I NEED HELP!!! HoW DO yOU...?!?!?!?

Question

okay...i need to kno when u write a song...what or how do u start off?!?! i wanna start writing but i have never really tried sitting down and concentrating!!! so yeah...PLZ HELP ME!!!

well...how do u begin writing lyrics!!! i play guitar so ive got my instrument if i wanna make the music part...its the lyrics i need help with!!!

Answer 1

Glad you came here. I write lyrics all the time.

Some people start with getting a lyrics hook and building the melody around it. Some people feel a melody and then try to match some words to it. In this regard there's no formula.

Concentrating isn't really what you're doing. You need to get private space and just lose yourself.

One you start, sometimes you get stuck. Walk away. Do something else. Change your mindset. Then come back to it when you've actually let it slip your mind, and try again. A couple of my songs took years to finish.

For your kindness I will give you one of my pieces for an idea. Please E-mail me if you wish. This is the latest one I wrote about two weeks ago.


Now That I’m Ready For Love

Another year wiser, another year older
Another day empty, another night colder
Another squandered opportunity
But now that I’m ready for love, no one’s ready for me

I sift through these streets, filled with aimless dancers
In calm desperation, still searching for answers
Leaves green and inviting, new rings on the tree
But now that I’m ready for love, no one’s ready for me

Young maidens sense some hot wave of emergency
They marry and mate in a false sense of urgency
As the hurried home crumbles, the fingers point blames
And all hold back burned hearts as they re-alter names
Never considering a cause holding true
That someone like me could want someone like you
That someone like me could need someone like you
That someone like me could love someone like you

INSTRUMENTAL BRIDGE

Another year wiser, another year older
Another day empty, another night colder
Another squandered opportunity
But now that you’re ready for love, are you ready for me?
Ready for me?
Really ready for me?
Now that you’re ready for love, are you ready for me....

Answer 2

Well, I write metal so you might not pay attention to what I do, but here it goes.

I usually intro with a bass line by itself (cuz i play da bass) or an acoustic guitar riff that eventually gets changed into electric guitars and then it gets very heavy.

Song ideas come to me while I am practicing. I just start hitting notes and if something sounds good I write it down and try to expaand on it.

Answer 3

I just to start playing some notes or chords until I have a basic sound yI like, than see if there is maybe a vocal melody I can imagine over the top of it. The hard part for me is coming up with lyrics for a melody that don't sound contrived.

Answer 4

well, if i was you if you haven't takin' any music thoery classes, then do that first.

but basicly, all songs are usuly based off of I - IV - V - I.

if you don't know what that means, then you are far from being able to write a song, sorry to tell you

Bryson


oh ok, well that easy. thats easy. john lennon always said that sometimes he would write a song based on conversations that he has had with other people, like "she said, she said" and listening to the tv another example would be " whatever gets you through the night." it's easy trust me. don't even think about it and it will come to you. if it is a love song its easier, just think about the one you love and it will all come natually. have fun......

Answer 5

A) hire a washed up old singer to do it for you
B) steal lyrics from other songs
C) carry around a little notebook and when inspiration strikes *WHAM!* write down the lyrics

Answer 6

there is no way 2 start, just rite a note

Answer 7

just start witting... poems or anything at all...
u just write what u feel