Blog Assignment #2

How to Write a Song

Brainstorming:
Song - Lyrics - Theme - Genre - Duration - Instruments - Percussion - Chorus - Verse - Breakdown - Bridge - Solo - Harmony - Beats - Riffs - Melody - Rhyme - Plot - Vocals.

Have you ever wondered how do famous artists or bands come up with those songs? Have you wanted to write one on your own but you dont know how, or you come up with something you don´t like a lot? Keep reading to know how to write a decent song by yourself and maybe someday your song will be on the radio or in thousands of MP3 players. You only need a lot of time and patience.

A song its like a computer or machine. There are no more important things in a song because everything has to be there to work and express the emotion. First you are going to learn about the lyrics. Lyrics of a song are very important because with those you express what you think or feel and you are lets say, like talking to anyone that is listening to your song. Lyrics rhyme and with a rhyme the lyrics flow and everyone goes on. You can try a lot of rhyme combinations and even come up with your own. Sometimes the rhyme its not that important and you have to rely on something else: the melody. Lyrics also have a melody, that is that each word or letter or syllable have a note and duration. You can have the same melody like the instruments or you can have another one. In order to write decent lyrics just sit down and type / write them. The only advice I can give with lyrics is practice and practice and you will come up with something good one day or at your first try.

The next thing you have to do to write a song is to get a rhythm or beat in the drums. Or you can come up with a melody in any instrument and then add the beat that best fits the melody. This step can be the most frustrating, rewarding, difficult and easy step of all. Im telling you that because some days you want to compose a melody and you focus on that and you can spent all the day trying to get something good but you fail. Other days you can just be in your house and then a melody comes to your mind and you go and play it and its done, just like that, magicaly. In this step you really, really need lots of patience.

Once you got your lyrics and your melodies and beats, you can start arranging them. Arranging its not that hard like the previous step but you still need to focus on it. Grab your melodies and start arranging them with the drums. For you to join a melody or guitar riff with another melody you have to make a transition. Just throw a few notes in there and you got your transition or use another melody as a transition. Remember, the beat and melodies have to flow and change; that way the listener wont get bored. Mostly all the songs have verse, chorus, intro , outro, breakdown. But you can arrange them as you wish as long as it sounds good. I´ve made a song without a chorus and the song sounds pretty cool.

After arrenging the only thing you are missing is to record your song. This is another ´´frustrating´´ step in the proccess of writing a song because this step will require lots and lots of time. Doesn´t matter if you are recording in a professional studio or in your little room. With this step you only need to try and try, a lot of different combinations of microphones and once you get what you want just sit and stay in front of your computer for a looong time. There are good recording softwares out there but they are expensive so just download a free one called ´´AUDACITY´´ that can make pretty good recordings. You can mix, equalize, add effects and masterize your tracks and once you are done just export as MP3 and right to your computer.

As you can see, writing a song needs a lot of patience and will. For some people its easy, for some don´t but the clue is that you really want to and that you practice and practice. Dedicate a lot of time to write and compose. Cause in the end, no matter how tired you are, the final product its really amazing and makes you feel good with yourself.