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punk_rock_kitty
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Posts: 143 | October 24th, 2005 at 09:30am can anyone give me a hand or any tips on songwriting, putting songwords together an the music because i can't seem to do it. thanks |
Gem
Jackass
Age: 36
Gender: Female
Posts: 1303 | October 24th, 2005 at 10:21am What i do first, is don't bother with a tune. Just write it out, as if your writing a poem and when its done, read it through picking up a flow. Once you got the flow, try singing it out loud, see what fits, what should be a chorus, bridge, etc. Add bits in or take stuff out to make it fit and voila.
Thats how i do it anyway  |
wake the dead.
This Board Is My Home
Age: 37
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Posts: 30440 | October 24th, 2005 at 11:36am I can only write songs when I know they're gonna have a specific point. That probably doesn't make sense. |
brainstew_girl
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Posts: 140 | October 24th, 2005 at 11:38am Gem:What i do first, is don't bother with a tune. Just write it out, as if your writing a poem and when its done, read it through picking up a flow. Once you got the flow, try singing it out loud, see what fits, what should be a chorus, bridge, etc. Add bits in or take stuff out to make it fit and voila.
Thats how i do it anyway
Thats what i do as well, i think it helps to have something to write about as well. Find something to write about, like an event or a person, and then the lyrics shold just flow out, it doesn't neccasarily have to be like a poem, it can also be like a story or a load of feelings on paper |
Franny.
Falling In Love With The Board
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Posts: 5246 | October 24th, 2005 at 11:10pm i just write...well i dunno, an idea usually comes to me first, like almost like a topic, and i can write with it. it just flows i guess, i'm not much of a songwriter but my singer (who writes most lyrics) seem to like them. i try to rhyme too much, that's not a smart idea, cuz then there are too many cliches. |
punk_rock_kitty
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Posts: 143 | October 25th, 2005 at 08:13am thanks for the help |
killing loneliness
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Posts: 572 | October 25th, 2005 at 02:38pm hmm...well, i just ghet a tune in my head and then i start to hink about words...usualy i\m out for a walk, alone, in a quiet environment lol...and then it jsut hits me(outch lol...punched me lol)...or, i just improvise, and just keep playing some certain tune and then i find words to it....well, g2g, hope i helped ya. |
Dehren McGhengland
Rotting On Here
Age: 32
Gender: Female
Posts: 49206 | October 25th, 2005 at 08:09pm I'm not a songwriter, so I can't help you there. |
jynx
Shoot Me, I'm A Newbie
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Posts: 24 | October 26th, 2005 at 03:23am i gess what i do... is wait until i am "in a mood" i gess u could call it...
like if i am really happy, i write happy and random songs...
and if i am sad, i write sad/screamo songs...
and wen i am angry i write songs full of 'swear words' and screaming...
like i can't write unless i am 'in a mood'... that's my help... oh yeh and don't try and make a tune ... i think it's hard... well for me... i have trubble thinkin tho... |
Spirit Of '77
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Posts: 5024 | October 30th, 2005 at 10:08pm i basically just get things stuck in my head that i've never heard before and that's how i write lyrics. as for music, i just kinda mess around and it just comes i guess. |
[Broken Pretty]
Idiot
Age: 36
Gender: Female
Posts: 572 | November 1st, 2005 at 07:38pm Gem:What i do first, is don't bother with a tune. Just write it out, as if your writing a poem and when its done, read it through picking up a flow. Once you got the flow, try singing it out loud, see what fits, what should be a chorus, bridge, etc. Add bits in or take stuff out to make it fit and voila.
Thats how i do it anyway
and yeah.. jus kinda write how your feeling... and put it all together |
PinheadGunpowder
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Posts: 56 | November 1st, 2005 at 08:20pm Well I'm not a singer, I'm a pure guitarist, so I write a song like this:
First of all, I try to get an idea of what the song is gonna be about. If it's a love song, I'll use a real poppy tune, if it's angry I'll use alot of half steps (IE. the guitar line from "Take Back" by Green Day), and if it's just a song about doing absolutley nothing, a social observation, or anything else, I'll use and upbeat tune using sequences like A, G, D. THEN I write the lyrics, already knowing the tune.
My friends say that's the hardest way to do it, but it works for me. |
greendayscumbag
Idiot
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Posts: 598 | November 2nd, 2005 at 12:10pm Get the melody (tune) and write to it.
Pick a theme or title and write around it. |
The Real Jigsaw
Idiot
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Posts: 566 | November 26th, 2005 at 06:39am find a sequence for a verse and chorus, play the sequence and add lyrics as you play, then mess around with it, and add bridges, solos intro outro, etc. |
Cupid Stunt
Geek
Age: 32
Gender: Female
Posts: 235 | November 27th, 2005 at 01:37pm Sometimes a song comes to you straight away.Sometimes it don't.I've written lyrics in 30 minutes but it's also taken me a few days to write anything decent.I start with a few ideas,then I find stuff that ryhmes and play with it.If I'm getting some good stuff I continue,if not I try something else until I find something that works.As for music?I haven't put anything to music yet cos I suck at guitar  I hope that helped. |
Letterbombed
Falling In Love With The Board
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Posts: 8394 | November 27th, 2005 at 07:19pm Gem:What i do first, is don't bother with a tune. Just write it out, as if your writing a poem and when its done, read it through picking up a flow. Once you got the flow, try singing it out loud, see what fits, what should be a chorus, bridge, etc. Add bits in or take stuff out to make it fit and voila.
Thats how i do it anyway i can never do that. i hate doing it that way. we get a basic idea of words and fit the way of the music to it, its kinda interesting really |
