For those who want to be a doctor, lawyer, engineer or any other "normal" vocation, all you have to do is select where you want to go to school, go there and graduate and find a job in your chosen field. For those who want to be professional songwriters, it isn't quite that easy.
Even if there were a school where you could get a masters degree in songwriting, there isn't once accepted way to write songs so a course plan would be extremely difficult to assemble. Songwriters basically learn how to write songs from other songwriters, borrowing from each one until it all comes together and they can write their own songs successfully.
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It is for this reason I decided to write this series of articles, to give you the real scoop on how to be successful as a professional songwriter. You can go to all the websites you want to and read all the books you can find, but there is nothing like living in Nashville where you can meet and write with other songwriters.
I had done the former for a long time when I got to Nashville and began pitching my songs to Nashville Music Publishers. From the time I got to Nashville it took me 3 years before I understood how to write a song good enough to be published by a real Nashville Music Publisher.
In this first article I will outline the important parts of a hit song and break them down individually in later articles. The first thing you need is a good idea for a song. Many new songwriters will write their first songs about their own experiences, things like the girl that broke his heart or looking forward to Friday so he can get off work and play all weekend.
Remember this, a professional songwriter is one who makes money writing songs. To make money writing songs you must write songs that recording artists will want to record on their CDs. When artists look for those songs, they look for songs that will make the general public, those that buy CDs, pull out their wallets and purses and spend money on the music they like. People buy CDs because they heard a song they can relate to. Something in the song touched them emotionally and motivated them to go out and buy the music. That's what it boils down to. They won't buy a CD of songs about the songwriter's experiences. No, they will buy music that relates to their life. SO the point is, when you are trying to find good ideas for songs, think about what average people all over America go through every day in their life.
Once you have an idea, you need a good title. The best songs almost write themselves. The best tracks are the ones to get their attention and are easier to remember. Examples of great songs "Bye Bye Miss American Pie," "Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", "Hello, I Love You Will not You Tell Me Your Name" and "Reeling In The Years". Of course, many great songs with simple titles such as "Hello", "Amie," "Cherish," was written and "Margaritaville", but always a great challenge for the title.
When you start writing your lyrics, the most important thing to remember, make sure that every line addresses the main theme of the song. In short, if you write a song about apples, make every word in the song is about apples. Do not write "I like apples" From verse 1 and verse 2 in praise to your passion for oranges. You must tell the whole story to 3-4 minutes, do not be distracted.
Both theMusic and lyrics only to communicate to the listener in a meaningful and artistic idea for the lyrics on her. If they work hard to understand the meaning is lost and your efforts were wasted.
In general, rock or pop music is the most important aspect, but the lyrics do not even try to communicate the importance of. When writing country songs, on the other hand, the lyrics are king. Country Songstell a story, and that's why these songs are loved. Average Americans to identify with them and heartily. In my opinion, if you can write a hit country song, you can write any kind of singing.
If you know how to be a good idea for a song that can make a great title, and know how to have text that moves the listener to create emotions, the basics of good songwriting. In the next article I will concentrate on other areas such as songwriting hooks, systems of rhyme, melody, songStructure, chord progressions and demos. See you then.
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