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 Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 11:43 am
I have been writing alot of music lately and I'mm not very good with lyrics
Any advice?
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Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 11:47 am
Just write about whatever comes to mind. It doesn't even have to make much sense, just get whatever it is out and fine tune it later.
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Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 11:51 am
Play the music and sing whatever comes to mind.
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Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 3:55 pm
thanx i'll do that i guess it kinda seems obvious bu i'm not used to just doing things without planning it out
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Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 8:05 pm
Meh... singing what comes to mind isn't really such a good idea. You might want to look into some poetry and other lyrics. As well as maybe taking a course in creative writing. People that just "sing/write from the heart" with no real background in literature tend to write without the fullest of expression.
I'm speaking from experience, as I'm trying to write lyrics (with no real care for poetry) and they just flat out suck.
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Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 11:07 pm
If you really feel hopeless, you can do what I do, which is borrow lyrics...you could look up poems that have already been written and set them to music, or you could collaborate with a lyricist or poet. There is nothing that says that musicians also must be writers, and it's not a bad thing if you decide you don't want to do lyrics every so often.
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Intellectual Elocutionist
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 1:14 am
I write from the heart, every time. That's all I can say for you.
@ Draomere: I have background and experience in poetry too. I express everything that I want to get across in my songs every time. But I do write from the heart. I write not only the lyrics, but the riffs as well, from my hart. It all works and people love my wording and things.
So, That's all I can contribute. Write what the music makes you feel, then work it all out with expression.
I use to actually write paragraphs about what my Riffs made me feel and create lyrics from that, but I do that very rarely anymore.
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 1:20 am
I agree; however, it is useful to have some background in creative writing to fully utilize language as an expression of feelings. Free verse is fine, and all, but knowledge of some technical structure and literary devices is really helpful to more accurately depict the heart's feelings.
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 1:23 am
Keakealani I agree; however, it is useful to have some background in creative writing to fully utilize language as an expression of feelings. Free verse is fine, and all, but knowledge of some technical structure and literary devices is really helpful to more accurately depict the heart's feelings. I agree. You need some background in creative writing, because it will allow you to utilize the right words to grip the audience. You can say "Hate" just as easily as "Loathe", but they grip the audience in a totally different way from one another. It gives the whole writing a different tone.
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 1:25 am
Very much so. Besides which, nobody will give you a second glance if your lyrics are too cliché, even if the music itself is very original.
That being said, a trip to a quiet room with a rhyming dictionary can often yield the most interesting lyrics.
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 1:29 am
I've done that before, but it didn't work too much for me. I just write what I write. If I feel it's too Cliche', I change words and structures a bit until I'm satisfied.
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 8:47 am
alright, so i should just do it like a poem and then shape it into my music right?
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 11:12 am
Well, most lyrics are poems of some form, so that would be a good start.
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 11:32 am
He disagreed then agreed with my statement. xd
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 1:40 pm
Draomere He disagreed then agreed with my statement. xd Who? I'm pretty sure I didn't. But I was also a little drunk when I was writing last night
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