| Do you feel that it is easy to write songs? | | | | write here? Right, humming melodies with |
| Can anyone be creative? A song is the end | | | | nonsense lyrics is a great way to stimulate |
| product produced by stimulating your song | | | | and actually write a song. Nonsense lyrics |
| writing powers in many different ways. Let's | | | | might not be the apropriate term as every |
| take a look!Here are some tips on how to | | | | word you sing can trigger ideas that will |
| stimulate and develop your song writing | | | | lead you to a phrase that might be the |
| abilities:ListenAn obvious tips of course! | | | | beginning of a great song.DocumentationA very |
| You have to listen to songs to find and | | | | boring and bureaucratic word indeed but |
| develop your taste. But don't just listen to | | | | somehow you have to find a way to remember |
| the music you usually listen to. Listen to | | | | all nice words and melodies. A recording |
| things you don't normally hear on the radio. | | | | device like an mp3-player, mobile, digital |
| It will help your unconscious to create more | | | | recorder or tape recorder might do. The |
| interesting songs.I recall that John or Paul | | | | simpler the better. You can of course do as I |
| in the Beatles talked about the music they | | | | do, write sheet music and lyrics on scrap |
| heard on the radio when they were young. The | | | | paper. However, this requires you to know |
| radio channels in those days played many | | | | sheet music notation unless you have invented |
| different types of music and they were | | | | your own notational system.Using a |
| inspired by the melodies heard on the radio | | | | computerPersonally I have discovered the |
| like evergreens, jazz, folk music and | | | | advantage of using a word processor at this |
| classical music and so on.On commercial radio | | | | final stage of creating the song lyrics. I |
| channels nowadays you'll often find very | | | | usually write down the text with a font size |
| niched music but I think it is important to | | | | that will fill a printed page. This makes it |
| find music that differs a lot from your | | | | easy to see the text on the screen and taste |
| normal taste. All these musical ideas will | | | | the lyrics with my heart.This might sound a |
| hopefully mold into interesting new melody | | | | little weird but I guess that you want the |
| lines. A form of fusion music.Chord | | | | listener to feel the same as you feel when |
| progressionsSit down with your guitar or at | | | | you sing the song. You have to be touched by |
| your piano just playing chords that loosely | | | | you own song first.When you have the lyrics |
| seem to fit together. Don't worry about the | | | | on your computer you can change a word here, |
| quality of your progressions. It is important | | | | a word there and and read the words over and |
| to have moments when you play without | | | | over. One day you will realize that the song |
| evaluating things, otherwise you will not | | | | is complete and you can relax and be proud |
| dare to take the step into the unknown.Song | | | | over your creation.A song is not a song until |
| melodiesHumming melodies as you play chords | | | | it is sungWell, this means that you have to |
| on your guitar or piano in a relaxed manner | | | | give your song a chance to shine by singing |
| will stimulate your creative powers. If you | | | | it, working on your way to perform it and |
| find it hard to improvise melodies, it might | | | | learning it by heart. By singing a song |
| comfort you to know that it is a talent but | | | | often, even in front of other people, it will |
| also a skill that can be dveloped by | | | | most likely mature and the performance will |
| practice. It can become a form of meditation | | | | develop and convey the message of the song |
| that will clear your mind, stimulate your | | | | better and better.Peter Edvinsson is a |
| imagination and improvisational | | | | musician, composer and music teacher. |
| skills.LyricsWell, what do you expect me to | | | | |