I want to start songwriting?

Question

I want to start songwriting in my spare time. This is my first time. I'm really getting into music and dance. Are there any tips on writing a really good song for a beginner? How do I start? Please help? Thanks so much! :)

Answer 1

it helps to keep a journal or a diary so you can look back at some stuff that happend that might help you start.

Usually peoples 1st songs that they write arnt the best. my 1st song was something corney like shooting stars.

i am in the process of writing a song with almost the same beat of miley cyrus 7 things. i only have the chorus right now.

it helps to be able to play an instrument like the guitar. i also am in the process of learning that too.

i write about the stuff that hapens in my life and it actually works.

all of my friends ask me how i write songs like that. and they think that i get other people to do it for me.

just let the music run through you.

Answer 2

I'm not going to help you write your lyrics, but I can help you write your song.

Take a piece of paper. Make four lines (equal, across horizontaly.) Draw a line vertically in the middle.

First, you should make half of the first line in the first verse.

Ex: 'This is the story of my life' could be half of the first line of the first verse.

Now, draw boxes above each of those words. You should make a box over words with two syllables (so, it would be -this-   -is-   -the-   -stor-   -y-   -of-   -my-   -life-   )

Fill either 'L' for loud, or 'S' for soft in the boxes. It all depends on what you'd say with more emphasis. So, in that sentance, this is what it would turn out like:

-L: this-   -S:is-   -S:the-   -L:stor-   -S:y-   -S:of-   -S:my-   -L:life-

So, your pattern is 'L s s L s s s L.'

The rest of your song MUST FOLLOW THAT PATTERN.

Next, to work the second part of the line, you write it the same way, having the last word of the first hald rhyme with the last word of the second half (life.) So, your second part could be:

-L:Pre-   -S:pare-   -S:for-   -L:sad-   -S:ness-   -S:and-   -S:for-   -L:strife-

(Prepare for sadness and for strife.)

So, strife and life rhyme.

Now, at the end of the first line, you're going to put just TWO more words. 'from me' will work.

'This is the story of my life, prepare for sadness and for strife from me.'

Now, for the next line, same pattern. The words can be different at the end, but the still need to rhyme with each other. 'from me' needs to rhyme with something. (me just needs to rhyme, so 'maybe' could work.)

Continue writing like this for your verses. Your chorus doesn't require it, but the verses do. This is how professionals write songs.