i am a singer and have been in the choir for 4 year and i want to be able to get out and let people hear my voice but i do not know where to start off at any advice . . ?
2007-03-19 10:47:59 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
You have to be creative,and use colorful metaphors.It takes alot of practice,but it should come from the heart.Are you a young girl? If so the best place to look to try and write something up is your diary.Really. Turn those words into poetry. It takes alot of "alone" time.
2007-03-19 10:53:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Okay, first you get a pencil and paper. Then you start to write words on the paper...
Ha, ok. Sorry XP
Um... well, what i do when i write poems and songs and such is i take a strong emotion that i'm experiencing and i just let every thought about it just pour onto the paper. I think my strategy is the reason i have so many poems about my crush. x_x Well, just do that and then go back and edit some stuff to make it flow and such.
You could also look at some songs from your favorite songwriters, look at their structure, form, stuff like that.
It does take practice, I can say. I'm 13 and I've been writing songs since I was... 9 or so. I'm a LOT better of a writer now that I've had years of experience.
Well, good luck and remember- HAVE FUN!
2007-03-19 17:59:47 · answer #2 · answered by T Dog 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is going to sound hackneyed and weak, but don't be afraid to put yourself out there. I admire your initiative. Chances are, if you have the desire to actually write songs, that there is something that you've been wanting to write about for some time. Write your feelings down on paper just to put them down, then rationalize what they mean to you. Once you've done that, you can find the flow and cadence of your song that your thoughts may not have had. Studying poetry helps with that. Study how other artists have written their songs and you'll see that the good ones have bared their souls. If you try hard enough and write about what is important emotionally to you, then people will take notice at your confidence and relate to you feelings. You will have the power to lift people to a better place and heal them if you do this. Trust me.
2007-03-19 17:55:29 · answer #3 · answered by Lisa 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To get started you should sing other peoples songs by other artists the way I know others start when getting their voice out there. Then to write songs those come from ideas.
2007-03-19 17:53:03 · answer #4 · answered by rose 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all, I don't see "song" as as writing the words as well. Maybe because I can't :-) But I love poetry. And I can always find a poem that reflects my feelings of the moments, or that just speaks to my heart. After that I get the feeling of it. The atmospear. And that gives me a pattern to begin. I don't usually start with the melody, but with the rythmic / harmonic figure. The melody has just to make clear the meaning of the words.
2007-03-19 18:25:32 · answer #5 · answered by dennis b 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First off, I write songs myself, so I'll just tell you what I do, I think of something that has a deep meaning to me, and I describe how I feel about I add rhyme and beat to it and I try write it so it makes sense...but if thats not good enough, listen to some of your favorite songs and try to learn what type of music you want to write, then you will eventually get some where
2007-03-19 17:55:11 · answer #6 · answered by Jessica 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I started by writing songs that didn't rhyme, just ones where the words sounded like they rhymed and they sounded good together. Then I would move on to trying to find rhyming words that are simple yet express watever feeling you are trying to express in your song. Lastly, get a great beat for the song, and find some way to record it and get it noticed!
2007-03-19 17:52:39 · answer #7 · answered by eh 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
get a piece of paper
write down some words and how you feel
sing the words off the paper
make a melody and chorus
then narrow it down to a small peom
but the poem is more like a song
2007-03-19 17:53:13 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah. I'm a songwriter. First of all, you need to have something on your mind to write about. Something you know well. I'll admit, it's never easy to write a good song, and it depends on what kind of songs you want to write. More details?
Afterthought: keep a thesaurus and/or dictionary handy.
2007-03-19 17:51:46 · answer #9 · answered by Neil Rawson 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No offense, but I sort of feel that if you need to ask strangers on yahoo answers how to write a song, then you aren't ready to be writing songs.
2007-03-19 17:52:15 · answer #10 · answered by faintfiend 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋