[Note, I'm planning to write an article about writing lyrics for the knowledge base, so if I could use some of your tips for that it would be really great
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Your best Lyric writing Tipps
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The title basically sais it all. How do you come up with them? What's the best way to edit them? How do you do it?
[Note, I'm planning to write an article about writing lyrics for the knowledge base, so if I could use some of your tips for that it would be really great] -
Sure, I'll give you some tips.
Don't try too hard. I always used to try really hard to make it rhyme, and it always ended up sounding horrible. Just write what come into your head, you can edit it later.
As for editing, make sure you let other songwriters see it. It's hard to edit lyrics on your own, so show them to a couple of other people, or even post them here, it'll make all the difference.
Lastly, lyrics are hard. Don't stress yourself out about them. Not many people can write good lyrics. -
I usually come up with the verse "rhythm" in my head first, and it usually has the opening line attached to it. I just write it out from there. Once I hit the chorus, I try to switch it up, but that's one of my weaknesses--choruses. Anyway, I almost always write the lyrics first, then add the music or have my bandmates add it, but sometimes it's the other way around.
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My tip
Don't use lined paper, use a blank peice of copy paper so you have more room to scribble things out and move things around.
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Write what your feeling, always ends up best.
It doesnt have to rhyme, and some songs dont need to ave a steady rythym due to how fast or slow te singer decides to sing it.
Some repetition is good, not too much.
Just follow those and you can getsome good songs ^.^
Eva
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Listen to other music while you write.
However, make sure it is similar to the song you're writing. I once listened to "Last Name" by Carrie Underwood while I was writing "Fly"...Not pretty. -
^^thats what I was going to say. What I do is find a song close to the one I envision for my own song, listen and write the words, then put them to a different tune.
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my advice is never write what you are actually feeling. Try to write the opposite. That is what I do and they always turn out better. If you do write about how you feel at that moment have a dictionary with you so you can look up big words. Not really big ones like supercalifragilisticexpiealadocious but just ones that you woudn't normally use. It usually turns out really good. Wait...this advice is for rock lyric writers only. This will not work with country lyric writers or any other lyric writers. If used by inappropriate manner this advice will eat your cookie. If used by the wrong person this advice may cause any type of brain damage all the way down to amesia. Don't be scared to use it though. That is what life is for. Gotta take a few chances break a few rules. You be knowin what I be sayin yo? yo yo, yo dog, yo dawg, yo yo yo dawggy in da ouwse, yo dawgy dawg yo......aghm....yo.
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Don't stress it. If I sit down and say 'i'm going to write about ___' it's an epic fail. It sounds corny and dumb. Also, if I try to rhyme too much it also sounds corny and dumb.
I feel like I've written my best things when I just let the words freely flow and as soon as they stop doing that, I stop. -
write for yourself! Don't write lyrics for the fame or money, or to be one of those "deep, thoughtful, intellectual song writers." Let your writing be your way of expressing yourself, say what you want, not what others want to hear.
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Make sure what you're saying means something. Make sure it's something people can connect to. Music is like prayer. Don't worry so much about fancy bells and whistles. If you've got a good song, it'll sound good stripped down, with you and an acoustic guitar. Hell, I saw this video of a guy from back in the day, singing and clapping his hands as beat, that was it. It was awesome. Remember that writing music is a lot like writing poetry or a book; There's a story. not every song is a narrative, but every song does have some sort of story or message it conveys.
I guess I'd recommend you keep it basic. The best songs (I think) in the world are stripped down four chords + introspective but not pretentious lyrics that say something about human connections and the world we live in. Bob Dylan. U2. The Beatles. Any old folk songs from any country, Ireland, America, Australia.
But then again my taste is sort of unconventional, I guess? -
I think you should be inspired (anything from happiness or anger you feel). You can't just write a song without feeling nothing.
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