Originally Posted by MaxerJ

Wow that's interesting because i can not write lyrics then music- probably just because i've got so many tunes that i don't have words for.

Originally Posted by sean1990strat

i cant seem to combine lyrics with anything like a chord progression is there sumthin that can help me do that

Originally Posted by sean1990strat

i cant seem to combine lyrics with anything like a chord progression is there sumthin that can help me do that

Originally Posted by Auals

^ that's basically all I was going to say

except for one thing, now i'm a little different, i normally write my lyris and then let them go, i have a melody line when i'm writing them, that's it and THEN, i'll go and play my guitar and write a chord progression or a riff that I like and i'll mold them together, thankfully for me though, I have a fairly large vocal range so I can work with a lot of things but otherwise just do what abhishek21 says, he knows what he's on about.

I didn't write my first song with music until i'd been writing for about one and a half years because I was just learning how to write, when you're starting out, things that you think are awesome, when you look back on them, arne't all that great, almost everything I wrote in the first one and most of my second years of writing I will never use fully as a song, maybe a verse here or there, a chorus somewhere, so don't be so eager to put music to your songs if you don't want to, its' all about finding your style and working with it, sometimes it's harder to find than other times.

Just because you listen to one style of music doesn't mean you're going to write like that, I listened to a HEAP of blink 182 when i was starting and now I only rarely write pop/rock songs, it's more acoustic, so just experiment.

Good luck

Originally Posted by justintrevor

I seem to have alot of trouble singing and playing guitar at the same time. Every time I try either my playing or singing, or both get messed up somewhere in the mix. I can come up with some pretty good lyrics and a good rhythm with some nice licks, but I can never tell if it all sounds good together because i cant play and sing. Help?

Originally Posted by JeffNitro101

when you sing the song you have to hit the same notes as in the chord progression so if the guitar is playing an A your voice has to match that tone

Originally Posted by justintrevor

I seem to have alot of trouble singing and playing guitar at the same time. Every time I try either my playing or singing, or both get messed up somewhere in the mix. I can come up with some pretty good lyrics and a good rhythm with some nice licks, but I can never tell if it all sounds good together because i cant play and sing. Help?

Originally Posted by Auals

^ that's basically all I was going to say

except for one thing, now i'm a little different, i normally write my lyris and then let them go, i have a melody line when i'm writing them, that's it and THEN, i'll go and play my guitar and write a chord progression or a riff that I like and i'll mold them together, thankfully for me though, I have a fairly large vocal range so I can work with a lot of things but otherwise just do what abhishek21 says, he knows what he's on about.

I didn't write my first song with music until i'd been writing for about one and a half years because I was just learning how to write, when you're starting out, things that you think are awesome, when you look back on them, arne't all that great, almost everything I wrote in the first one and most of my second years of writing I will never use fully as a song, maybe a verse here or there, a chorus somewhere, so don't be so eager to put music to your songs if you don't want to, its' all about finding your style and working with it, sometimes it's harder to find than other times.

Just because you listen to one style of music doesn't mean you're going to write like that, I listened to a HEAP of blink 182 when i was starting and now I only rarely write pop/rock songs, it's more acoustic, so just experiment.

Good luck