Songwriting Tips

Songwriting Tips - Tip 1 - If you don't know where to start:
Writing songs is a very subjective activity, at least initially. What I mean by this is that you should write from the heart the story you are trying to tell, without worrying about rhyming, structure or any details at all. This applies to the writing of the lyrics and also writing the music itself. You can look over the details later on and refine any or all aspects of your work with from an objective perspective. If you do this from the beginning you may be stifling your artistic ability.

Songwriting Tips - Tip 2 - Help with content:
Make sure that you keep all of the ideas, drafts and notes that you have ever done. Whilst you may not use them at this time they may be a godsend when you are struggling for inspiration or needing just a few tweaks to another piece of work in the future. Do plenty of reading and maybe have a go at writing poetry. Work on your grammar and increase your vocabulary. Make use of a dictionary and thesaurus. Most importantly of all, practice, over and over again.

Songwriting Tips - Tip 3 - Self confidence:
Do not be self-critical or think that your song or story may be silly! We all do this, especially when new or trying to gain credibility within the industry, but the thing is that everyone is different and will have a different view of your work. You will never please all of the people all of the time! Besides, take a look at some of the lyrics out there, you know, the successful hit records, it's really quite astonishing when you take away the music and just sit and read the lyrics, some of them barely make sense, never mind tell a story!

Songwriting Tips - Tip 4 - A different approach:
Try something different now and again, a breath of fresh air, just for a change if you are getting bored of the same old same old. This approach would also be very useful for when you have writers block or are truly out of ideas or inspiration. An example is Kate Bush's Wuthering Heights, which was a novel by Emily Bronte. This was a truly wonderful and original song, unleashed on an unsuspecting British public, it was her debut single and stayed at number one for a month!

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