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Songwriting<br />
tips<br />
1<br />
Listen to songs you like.<br />
Use headphones and turn the volume up.<br />
Listen to all the parts that go into each<br />
song, and hear things you don’t normally<br />
notice like the baseline or chord progression<br />
used. Borrow ideas from your favorite<br />
songs when it comes to guitar or piano parts.<br />
4<br />
Writing<br />
3<br />
songs is<br />
like a dirty tap.<br />
According to massively popular<br />
singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran, writing<br />
songs can be compared to a dirty sink<br />
tap. The more the water flows, the clearer the water gets.<br />
Ed advises that you do not get discouraged; continue to<br />
write and write until the water tap becomes clear and<br />
finally you write good songs and eventually great songs!<br />
Gather inspiration<br />
from nature and<br />
objects and Pick<br />
a Theme.<br />
You have probably noticed that all popular songs deal with<br />
some sort of theme. It is often love or hate or happiness.<br />
Throughout these songs, often lyrics center around some<br />
kind of comparison of a real life object or something found<br />
in nature. They do not necessarily have to center around<br />
this pr<strong>inc</strong>ipal, but it is helpful to add clever words and<br />
phrases that provide a kind of imagery for anyone who<br />
listens to your music. It allows people to get a better<br />
picture of the message you are sending with your lyrics.<br />
2<br />
Keep a running notepad or list of song<br />
ideas you like.<br />
You never know when a song<br />
idea might come to you. Use the<br />
notes app in your phone or a real<br />
notebook to record your lyric ideas.<br />
It is important you do this so that you<br />
do not forget lyrical poetry that you are proud of and<br />
so you can combine ideas in the future. Forgetting<br />
quality lyrics is very frustrating and discouraging.<br />
Final Thoughts:<br />
Just have fun with the whole writing process! Allow yourself to<br />
get frustrated then use that to motivate yourself to write more and<br />
better songs!<br />
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5<br />
Keep your instrument of choice by your side.<br />
It seriously helps to create both the chord pattern and rhythm of songs at the<br />
same time that you develop your lyrics. Having whatever instrument you<br />
play by your side as you write allows you to write guitar or piano parts as well<br />
as the lyrics so that they match up and the song dynamics come together easily.
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