muzang15

•first of all you must make your lyrics by making a lyrics first.,
•then you use your imagination of the chord that would fit your lyrics.,
•while making the chords write it down so you can edit the other chords.,
•make the finishing touches like adding octaves, bass adlibs, and offbeats to make
the song more beautiful.,

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muzang15

[COLOR=Blue]•first of all you must make your lyrics by making a lyrics first.,
•then you use your imagination of the chord that would fit your lyrics.,
•while making the chords write it down so you can edit the other chords.,
•make the finishing touches like adding octaves, bass adlibs, offbeats, and also add your riff to make the song more beautiful.,

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Relient_K_42

Just try to stick to the first, third, and fifth note in a scale to start with. If that sounds really boring, which it probably will, throw in the second, fourth, and seventh note. Then throw in little old six if you must.

Also, if you have two songs you're working on at once, try to transpose one of them and tweak them a little bit to try and make them fit together. It might not work, but I find it helps me.

JasonJ31

i need some lyrics for a song called >will you < and i got the chords and i just need some little helping lyrics and its a acoustic song

live2rock12

i understand wat u guys are saying there is a game with different riffs that give me tons of ideas for lyrics with music and combining riffs


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it is very helpful and fun to see wat kind of music u can make

Discordant

If you already have the structure of the song laid out, i find it helpful to just hum along while you play to find the rhythm you think the vocals should take. once you've figured that out, its much easier to find words that match the rhythm and will fit into your song.

auburnsky

where do i start? music first, or lyrics first?
does a good song have to rhyme?

Axel_bass

What idiot wrote that...That quote you have

Axel_bass

Ill try to help...if you send a recording to my email or post your video on youtube and send me the url ill help you...and if we finish that you could compose some stuff for a song im writing..i could add some bass to it? It never hurts anything..

CamTheBass

I just like to start off a song by making up a little riff on my guitar or bass, and then build from there. You can do it vice versa too. Just start off with something small; three chords, for example. And take that and write something, maybe.

mankilla1166

yea i want to write a song for my girlfriend that actually means something and i dont knnow what tuning would sound best. . .any advice?

liamoshoro

easier said than done ........humming a melody is alot easier i feel.....easier to mould something more worthwhile out of...............





but thats just BOTTOM TALK!

nevermind_111

I find it realtively easy to sing along with my guitar when I play.
But I find it really difficult to write lyrics and then try and put a tune to them. Anyone got any tips?

Koaphagia

no, see you should write something. And if the lyrics flow right with what your sining then it'll probably work out. Or just keep changing the way you're doing your vocals until it works. Make variations, not everything works just because you think it will, or you think it'll sound good. Sometimes you might think of a melody but then when you try it doesn't work. Just keep working with it and eventually all the pieces will come together.

Koaphagia

nevermind_111 you should write the music before hand. Then write the lyrics. This way you can try to find lyrics that fit the musical structure. And if you're having trouble with lyrics, then start simple, try to write a story

Emperor's Child

First of all, I always make the melody first (Otherwise it just never seems to work!) Ok, so I have a few tips here:

1. Get Guitar Pro or something similar - It's like a holy grail
2. Use Guitar Pro (Otherwise It's useless)
3. One easy way of solving this is creating a riff you really like, no matter how complex then blend it into some really simple verse notes (that are often very repetitive). The listen to the song and put words in where they fit.
4. Using Guitar Pro create an extra track that fits into the piece where verses and choruses go - there's your vocals. Experiment with the settings of the instrument to replicate the style of vocals
5. Create lyrics that fit with the mood (Not many heavy metal song are about rabbits)

af_the_fragile

The way i do is when i write lyrics, i sing them while writing them.
So i've already got a tune in my head while writing the lyrics.
Then i try to figure out what sorta music would go well with the "singing" (of the lyrics).
Once i know what to do, i **** around till i find something that works.
Put the music with the "singing" lyrics. And there you've got a song!

But i spend most time figure out what sorta music would suit the lyrics. Once i've got that figured out, the music after that comes very easily cuz you know exactly what you're looking for.
I try to figure out everything, the drums, guitars, bass and all. I sorta like sing out the riff, beats and all so basically i've got the whole song composed in my head and beat boxed before i get to writing it on instruments.

suthy16

I've never gotten into the Guitar Pro method of writing a song.. Maybe I'm just old fashioned but for me songs have always started with an acoustic guitar, humming out a melody, then writing words. And then I'll build on the song and add parts from there.

The flaw with that, though, is that along the way little pieces of the original lyrics get chopped off to fit your newfound melody.. And because of that, it just becomes a poem that was twisted, contorted and shoved into a piece of music. Unless you're writing spoken word songs, it's not going to work as nicely as you believe it will.

jack_grissom

Im not that great with melodies.

I tend to sing in the key of whatever chord is being played. Otherwise I usually mess up, unless I REALLY REALLY have the song down.

Any tips?