment
" how he rapped with me actually angers me"
" if only he knew the discomfort I suffered within"
" when I see her pretty eyes light up it makes me smile"
" I need to act cool and complex -- don't want to get frustrated"
" he doesn't know what makes my day go by"
" don't want to be in this misery for much longer"
Etc, etc. At about that point it's important to note that you do not have to use all the words that you discussed earlier in step two. As you can see I have even started to make up my own lines *without* any of the words too! Sometimes, I am rhyming the words without even realizing. And this is precisely where the magic starts to occur
You can simply turn this idea into a full-fledged song. Use rhymezone.com to help you find words that rhyme and also other related words as well.
My example was really average and simplified -- but you can use an example that's a bit more dramatic. You should really get wild with your ideas! Actually, just unleashed.
4) Listen to a 'backing track ' (an instrumental of a song) that you have No CLUE about. While it's playing, make up a melody. Doesn't have to be perfect, just create a tune on the fly. You do not have to sing any lyrics either. Just 'humm ' or 'laaa ' a tune out till you are hearts content.
Why do this? This is an exercise that may subliminally preparing you to create melodies for you're own chord sequences in the very next step.
5) Create a Straightforward chord progression on the guitar or keyboard. When I say easy, I mean *simple*. Maybe 2 chords for the verse and Two chords for the chorus. Now create a melody on top of that chord progression. Record the tune on tape. There you have it.
NOTE: if you don't play an instrument, then hook up with someone that does. In fact , you just about have half the song now :-).
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