Most people who are looking for helpful songwriting tips are not complete newbies, but neither are they someone who knows all about the innermost workings of music theory.

Chances are that, like you, they are looking for something that sparks creative thoughts and brings them back to the love of writing music with passion.
And like most people, the quicker the better.

Many people already intuitively do things to write good songs, but the real trick is to know why it works or doesn’t work.

Coming up with a short chord progression for a song might come easier to you than coming up with the full arrangement of the song’s components, verse, chorus, bridge, etc. but can’t one be about as easy as the other?

Everyone gets stuck in a rut from time to time, but having a palette of new ideas is always the quick way out.

Even if you are already a competent songwriter then you might need to fill and organize your tool drawer.

The first skill you should make sure that you have in that drawer is the ability to look at other people’s music and know what makes it good (or bad).

Analyzing important elements in other peoples music is an enormous skill to possess in order to grow your own songwriting abilities.

After all, every successful song is a lesson in what to do to write songs that people like.

The book shown above has received rave reviews from everyon who bought it. You might want to check it out as a good starting place to jump start your songwiriting.

Visit here often for great resources for how to write songs and lyrics and other songwriting tips.

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Duration : 0:3:37

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In order to find your musical voice you have to first define for yourself what music is. And in an age of limitlessness, limitations are your greatest ally for songwriting. So lets start with the basics. What is music and what in the heck is the difference between that and just plain old sound?

Music Assignment: Spoon Song

This brings me to this video’s assignment, the spoon song. The best way to hear sound in a new way is to write a “found objects” piece of music or music with found objects (I swear this is a real thing but all I could find on wiki was the equivalent art version… but you get the idea). Hopefully you will start off excited, quickly feel angry that there aren’t more “sound” options, and then get SUPER creative.

Bottom line here’s the deal: time yourself at 10 minutes. Take the spoon and maybe a sheet of paper. Think about expressing the sound of the spoon as it is, or how the spoon expresses when it hits something foreign like a glass or your roommate. When time is up, pencils down and record what you have. I like to leave the piece for a day or two and then listen to it later. Helps to digest.

Duration : 0:9:21

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Duration : 0:5:41

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Droppin Nukes MW2 Song Acoustic Remix by BrySi (Modern Warfare 2 Music Video)

In celebration of the original “Droppin Nukes” MW2 song hitting a million views, I decided to re-record it and add a little acoustic flavor, including keys and a cajun (a neat little box with a snare like sound). I hope you enjoy this remix, especially if you were a fan of the original “Droppin Nukes” song, which can be found at the link above.

Also make sure you leave a comment detailing which killstreak you like better - the MW2 game-ending Nuke or the MW3 MOAB.

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Read My Lips
Thinking back to when we met
Felt an immediate attraction to you
Yeah yeah oh
Tried to ignore it but I
Was too euphoric
And the feeling just grew
Yeah yeah oh
I saw my resistance melt
It was so clear how we felt oh baby
Yeah yeah oh
Fast forward to today
And I’m just sayin’

Chorus:
Read my lips
You are the one I want to be with
In my eyes
You’ll see the shade of my desire
And of all the world can offer
You’re the only one I can’t resist
So read my lips

I’m independent but I’ll
Give you some credit
‘Cause you like that in me
Yeah yeah but
You have a wicked grin and
You like to kiss me
‘Til I’m weak at the knees
Yeah yeah oh
You were like an open book
I thought I’d take a look
Then put you away
Yeah yeah oh
But every chapter makes me
Wonder what comes after
And I just can’t wait

Chorus (the chorus changes a little….;-)

You see so much in me
Say I’m amazing
You’re like a powerful beam of life
Shining into my life

Chorus
Read my lips
So read my lips

By Linda Freeman
Copyright 2012

Duration : 0:2:55

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The full video of So You Want to Write a Fugue can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1ain4qftoM Note that there are many subtle musical references in this piece — for example, after the “just ignore the rules and try” line, the bass and tenor blatantly do just that by singing in parallel fifths, and after the line “John Sebastian must have been a very personable guy” (and before the “never be clever for the sake of being clever” verse) the string quartet cleverly plays a brief quodlibet of JS Bach melodies.

Duration : 0:4:5

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NEW

Pumped Up Kicks’ is about a kid that basically is losing his mind and is plotting revenge. He’s an outcast. I feel like the youth in our culture are becoming more and more isolated. It’s kind of an epidemic. Instead of writing about victims and some tragedy, I wanted to get into the killer’s mind, like Truman Capote did in In Cold Blood. I love to write about characters. That’s my style. I really like to get inside the heads of other people and try to walk in their shoes.”

Also I would like to add to any member of FTP, I would like to be in one of your videos, I would really like to be in a video if you put a monkey in it. If you would like to offer me an opportunity to be in a video please contact me on the youtube thingy.

Duration : 0:4:13

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(Spoken)
I’ve heard people say that
Too much of anything is not good for you, baby
Oh no
But I don’t know about that
There’s many times that we’ve loved
We’ve shared love and made love
It doesn’t seem to me like it’s enough
There’s just not enough of it
There’s just not enough
Oh oh, babe

(sung)
My darling I, can’t get enough of your love babe
Girl, I don’t know, I don’t know why
Can’t get enough of your love babe
Oh, some things i can’t get used to
No matter how I try
Just like the more you give, the more I want
And baby, that’s no lie
Oh no, babe

Tell me, what can I say?
What am I gonna do?
How should I feel when everything is you?
What kind of love is this that you’re givin’ me?
Is it in your kiss or just because you’re sweet?

Girl, all I know is every time you’re here
I feel the change
Somethin’ moves
I scream your name
Do whatcha got to do

Darling, I, can’t get enough of your love babe
Girl, I don’t know, I don’t know, I don’t know why
I can’t get enough of your love babe
Oh no, babe

Girl, if only I could make you see
And make you understand
Girl, your love for me is all I need
And more than I can stand
Oh well, babe

How can I explain all the things I feel?
You’ve given me so much
Girl, you’re so unreal
Still I keep loving you
More and more each time
Girl, what am I gonna do
Because you blow my mind

I get the same old feelin’ every time you’re here
I feel the change
Somethin’ moves
I scream your name
Do whatcha got to do

Darling, I, can’t get enough of your love babe
Oh no, babe

(Spoken)
Baby, let me take all of my life to find you
But you can believe it’s gonna take the rest of ny life to keep you

(sung)
Oh no, babe
My darling I, can’t get enough of your love babe
Yeah, I don’t know, I don’t know, I don’t know why
Can’t get enough of your love babe
Oh my darling I, can’t get enough of your love babe
Oh babe
I don’t know, I don’t know, I don’t know why
I can’t get enough of your love babe
Oh babe

Duration : 0:4:36

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Duration : 0:3:56

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