While writing

[Crackerbox]

I tend to write in the same style everytime I try to put things down on paper, when I'm just farting around musically i'm all over the board but but my lyrics tend fall apart. Any idea's?

 

[trkkazulu]

When you say "...the same style..." what do you mean exactly? Are you talking about the meter of your texts, the topics or the vocabulary or what specifically?

 

[grimtraveller]

I tend to write in the same style everytime I try to put things down on paper

Try a way you've never tried and even if you have to force it, then force it. But do not dare come back to this class until you've done so !


















I was joking, by the way.

 

[guitarplayr82]

Listen to some new music... like a completely new, different genre than you usually listen to. Try to pull some ideas from that.

 

[Xdrummer]

A musical associate of mine would often take songs he'd written in one genre and then try to arrange the same song in a differnt genre. This would often force him to change some lyrics, add different passing chords, etc.

As a result, he would at times come up with a "better" song - and at a minimum, it would force his to think and compose in different genres.

This can also be an effective tool for a writer that is suffereing temporary "writer's block" - rather than trying to creating a new song - sinply "re-create" an old song.