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Singing Instruction, Tips On Composing – Writing A Song – It’s So Easy
Writing your own songs isn’t as difficult as it sounds. You don’t have to be a skilled musician or a great poet. Let’s examine how the best songwriters do their thing, and apply their methods using your skills.
1. Don’t decide in advance what genre of music your song is going to be. A prolific songwriter writes songs often without deciding they are going to write a country song, a pop song, a rock song, etc. They just come up with an idea and let it lead them wherever it wants to go.
2. You don’t necessary have to start at the beginning. Suppose you’re browsing in a bookstore and come across a book titled “Why You Do the Things You Do.” You write that down because it sounds like it could be used in a song. Back home you decide to change that to “Why Do You Do the Things You Do?”
Hey, that’s a good phrase, but it doesn’t feel to you like the first line of a song. That’s OK. Why not make it the first line of the chorus, (That’s the part of most songs which is repeated after each verse.)
3. Get a rhyming dictionary from the bookstore or internet (”Rhymer”) and use it like this:
“Why Do You Do the Things You Do?” (look in the rhyming dictionary and find words that rhyme with “do.” OK, we find “you,” “to,” “new,” and others. Try them out. For instance write as the next line: “you’re hurting yourself, but you’re hurting me too.” or “you’re making me look for somebody new.” You get the idea. it’s fun and easy.
4. After you’ve written your chorus write a verse which takes us naturally to the chorus. This probably would say something that explains why you feel what you feel in your chorus. “You left the toilet seat up again”, (then use your rhyming dictionary to find some words that rhyme with “again”.) I chose “You do it so often it’s really a sin.” (Pretty bad, but you get the idea.) Then write another verse which also gives more reasons why you feel the way you do in the chorus.
Verses and choruses are usually 4 to 6 lines long, and all the lines don’t have to rhyme.
5. Write a 2 line “bridge” which usually comes before the final chorus. This is kind of a final little thought before the end. “I’m hoping each day that you will change, but I know you won’t because you’re really strange”. Then go into the final repeat of the chorus and you have your song.
6. Get together with a friend who plays guitar or piano and work out a melody and chords with them. Once you have your lyrics, coming up with the music won’t be that difficult.
About the Author
Al Koehn has spent over 30 years working with top professionals in all aspects of their careers; voice development, performance, recording, producing and managing. His powerful new FREE ebook called “SINGING IS SERIOUSLY SIMPLE: Important Tips, Tools and Techniques for All Singers” is now available for downloading. Access the Ebook FREE here
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