Songwriting Is The Best?

[Hayley]

Yo peeps what you think about songwriting?
Give your thoughts and stories and post them in here aites?

 

[brucee]

its frickin hard!!!!

inspiration should come first then you start writing...:twisted:

 

[Hayley]

its frickin hard!!!!

inspiration should come first then you start writing...:twisted:

LOL! funny thing you reply that answer.
seriously, its fun if you got big idea and also passion for songwriting.
its no use if you take songwriting courses/workshops if you don't have passion or whatever.
I write songs and that was the reason I said songwriting is FRICKIN F-U-N!

 

[brucee]

haha..yeh, sure its fun,you get to play with ur thoughts...then something like this:

"ooo..yeah..i got cool lyrics...ahh..wait...does this rhyme...mmmmm(after a few minutes),,shoot doesnt fit the song...bummer....or shud i put gibberish in..hehe"

i do a lot of gibberish at church...to give joy to friends and to make fun of them but in a good way..................:-D

 

[Dime]

does composing riffs and melody considered songwriting?cause i tend to understand that songwriting is to write lyrics.

 

[ShredNoob]

mayb when you're deep in thought, u can start pinning them down, good way to start.

 

[ruixist]

i write when i feel compelled to about a certain topic, and it can be from anything random that catches my eye, or a lingering thought. for me, its always lyrics first, then music.

 

[Dime]

okay i do the music first cause its easier to fit words into the music then to fit music into words.

 

[brucee]

what i do is instruments first then lyrics...i find it easier that way..i dunno why....

 

[ruixist]

okay i do the music first cause its easier to fit words into the music then to fit music into words.

agreed, but somehow i find that the lyrics help create and inspire mood for the music.

 

[ShredNoob]

agree.. riffs/melody first.. then i put in the lyrics

 

[AndrewN]

for me lyric always comes first. Then the more i think about it, the melody slowly appears from no where and rings in my head.
Woahahahahah sound like a genius )

 

[wyldeboon]

songwriting is a beautiful thing!!!

not when u have writer's block la... lol

for me it depends, sumtimes music 1st, sumtimes lyrics/melody first.

 

[ShredNoob]

different people different style i guess?

 

[visa]

your general idea comes first. your general idea can come in your music or in your lyrics, and inspire the other in turn.

 

[fgl]

for me: the rythem, the concept of the song, the melody, the lyrics then the solos

 

[ShredNoob]

yeah rythmn, type of genre(s), concept ,melody.

 

[Dime]

will weed help to enhance the quality of our writing?

 

[Hydrofly]

I get riffs rather often, i ditch about 4 out of 5 because their not good. Then more riffs will come, fit them together for a song! After the instruments parts are done, i find that the vocal melodies can appear out of nowhere.

 

[fgl]

One of my fav artistes Paul Simon - when he recorded the Graceland and Rhythem of the Saints albums, he actually recorded the drum and percussion tracks first and THEN thought ot the concept, melody, song structure and lyrics to work around the rhythem.

He actually brought hours of recorded percussion stuff back to New York from Africa and Brazil and spent 2-3 years writing the tunes.

Love all his stuff