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3 simple and powerful tips for writing songs

Do you feel frustrated or dissatisfied with the songs you have written? Do you think your songs have to conform to a certain standard before they’re good? If so, what exactly are you comparing them to? You may find that you have an unrealistic expectation of yourself or what you think a song is or should be.

If you’re not satisfied with the songs you’ve written or feel your songs aren’t what they should be, consider these three songwriting tips to focus your attention on clarifying what you think you want to get out of your songs.

1. Why do you want to write a song?

What do you want to communicate? Don’t discount this, answering this question is more important than you think. If you know why you are doing something, your path will be much clearer. For example, do you see yourself performing on some late-night rock TV show with the audience raving for more, or do you want to write a romantic love song to impress your significant other? Or maybe you want to perform an acoustic set at the local bar? The answer will influence your behavior and writing style.

2. Write and do what you know.

Do you know how to put together chord progressions on the piano and jam on top or do you know how to link drum machines and turntables to a whole plethora of midi gear to pump out the biggest, baddest beats this side of Georgia? There’s no difference. Your song will have more style and impact if you can find the courage to be yourself and use those talents you have today, not what you think you should be doing, or what your song should sound like.

3. Develop your songwriting habit.

How do you come up with your ideas? Repetition increases the probability of repetition, which means that the more you do something, the more likely you are to do it. The more you get used to writing the lyrics in a notebook that you carry with you at all times, the more likely you are to write the lyrics in a notebook that you carry with you at all times. Get in the habit of writing down your thoughts when inspiration strikes, because ideas always come when you least expect them.

Your inspiration could be a lyric, a sound you heard on the street, an unusual chord change you heard on the radio, or a beat your mom was playing on her coffee cup. By doing this, you can refer to your own wisdom when you need it. These are the gems that will determine your style and show you the way forward.

Disciplining yourself with these three songwriting tips will give you confidence in yourself and your music. Realize that to write a song, you don’t need to be anyone other than who you are, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Whether you’re tapping out a beat with a couple of spoons or bowing to an upright punk guitar accompanied by someone tap-dancing to a different beat, songwriting is subjective. Someone somewhere will love whatever you do, someone somewhere will absolutely dismiss it as the most incredible pile of garbage to ever grace the music scene in the history of music. The most important question you should ask yourself at the end of the day is, do you like it?

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