Record

🎼🎼HOW TO WRITE A SONG ✍️✍️ ✍️🎬Season 2. Episode 9. RECORD 🎶🎶🎶 A simple piano/vocal or guitar/vocal can often be the most effective emotional statement of your song. If you wrote a Rock song, do an “unplugged” version. You don’t need lots of strings and synths – in fact, these can detract. Practice both the instrumental and vocal parts until you are comfortable with every chord, every note, every word. The less you have to focus on playing or singing, the more you can focus on the emotion in the song. Try singing it as if you are speaking it to someone. Record for short periods then take a break. Keep the song and the emotion fresh! For live lessons and interactive class, join us today via https://chat.whatsapp.com/CwTVgD6q1HY9pnGBTwFji2

Build

🎼🎼HOW TO WRITE A SONG ✍️✍️ ✍️🎬Season 2. Episode 8. BUILD 🎶🎶🎶 Build your second verse and bridge. Choose another of your questions to answer in Verse 2. Proceed through Episode 4 – 6. Your second chorus will have the same melody and lyric as your first chorus. You are now almost finished with your song. You just need to add a bridge. The bridge section adds a peak emotional moment to your song, a realization, or an “aha!” moment. Try two or three lyric lines that give the listener the best insight you can, or sum up what you hope will be the outcome. The melody should be different from both verse and chorus. Try using a chord you haven’t used before or changing the phrase lengths or motion of the melody. A bridge isn’t a requirement but it can add a lot of strength to your song. For live lessons and interactive class, join us today via https://chat.whatsapp.com/CwTVgD6q1HY9pnGBTwFji2

Connect

🎼🎼HOW TO WRITE A SONG ✍️✍️ ✍️🎬Season 2. Episode 7. CONNECT 🎶🎶🎶 Connect your verse and chorus. After you have a verse and chorus create a transition between them. You may need to raise or lower your verse melody or change the last line to get to your chorus smoothly. TIP: Chorus melodies are usually in a higher note range than verses. When we get emotional our voices tend to rise. The chorus is the more emotional part of your song so it’s higher, while verses add information about the situation. For live lessons and interactive class, join us today via https://chat.whatsapp.com/CwTVgD6q1HY9pnGBTwFji2

Add chords

🎼🎼HOW TO WRITE A SONG ✍️✍️ ✍️🎬Season 2. Episode 6. ADD CHORDS 🎶🎶🎶 Begin to add chords to your chorus melody. Try a simple, repeated chord pattern. Play with the melody and chords until you find something you like. Record a rough vocal – even if it’s only on your iPhone. Just be sure you get it down so you don’t forget it. You’ll find a several chord progressions you can use in this post. Just scroll down to the section on Chord Progressions. For live lessons and interactive class, join us today via https://chat.whatsapp.com/CwTVgD6q1HY9pnGBTwFji2

Melody one

🎼🎼HOW TO WRITE A SONG ✍️✍️ ✍️🎬Season 2. Episode 5. MELODY ONE 🎶🎶🎶 Find the melody in your lyric. Choose the lines you like best for your chorus. Say them out loud. Now say them again with LOTS of emotion. Exaggerate the emotion in the lines. Notice the natural rhythm and melody of your speech when you say the lines with lots of feeling. This is the beginning of your chorus melody. Play with it until it feels comfortable. For live lessons and interactive class, join us today via https://chat.whatsapp.com/CwTVgD6q1HY9pnGBTwFji2

Answer one question

🎼🎼HOW TO WRITE A SONG ✍️✍️ ✍️🎬Season 2. Episode 4. ANSWER ONE QUESTION 🎶🎶🎶 Answer one question in the chorus and one in each verse. Select the question you want to answer in your chorus. Look for images and action words to bring your answers to life. What emotion are you describing? How does it make your body feel? Is it warm or cold? Dark or light? If you get too poetic, add a line that makes a clear statement so listeners don’t get lost. For live lessons and interactive class, join us today via https://chat.whatsapp.com/CwTVgD6q1HY9pnGBTwFji2

Choose song structure

🎼🎼HOW TO WRITE A SONG ✍️✍️ ✍️🎬Season 2. Episode 3. CHOOSE SONG STRUCTURE 🎶🎶🎶 Currently, the most popular structure is: Verse / Chorus / Verse / Chorus / Bridge / Chorus. Many recent hits add a short section called a “pre-chorus” or “lift” between the verse and chorus to build anticipation. For live lessons and interactive class, join us today via https://chat.whatsapp.com/CwTVgD6q1HY9pnGBTwFji2

List of questions

🎼🎼HOW TO WRITE A SONG ✍️✍️ ✍️🎬Season 2. Episode 2. MAKE LIST OF QUESTIONS 🎶🎶🎶 Start by asking yourself what you want to say about your title and what you think your listeners might want to know. Make list of questions. Your list might include: What does the title mean? How do you feel about it? What happened to cause this? What do you think or hope will happen next? You’ll need three to four questions. For live lessons and interactive class, join us today via https://chat.whatsapp.com/CwTVgD6q1HY9pnGBTwFji2<

Start with title

🎼🎼HOW TO WRITE A SONG ✍️✍️ ✍️🎬Season 2. Episode 1. START WITH TITLE 🎶🎶🎶 Create a phrase of one to six words that sums up the heart of your song’s message. Try using an image or action word in your title to give it energy and interest. For live lessons and interactive class, join us today via https://chat.whatsapp.com/CwTVgD6q1HY9pnGBTwFji2

How to write songs (2)

🎼🎼HOW TO WRITE A SONG (*season 2*)✍️✍️ ✍️🎬INTRODUCTION 🎶🎶🎶 Whether you want to write songs to pitch to music publishers, TV shows and commercials, or record them yourself as an artist, here’s a songwriting method *ALSO* that will help you get your message across and make sure your listeners stay involved from beginning to end. Of course, this is just one approach to songwriting but it’s used by many songwriting pros and it works *TOO* Episodes begins on the 10th June 2020 For more details about tunjifortress, visit our website via https://tunjifortress.simdif.com

Don't be afraid

🎼🎼HOW TO WRITE A SONG ✍️✍️ ✍️🎬Season 1. Episode 10. DON'T BE AFRAID TO FAIL 🎶🎶🎶 Apologies for the cliché, but if you’re failing and struggling to write the song you know is in you – just keep going. There’s no secret formula for successful songwriting, other than the combination of hard work, positivity and talent. For live lessons and interactive class, join us today via https://chat.whatsapp.com/CwTVgD6q1HY9pnGBTwFji2

Ask for feedback

🎼🎼HOW TO WRITE A SONG ✍️✍️ ✍️🎬Season 1. Episode 9. ASK FOR FEEDBACK 🎶🎶🎶 It’s easy to lose sight of how good or bad your song is after you’ve spent hours and hours working, changing and creating it by yourself. So find someone you trust to give honest advice, and who’s opinion you value, and ask them to critique it for you. You might find they have some fantastic insight into how it could be improved. Don’t just play it for someone who might be afraid to hurt your feelings - you want honest opinions. *QUOTE* "I enjoy the collaboration. I always envied people in bands who got to have that interaction. It's a nice change helping other people with their music and not being all about what I'm trying to do myself." For live lessons and interactive class, join us today via https://chat.whatsapp.com/CwTVgD6q1HY9pnGBTwFji2

Don't overthink it

🎼🎼HOW TO WRITE A SONG ✍️✍️ ✍️🎬Season 1. Episode 8. DON'T OVERTHINK IT 🎶🎶🎶 Musicians and songwriters are often our own worst critics. If you judge your own songs too harshly you’ll never get anything done, so it’s important to keep an open mind, and while it’s great to take your time and carefully consider each facet of a new song, it’s often easier to get things done when you let the songwriting process flow, stop worrying and just get on with it. Overthinking can be your worst enemy. Get the basis of your song down, and you can always go back and change things afterwards. *QUOTE* “If anyone asks me about songwriting, I guess I’d say that you just gotta do it.” For live lessons and interactive class, join us today via https://chat.whatsapp.com/CwTVgD6q1HY9pnGBTwFji2