| Depending on how you've started your | | | | time some simple techniques that help with |
| songwriting process you may at this point have a | | | | songwriting. Yes, some people are just natural |
| tune, melody, singing line or even a complete | | | | writers and find it easy and are just very |
| chorus or verse worked out. So your | | | | creative, but that's not to say that anyone, given |
| masterpiece is now beginning to take some | | | | some simple methods can write great songs. If |
| shape:) The next thing to turn your attention to | | | | these techniques are put into practice then song |
| are the song lyrics and title. Something catchy and | | | | writing becomes much easier. |
| singable. So you get yourself settled down with a | | | | Get around writers block with these simple |
| brand new writing pad and new pen and your all | | | | techniques: |
| set to fashion a classic song! Well the hardest bit | | | | - It's important to give a simple message and try |
| is surely in the bag isn't it? | | | | to write lyrics that people can identify with |
| Getting that tune sounding good was tough and | | | | - cliches should be avoided or rewritten into your |
| now the lyrics will just write themselves...won't | | | | own words |
| they? So first thing is getting a theme and then | | | | - Although certain lines should rhyme they |
| scribble out those lyrics. And as the minutes and | | | | shouldn't be forced as this could affect the |
| hours pass by and you stare blankly into space | | | | singability of the song |
| you begin to realise that lyric writing isn't quite as | | | | - writing a story in the past tense is the easiest |
| easy as you thought. Better get another drink! | | | | method so you could write about something that |
| And so another drink slips down, the pen starts | | | | has already happened |
| to get a bit of a chewed look about it and the | | | | - Writing about a present day theme is also a |
| minutes then hour go by but the pad remains | | | | good thing to work on. Consider writing about |
| blank. Maybe you're just having an off | | | | something that is happening to you, a friend or a |
| day...perhaps tomorrow will be better! This is | | | | family member right now |
| what's known as writers block, everyone suffers | | | | - writing a song about a future happening is also a |
| from it at times but boy is it frustrating! | | | | popular technique. Perhaps if you won money, or |
| Some would say that it's not possible to learn | | | | if your partner had an affair with a friend. Write |
| songwriting, that you can either write songs and | | | | about how this might affect your life Use these |
| lyrics or you can't. Well I disagree with this | | | | simple ideas to try and cure songwriters block. |
| because I have learned over a short period of | | | | |