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 precisely. Everything gets uninteresting once in a while, even the things that you are most passionate about. So occasionally I really like to take the lazy man's path to doing things. And incredibly, I often produce some very good 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.
Let's go
1) Review a particular situation in your day. It could be at work, during your travels, or at home. It may be with your work mates, your family or your buddies. Just any situation that affected you in either a negative or positive way.
A real example of this would be "when you're at work, your boss just keeps hounding you. However the single thing that keeps you going during the day is that you know that somebody at 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:
outrage, agony, sad, happy, excitement, nervousness, anxious, misery, impatience, relaxation, nerdy, sophisticated, irritating, exasperating, antagonizing, fancy, horny, cool, pretty, smile, etc, etc you get the point :-)
3) Write down random short sentences about your present position including the words that you discussed him step 2. So let's continue in our little experiment
" the way in which he conversed with me really annoys me"
" if only he knew the agony I suffered within"
" when I see her pretty eyes light up it makes me grin"
" I should act cool and sophisticated -- don't really wish to get irritated"
" he does not know what makes my day go by"
" don't want to be in this misery for much longer"
Etc, etc. At this point it's important to note that you don't have to use all of the words that you mentioned earlier in step 2. As you can see I've even started to make up my personal lines *without* any of the words too! Infrequently, I'm rhyming the words without even realising. And this is exactly where the sorcery begins to happen
You can easily turn this concept into a fully-fledged song. Use rhymezone.com to help find words that rhyme and also other related words also.
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) Hear a 'backing track ' (an instrumental of a song) that you've no CLUE about. While it's playing, make up a tune. Doesn't need to be perfect, just make a melody on a make-shift basis. You don't have to sing any words either. Just 'humm ' or 'laaa ' a tune out until you're hearts content.
Why do this? This is an exercise which will subconsciously getting you ready to create melodies for you're own chord sequences in the next step.
5) Create a Simple chord progression on the guitar or keyboard. When I say simple, 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 track on tape. There you have it.
NOTE: if you don't play an instrument, then hook up with someone that does. Of course , you just about have 1/2 of the song now :-).
well, not precisely. Everything gets uninteresting once in a while, even the things that you are most passionate about. So occasionally I really like to take the lazy man's path to doing things. And incredibly, I often produce some very good 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.
Let's go
1) Review a particular situation in your day. It could be at work, during your travels, or at home. It may be with your work mates, your family or your buddies. Just any situation that affected you in either a negative or positive way.
A real example of this would be "when you're at work, your boss just keeps hounding you. However the single thing that keeps you going during the day is that you know that somebody at 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:
outrage, agony, sad, happy, excitement, nervousness, anxious, misery, impatience, relaxation, nerdy, sophisticated, irritating, exasperating, antagonizing, fancy, horny, cool, pretty, smile, etc, etc you get the point :-)
3) Write down random short sentences about your present position including the words that you discussed him step 2. So let's continue in our little experiment
" the way in which he conversed with me really annoys me"
" if only he knew the agony I suffered within"
" when I see her pretty eyes light up it makes me grin"
" I should act cool and sophisticated -- don't really wish to get irritated"
" he does not know what makes my day go by"
" don't want to be in this misery for much longer"
Etc, etc. At this point it's important to note that you don't have to use all of the words that you mentioned earlier in step 2. As you can see I've even started to make up my personal lines *without* any of the words too! Infrequently, I'm rhyming the words without even realising. And this is exactly where the sorcery begins to happen
You can easily turn this concept into a fully-fledged song. Use rhymezone.com to help find words that rhyme and also other related words also.
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) Hear a 'backing track ' (an instrumental of a song) that you've no CLUE about. While it's playing, make up a tune. Doesn't need to be perfect, just make a melody on a make-shift basis. You don't have to sing any words either. Just 'humm ' or 'laaa ' a tune out until you're hearts content.
Why do this? This is an exercise which will subconsciously getting you ready to create melodies for you're own chord sequences in the next step.
5) Create a Simple chord progression on the guitar or keyboard. When I say simple, 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 track on tape. There you have it.
NOTE: if you don't play an instrument, then hook up with someone that does. Of course , you just about have 1/2 of the song now :-).
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