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.
Write over a Drum Loop
I personally love this approach and this is how I started when first learning how to write music. I would load a basic drum loop into my recording software and just jam over it till something came out. That might be a guitar riff, a piano line a melody idea it doesn't really matter just find something that you can hang your hat on.
Set Limits
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 really is no substitute to just relaxing with similar-minded musicians and jamming. When you are just bouncing notes of other musicians you tend to come up with ideas that you cannot find alone. Alternatively your fellow bandmates will lead you in directions that wouldn't have come easily to you only thanks to the different musical influences at play and this is often actually useful when learning 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.
Write over a Drum Loop
I personally love this approach and this is how I started when first learning how to write music. I would load a basic drum loop into my recording software and just jam over it till something came out. That might be a guitar riff, a piano line a melody idea it doesn't really matter just find something that you can hang your hat on.
Set Limits
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 really is no substitute to just relaxing with similar-minded musicians and jamming. When you are just bouncing notes of other musicians you tend to come up with ideas that you cannot find alone. Alternatively your fellow bandmates will lead you in directions that wouldn't have come easily to you only thanks to the different musical influences at play and this is often actually useful when learning to write.
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