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Friday, May 17, 2019

Song writer's block.


Breaking that song writers block!

Hey! Howdy, everyone who has tried to write a song or poem knows how frustrating it can be at times. You can count number of times, you hit the writer's block and stuffing the trash bin with your note papers! Ahaaa right ain't?

I'm sure you've experienced it as well. It's probably, reason some blokes, end up just being a support on stage.

I've written around 50 songs, about just anything with exciting lyrics. Quite literally, it still does not make me a master of the art, but I have encouraged myself to practice and practice, infact lots of it.

It's a known fact that every minutes around your hoods more than 50 people listening to music on radio, felt like "I can sing that portion better" and when they sit down to re-write the song, they suddenly come down with a serious case of writer's block.

Do you have a song writer's spirit in the first instance. Ask yourself?

Some of these ideas often come along with either curiosity or inspiration, sometimes it can be just subjects and topics, while others may be titles that will hopefully spark something in your imagination.

Feel free to run with some of my generated idea clue whichever way try your skill!

What song idea hits your mind often arrives depending upon mood and style. For example, it could be
-song about love and relationship
-song about having fun
-song about people's reaction to situation
-song about religion and teaching
-song about something happening in your environment
-song about yourself or life experience
-song about money and the economy
-song about a foklore or festival
-song about injustice.... the list is endless that wave stream can ping your mind from any direction.

What you often need to consider, also is to decide what genre does your song idea fits best.

Most times, its often a global concept, it may just fit pop, R&B, jazz, soul, gospel, reggae, electronic,or even classic. So long as it will grab the listners attention.

What is the hardest part of writing a song?

Finishing the song, finding out what to clue the lyric with, writing the ending signature so the listener want to try it again and again. You can't finish a song all in one day, except if you wish to bang it in and bang it out.

Here is a cool way to go!
Start with a song title.
Can be one word or comvination.... "Alhaja gimme lov" or "Love"

Song theme
Here you could enact an emotional lyric, relationship, or feeling of let down.

Use of develipmental path
Fit a story path to the lyric, the start and the end.
-Verse.....'the problem'
-Chorus....'how it happened'
-Bridge....'my response
-chorus....'What happened in the end'

Chord progresssion
The best and still trendy chord progression is still ■/D/E,A).) that is four beats on the D, then two beats on E & A).)...

Choose a melody
That is starting your lyric with straight melody or melody with words, it could just well be words the the melody.

Record your song concept idea
Satisfied with your structure, get on with it and record onto a device either pc, iphone, smartphone, tape or recorder.

Listen to yourself
Now pretend your the listner, or an anxious artist looking to buy a song!

Never give up practising, you cant be perfect over night.

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