Monday, February 14, 2011
My song writing crisis
Anyone who has ever been in a song writing crisis can understand the predicament I am often in. It seems that one comes up with incredible words that fit absolutely no tune on the face of this earth; or one comes up with the most splendid tune imaginable, but that will allow no words to mar it's glory. This leaves endless piles of half-finished words and songs. I'm usually stuck with words and no music, as opposed to music and no words. How to conquer this terrible situation? Perhaps a rap? Those don't use any melodies, do they? Okay, never mind about that. Honestly, I have no idea how to solve this unavoidable problem. If anyone has suggestions that might even remotely benefit me, please share! I am in dire need of assistance!
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Hey Jenah!
ReplyDeletewell, I can guess from that fact that you like songwriting that you like to sing? What other sorts of instruments do you like to play? Because if you can play the piano, this would come in handy to pick out any tunes you might have in your head.....also, what sort of song do you want it to be? Rock? Pop? Rap? Gospel? Really, I think, you have to be inspired to write music--which you probably know!!! I don't think you can force your mind to come up with something. Know what I mean? Also, i'm sure you could find tons of advice on the good ol' internet. :) Hope this helps somehow....;)
Hey!!
ReplyDeleteI didn't know you wrote songs! I have the same problem sometimes. If you want maybe we can swop lyrics and tunes when we get stuck and give each other ideas. I love music and writing songs, I'm just getting the hang of it though, so maybe we could help each other. Just an idea. :)
Hi! I do like to sing (although I'm not exactly gifted in that area :),and I like to play piano, and guitar. Thanks for the tips! I really appreciate it! Sure, Micah, it would be fun to swap tunes and lyrics!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness! I have that same exact problem!! It's terrible!! I think I'm starting to realize why most songs have two different writers. One to write the lyrics and one to write the music. LOL! People who can do both are SOO insanely talented (in my book, anyway!).
ReplyDeleteAnyway I know that's not really a tip or anything LOL! But I really hope you keep trying!!
I'd like to try songwriting but I don't exactly know how...i tried to write some lyrics once but otherwise, LOL :) well I made up a piece once purely for piano like a long time ago. :) anyway yeah, song/music writing is just so HARD!!!! :) so it's cool even if you're just really good at writing lyrics or music. Yeah Rene!!! I'd never thought of that before!! :)
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