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It's always better to have a core idea to build your song from but where do we find this central idea that everything will just flow forth from? There truly is no set technique when you're learning how to write songs but below are one or two tips that have helped me.
Always Hit Record
If you have recording capability, and let's accept it it's becoming increasingly simple to record a simple idea. (You may also download an entire 4 track recording application for your iPhone.) you can start recording even the most simple ideas that come to you as inspiration for future song ideas. Don't spend a substantial amount of time trying hard to get a great recording just capture the concept and push on. You may not actually have your instrument with you when inspiration strikes and that is fine. There isn't any problem humming an idea for a riff or melody line. Just capture the concept and build a library of seed ideas for your music.
Utilise Drum Beats
I myself love this tactic and this is how I started when first learning to write music. I'd load a basic drum loop into my audio software and just play over it until something came out. That could be a guitar riff, a piano line a tune concept it does not actually matter just find something you can hang your hat on.
Set Boundaries
One of the biggest problems composers tend to have when learning the way to write is simply that there are no boundaries and it becomes extremely tough to agree on an idea. One way around this is to really set yourself bounds, the idea itself isn't anything new. William Shakespeare would frequently write in 'iambic pentameter ' which was fundamentally creating some limits for his writing. Iambic Pentameter basically makes reference to writing ten syllables in each line broken into five pairs. The definition itself isn't significant the lesson here is that Shakespeare needed to limit his options before he could write prolifically.
Jam with Others
There actually is no substitute to just hanging with like minded musicians and jamming. When you are just bouncing notes of other musicians you tend to come up with ideas that you just can't find on your own. Alternatively your fellow bandmates will lead you in directions that wouldn't have come easily to you purely due to the different musical influences at play and this can be truly handy when learning the way to write.
Always Hit Record
If you have recording capability, and let's accept it it's becoming increasingly simple to record a simple idea. (You may also download an entire 4 track recording application for your iPhone.) you can start recording even the most simple ideas that come to you as inspiration for future song ideas. Don't spend a substantial amount of time trying hard to get a great recording just capture the concept and push on. You may not actually have your instrument with you when inspiration strikes and that is fine. There isn't any problem humming an idea for a riff or melody line. Just capture the concept and build a library of seed ideas for your music.
Utilise Drum Beats
I myself love this tactic and this is how I started when first learning to write music. I'd load a basic drum loop into my audio software and just play over it until something came out. That could be a guitar riff, a piano line a tune concept it does not actually matter just find something you can hang your hat on.
Set Boundaries
One of the biggest problems composers tend to have when learning the way to write is simply that there are no boundaries and it becomes extremely tough to agree on an idea. One way around this is to really set yourself bounds, the idea itself isn't anything new. William Shakespeare would frequently write in 'iambic pentameter ' which was fundamentally creating some limits for his writing. Iambic Pentameter basically makes reference to writing ten syllables in each line broken into five pairs. The definition itself isn't significant the lesson here is that Shakespeare needed to limit his options before he could write prolifically.
Jam with Others
There actually is no substitute to just hanging with like minded musicians and jamming. When you are just bouncing notes of other musicians you tend to come up with ideas that you just can't find on your own. Alternatively your fellow bandmates will lead you in directions that wouldn't have come easily to you purely due to the different musical influences at play and this can be truly handy when learning the way to write.
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