justsoulin

A B C - Jackson 5

Running Back and Forth - Edwin Starr

I'm glad the proverbial nail has been hot on the head Yes, this is the right place for this. For those that are more experienced, it's hard to recall the first steps they took along this road. But suffice to say, the same problem continues to exist except we get used to pulling lines out of thin air so to speak and testing them. I'm just trying to write words to a composed piece of music and the more I listen to the music and break it down, I must have done 20 or so rewrites. It's given me some amazing lines that I've discarded. I've taken 2 days off the words and whoa, I think I've got a final version. I needed that time off because all the great lines I wrote were spinning around my head. But back to beginnings. Each of us has to find initially a way of beginning that works for us. There is no hard and fast rule. The books state that a hit song will come from getting an outstanding title, then an outstanding hook etc and blah de blah. What "you" do comes from experimenting what fits you. Get that under your belt first. Some folks think a good way to begin is by taking an accomplished song and writing your own words. Sometimes this can be a good exercise since you get a feel of how the music and words must come together - neither follows the other. So read through others lyrics, listen to others music (here on SongStuff) and let what flows flow into words from you. Initially you can go one of two ways. Write down all that comes out and make sense of it or study hard the rules and try and apply them. Personally I like the 1st to find your own "style" and then apply the 2nd to get your style formatted. There's so many things though to take into account such as genre so if you're focused on a genre you need to focus on its style, If your genre free then you meet other problems/difficulties. Just take your time to go through the boards and soak up the information.

Run Baby Run - The Newbeats

As I watch You Slowly Walk Away - Jean DuShon

Hey Nick, welcome. make sure you complete your profile, about me, the members map etc. Posting etiquette is review and critique say 3 other members songs before you post. That way we become friends and learn from each other.

Welcome. Spend as much time as you can cruising all the site as a lot of lyric info is a part of the music area and vice versa - take the time and search out your questions.

Hi Foxy, you should find plenty here to keep you busy etc.

Hi and welcome

Welcome. If you've got songs put them in the songs section and lyrics in the lyrics section. One thing, it is board etiquette to spend time before posting yours to critique others first!!! That gives other members the incentive to look at yours

Well we need a "ctive" type of person here. Welcome

Great Mike, welcome Do your profile and About Me, members Map etc and dive in all over the place to get invovlved

That makes total sense to me Ken so you're very welcome here. There's a lot of info etc here so make sure you move across the whole board.

Hi Word, Welcome. Please don't forget to critique others work before posting your own - as a rule of good board etiquette

Good to meet you Zach. Dive into the community and get to know some good people here

Simply by being here you realise you run the risk of actually becoming knowledgeable !!! Welcome anyway

Well JK, it was worth the searching. Take your time to delve into the whole board - a lot of info and help can be found everywhere on here. Get involved too.

Hi Vlady - rock on (in an alternative way) Spend the time to cruise all the forums and dig deep. You'll get a lot from being here.

It can be the vocalist along with the beat/harmony. For the generalisation of a genre, certain characteristics tend to stick out. C&W is easy to hear for example. But when it comes to writing lyrics with no specific genre, it's interesting how people hear through reading a certain genre.

Hey Michael, glad you found us. A couple of things if you could a) see my sig below about profile, about me, map etc - when you have time. b - it's the custom here before you post to critique (hopefully) 3 other members songs before posting your lyrics. That way, we all learn new things, make friends and become active in the community. I know your new here and to all of this so take a little time cruising the boards, topics and posts. Dive into them first to get a hang of critiquing to see what others say so you can understand the why. You'll also pick up some good tips, help and advice along the way Don't worry, this is just a friendly nudge - we're not the SS of old, we're SongStuff and we're all here to have fun, a laugh and talk seriously about all things musicwise.

I can't advise on this Sean, sorry (don't play anything) but I've made it a staff pick because it's a great topic for discussion and I hope by doing so, you'll get some feedback. I hope to learn something to

Thanks for that, whenever you visit your profile, check out how many people have visited. It's worth doing

Thanks

Hang on a minute please, this game uses song titles and artists, not links. So forgive me Pretense for asking others to verify for me what your "link" is as I cannot open the link. Mirror In The Bathroom - The Beat