Were to start

[GraFx Pro]

Were do you Start ?

I have been trying to write now but I dont know were to start.

 

[Peter D]

This has always been the hardest question for me to answer and I'm not sure what I have to say will be of any help to you. The first time I wrote anything that I thought was good enough for anyone else to see I wasn't trying to write anything, it just seemed to happen. After that happened several more times, I began to think maybe this is something I'm good at and it seemed to come fairly naturally. Composing came much harder for me and I had to really work at it; I still do. Once I decided writing was what I am suppiosed to be doing, I worked pretty hard at learning some music theory and tried to hone my lyric writing skills. It's been splurts and dry spells ever since, but I sit down and try to write several hours a day, aside from the time that I rehearse playing instruments and songs I've already done.

For me, ideas for songs come from almost everything, but especially good books, people watching and just trying to figure things out. I hope some of the other writers on the board can explain this better, but that's how I started and how I keep doing it.

 

[Henri Devill]

Start really paying attention to how songs are constructed..Listen to CD's of bands you like..Also start small...Keep it simple get your inst. and write a verse..2 or 3 chords only then sing nonsense words over it...Record it..Then make sense of those nonsense words by writein' something phoneticly similar with a direction..Don't try to write the greatest song ever..Keep it simple!
The longer your write.. the more you find that you need to learn..It never ends!Just some ideas..Good luck


Don

 

[Henri Devill]

I agree with Peter..Songs are everwhere..just look!


Don