<Tutorial> Effective Songwriting Chapter 1

[soultensionbenjamin]

First and foremost i would like to encourage you all that you don't have to be a musician to make an amazing song . For example Mel brooks who composed the Broadway hit springtime for Hitler. He wrote the entire Broadway show by humming notes into a recorder and asking a friend to transcribe it into music. Now on to finding inspiration, finding inspiration is tough but take a look at the world around you the moods and emotions you project in life are likely to come out into your music in other words write about what you know and feel and your sure to come up with something unique. experts say that music gets us in touch with our feelings so your goal as a songwriter is to help the audience identify themselves with the music you make... well your probably asking me how do well i use a 6 drop process


How to get started

1. Finding a message that i am passionate about-- If a subject is vital to you it might be vital to others as well. so if you don't care about the message your trying to convey in your music don't expect anyone else to care either.

2. Find a Simple Melody- So many songwriters get in and over their heads trying to be complex to win Friends and and influence but often the easiest melodies are the longest lasting.

3.Find a simple set of chord changes- make sure you have interesting transitions when changing chords so the song does not become stale.

4.find a place to write- you can really let the ideas flow when your just relaxing and letting your mind wander in a quiet place

5.humming out the tune- just improvise record yourself and hum out whatever your mind comes up with

6.-don't be afraid to mess up- those ideas you think are garbage can probably be redefined and messed around with to create more ideas remember the best music comes from the heart so trust your heart and you'll be fine

Now before you start you may need topics so here are some commonly used topics in music

love:

Friendship:

Family:

Conflict:

Loss:

Music About music:

Towns Travel and Touring:

Faith and belief:

Motivation and inspiration:

Death and dying:

Rebellion:

The future, past and present:

Fads, crazes and passing fancies:

States of mind:

Techniques to use when your in a Writers block

Eavesdropping:next time your around a bunch of people start overhearing certain conversations you might find something interesting

Write about Situations you or your Friends might be in:There is nothing more real then real life many songwriters can use the dynamics of peoples life to create literally thousands of stories

Items in the News:youll literally find tons of song ammunition here plus items in the news have additional emotional impact

television ,books and magazines:Again plenty of song ammo here to use

In conclusion to Chapter 1


Practice makes perfect be ready for inspiration to strike at any time so grab your paper and your recorder as you move throughout your daily routine in life and make sure you don't let the ideas escape:


Next chapter is on verse forms

[Lavender_Harmony]

Locked.

I would recommend that anyone looking for decent, well written advice should seek out the source for this text, namely Songwriting for Dummies. You can find a sample from the book here which should give you a taster of what to expect if you do purchase it.

[Circuitfry]

>mfw you attempted to plagiarize a For Dummies book, and failed at that.



You should read this book, next.