Writing Songs On Guitar For Beginners. Beat Songwriters Block.
Once you’ve created a tune that you’re happy with you’ve then got to convert it into a good sounding, complete song. You may even have a singing line, a melody, a verse or chorus and so you feel that the song is coming together. It’s now time to start thinking about a lyric and title for your masterpiece. You hit the coffee, settle down in your comfortable chair and you’re thinking that you’re going to scribble down some great lyrics. After all, you’ve done the hard bit haven’t you? All you need is a theme and the words will just flow! So the coffee get drunk, then pen gets chewed a little, an hour flies by and you’re still staring at your blank sheet of paper. And you thought this was the easy bit!
And so another drink slips down, the pen starts to get a bit of a chewed look about it and the minutes then hour go by but the pad remains blank. Maybe you’re just having an off day…perhaps tomorrow will be better! This is what’s known as writers block, everyone suffers from it at times but boy is it frustrating!
Some would say that it’s not possible to learn songwriting, that you can either write songs and lyrics or you can’t. Well I disagree with this because I have learned over a short period of time some simple techniques that help with songwriting. Yes, some people are just natural writers and find it easy and are just very creative, but that’s not to say that anyone, given some simple methods can write great songs. If these techniques are put into practice then song writing becomes much easier.
So here are just a few simple tips that should get you scribbling in no time:
*Try to write words that people can identify with and give a simple message.* *Although you can use a few cliches try to limit the number and rethink a cliche into your own words* *Lines don’t necessarily have to rhyme and sometimes forcing rhymes can affect singability* *Try telling a story in the past tense. It’s much easier to write about something that has already happened* *Try Writing about something that is going on right now. It could be a scenario that is happening to you, a friend or a family member* *Try writing about something that could occur in the future. Perhaps if you came into money, or if your partner had an affair. Write about how this might pan out*
Hopefully there are enough ideas there to give you at least a starting point to get you passed songwriter’s block.
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