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The Fool On The Hill Had A Life Before GSB Age: 34 Gender: Female Posts: 26154	April 14th, 2006 at 10:38am spill_no_sick: music first: lyrics last most great musicians don't write their lyrics until the day they record (Nirvana, Metallica, etc. Haha yeah. Kurt Cobain would write his lyrics right before they actually went to perform it in the studio.
Mikelvr King For A Couple Of Days Age: - Gender: - Posts: 2356	April 14th, 2006 at 11:01am I personnaly think that lyrics should go first. I write lyrics with meaning. That's what I search in other's work. It's sure that a great music can be everything, but I'd rather try to have both. Good music and good words, than just one of them...
11th Street Kid King For A Couple Of Days Age: - Gender: - Posts: 3645	April 14th, 2006 at 04:27pm Well, if you're one of those people who are always constantly thinking about...the ways of life and random stuff... lyrics should come easy to you when you suddenly hear or see something that inspires you.
KATH! Idiot Age: 33 Gender: Female Posts: 884	April 14th, 2006 at 05:26pm Why can't there be both good music and great lyrics? ._. I try to listen to bands that have both, because I believe that what makes a great band is a balance of both. I mean, I wouldn't listen to a band that only has good lyrics but sucky instruments, because I don't consider that music. If I want good lyrics only, I'd read poetry ._. But I do listen to Primus, and their lyrics aren't the deepest thing ^^; but their instruments are awsome ._. So, yeah ô_.
k-contentbarrier- Addict Age: 33 Gender: Male Posts: 14139	April 14th, 2006 at 08:08pm aw, come on, y'guys, Simple Plan ain't THAT bad...
Less Than Jack Falling In Love With The Board Age: 32 Gender: Male Posts: 8531	April 14th, 2006 at 08:17pm billie_joe_fit: Anyone got any tips on how to write songs? Either from the guitar point of view or lyrics. I have all these ideas for lyrics in my head but I cant put them to good lyrics. And when I make songs on guitar, they sound so pop like. How can I make them better? Is there a certian way in which to do it? Please post your ideas here, or what it is that you do to make songs yourselves. It would be much appreciated. if all you're guitar riffs come out like pop. then maybe that's what you were meant to play.
kidmercury Shoot Me, I'm A Newbie Age: - Gender: - Posts: 3	April 21st, 2006 at 06:55am Songwriting is where music theory can be really valuable, in my opinion. If you identify the scale and key you're writing in, you can write a melody so that you have a singing tune that matches. To do it well really requires knowing your scales well, in my opinion, but it can be a very powerful technique.
Plug In Baby. Addict Age: 34 Gender: Female Posts: 11334	April 23rd, 2006 at 07:50am spill_no_sick: music first: lyrics last most great musicians don't write their lyrics until the day they record (Nirvana, Metallica, etc. But just because they write their lyrics until the day they record doesn't make them the great musicians. I think that you should write music first, but also concentrate on writing great lyrics. And if you want to do that, just write down everything that comes into your head. Wherever you are, whatever you're doing. if you think of something that can be made into lyrics, even if its only one line or two lines, whatever, just write it down, or keep it going around your head so you remember it when you cal actually write it down. The way my band works, the guitarist just plays around, and then I hear something in his twangings that couldn't be called music, and I start playing a beat on the drums. And then he gets an idea from my drums, and makes up a guitar riff.
xXx depressed_emo xXx Geek Age: - Gender: - Posts: 186	May 7th, 2006 at 03:58am muck around with the song on instruments.....then write the lyrics.....then do the actual piece
Sara. This Board Is My Home Age: - Gender: - Posts: 31155	May 8th, 2006 at 01:05am meggy72wants2bminority: Megans tips for making good song lyrics - -make sure you know what your song is about first! - make sure your song MEANS something... or the meaning means a LOT to you! just let the song COME to you in a way, like hit you! - for better wording in the songs, read a lot of books, find fancy cool words that are hard and hardly ever said - simple words make the song somewhat boring - if you want your song to rhyme and you get stuck, sing the abcs, and try a word that rhymes with the one your stuck with for every letter - you'll come up with SOMETHING!!!! - dont listen to music while writing the song!!!! Thank You So Much! I Finally Wrote My First Full Song!
Wey Geek Age: - Gender: - Posts: 191	May 26th, 2006 at 09:05am I don't have to need inspiration when I'm writing a song. I sit, listen to Green Day and there's my song. I've wrote 30 songs in a couple of weeks at that way.
love. King For A Couple Of Days Age: - Gender: Female Posts: 2844	May 28th, 2006 at 12:35pm write random things down and put them together, thats what i try to do.
whoa King For A Couple Of Days Age: 33 Gender: Female Posts: 3384	May 28th, 2006 at 01:13pm What works best for me is, being extremely emotional at that point. So far over that I feel as if I will burst. Then I sit and write something so that it evolves into a song. Sometimes they are good, other times not so much. The key is to be inspired.
Deadboy Geek Age: 33 Gender: Female Posts: 288	November 27th, 2006 at 12:15am it helps me when theres NO music playing when i write songs because it's hard to write my own when im listening to someone elses.
Janie Jones Falling In Love With The Board Age: 33 Gender: Female Posts: 5438	November 27th, 2006 at 08:07pm whoa: What works best for me is, being extremely emotional at that point. So far over that I feel as if I will burst. Then I sit and write something so that it evolves into a song. Sometimes they are good, other times not so much. The key is to be inspired. I write almost exactly like that...I can't just sit down and write a song after a random average day. I have to be really sad or really happy or feeling really strongly about something. And I also can't listen to other music while I'm writing because then I wind up ripping off whatever I'm listening to.
The Fool On The Hill Had A Life Before GSB Age: 34 Gender: Female Posts: 26154	November 27th, 2006 at 08:29pm ME TOO!! I write best when I'm extremely upset or mad or angry. Not when I'm happy. Oh god I sound emo now . I always end up ripping off a tiny bit of the song I have in my head or that I just listened to.
Janie Jones Falling In Love With The Board Age: 33 Gender: Female Posts: 5438	November 27th, 2006 at 08:56pm ELANA'S EMO. giggle One time I deliberately tried to write a song that would sound like an RHCP song. It actually kinda did..go me.
hay lin Idiot Age: 34 Gender: Female Posts: 760	November 30th, 2006 at 02:20am I can only write if I'm upset or angry or sad. That's why I've haven't write any more for a long time; I'm happy all the time.
High Fidelity Falling In Love With The Board Age: 33 Gender: Female Posts: 7797	December 3rd, 2006 at 06:58pm Janie Jones: ELANA'S EMO. giggle One time I deliberately tried to write a song that would sound like an RHCP song. It actually kinda did..go me. Just use at least one line containing some form of the word "California" and, bam, you have a Chili Peppers song! I love the Chilis
xXAmagadXx Shoot Me, I'm A Newbie Age: - Gender: - Posts: 68	December 5th, 2006 at 09:38pm copy basslines/chords of another song then change em a bit

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