I'm writing the lyrics of a song my classmates are working with. I just can't seem to make them nice! Does anyone have techniques for making good lyrics?
The song's about animals, mind you.
How do I make good song lyrics?
First you need to decide what the song is going to be about. Is it about saving the animals? Or, a song from an animals perspective? Or a song about how predators hunt? etc.
A good way to find words to use is to write a word, that has to do with the subject, on a piece of paper. Then write down all the things that relate to that word.
Example: Animals
1. Furry
2. Fast
3. Sharp teeth etc.
Then you can take a word from the list and continue the same way.
Example: Furry
1. Soft
2. Smooth
3. Colorful etc.
You can do this over and over. It will help you come up with many ideas......good luck!
Reply:well..for one thing..get inspired by animals...go to a zoo or farm or anything with animals in them..
Monday, May 11, 2009
How to write song lyrics?
I've tried and tried and nothing sounds right. What are some tips on how to write them.
How to write song lyrics?
***A FOOLPROOF WAY TO WRITE MEANINGFUL LYRICS!***You don't really write them. Let the song come to you. Come up with a melody, a simple, catchy, sweet, lovely melody. Then, hum it to yourself in everything you do. Your feelings, emotions, experiences, ect. will fill in the words as you go, so you'll never get the same one twice. Then, I PROMISE you'll notice one while your singing it to yourself that you fall in love with. Write it down quickly, and start singing it with those lyrics. The rest of your song will fill in as you go. This is FOOLPROOF, and It always comes up with beautiful heartfelt lyrics because they literally come from your heart. :) Good luck!
From one song-writer to another. :)
Reply:And moreover:
Write lots and lots of lyrics. Neil Young once threatened an audience that when he wrote "Sugar Mountain", he wrote 103 verses and kept the best three--and if they didn't all sing along like he asked them he was going to torment them with the other 100.
Look for a 'hook' which is defined as the little nugget of the pop song that sticks in the listener's ear. The 'hook' is usually in the chorus and is repeated, a very catchy phrase (sometimes there are instrumental hooks as well).
Reply:Write a song the way you would write a letter to someone. This will avoid cliche, hokey ideas and rhymes.
Reply:If you are new to songwriting, I would suggest starting with a song which has two or three verses, a chorus, and maybe a bridge. This style of song lends itself to developing a rhyming scheme, and the meter is usually regular, making it easier for you to come up with words you can sing.
To start, decide what your song is about and write that down in two sentences or less.
Ex. "This is a song about a woman who quits her job, sells her possessions, and finds enlightenment in Nepal.
Her "Nepal" represents the dream all of us have within us for a better life".
Next, (and this is the trickiest part) come up with one line which is your hook, your theme, the line that sums up your song. This line, which frequently comes at the end of the first verse or in the chorus, is often the title of the song.
In my example it might be: Going to Nepal.
From this line (which I have decided to put at the end of the first verse, I will try to come up with the last two or three lines of verse one, working out ideas that rhyme with Nepal.
Perhaps:
Just trying to keep my sanity
before I lose it all,
Goodbye to pride and vanity
I'm GOING TO NEPAL.
Now write the start of the verse with lines which tell your story and lead up to the hook.
I quit my job this morning
Underneath a blue-grey sky,
It was sudden, without warning,
And my friends all asked me why?
Just trying to keep my sanity,
Before I lose it all,
Good-bye to pride and vanity,
I'm going to Nepal.
End all of your verses with your hook line, or with a variation
of the hook which ends with the same word.
Do the chorus in similar fashion. The key is to make your words count. Tell your story as completely as you can, using as few words as you can get away with.
Be sure to try singing it as you are writing. This will assure you of getting the meter right.
Hope this helps you get started.
Reply:First, what is it that you want to write about? Pick one idea and stick directly to that one idea, don't get too confusing or too fancy. Nice and simple. Then find ways to say that one point in creative ways, think of similes and metaphors, something like ... "love is like the rose that blooms in spring, wondrous yet filled with thorns."
Mechanically, the key is to figure out how many beats you have in a line, all of the lines should have the same number, figure out a rhyming pattern, and then make it all fit.
Remember, keep the lyrics simple, listen to some of the songs and you'll hear repeating chorus, simple ideas and very few words actually ... you're not writing a story, it's a poem.
Reply:Not everyone is a natural songwriter, nothing bad about that. I have been writing songs as long as I have been talking so it comes easy for me. Most songs burst forth. I have been writing for 45 years. It's as natural for me as breathing.
When I was young I would copy technique, chord patterns and the rhythmic flow of the words of songwriters I liked. I did the same with my guitar playing. I did this for practice with poetry as well. It was a learnig technique I found quite valuable as a training tool. When learning to paint or draw, one copies the style of the artists one admires. It's the same with music. Once you get some kind of groove going, then let your mind wander and start changing things up. Copying technique for practice is not plagerism as long as it is done as an exercise. It's flexing mental muscles.
Reply:just let anything that comes to mind go on to paper and then perfect it after your ideas are lead out...thats what i try when i write stories and junk so it might work with songs to...
Reply:i believe that is a given talent and not just every brittany wannabe is a songwriter...........
safety boots
How to write song lyrics?
***A FOOLPROOF WAY TO WRITE MEANINGFUL LYRICS!***You don't really write them. Let the song come to you. Come up with a melody, a simple, catchy, sweet, lovely melody. Then, hum it to yourself in everything you do. Your feelings, emotions, experiences, ect. will fill in the words as you go, so you'll never get the same one twice. Then, I PROMISE you'll notice one while your singing it to yourself that you fall in love with. Write it down quickly, and start singing it with those lyrics. The rest of your song will fill in as you go. This is FOOLPROOF, and It always comes up with beautiful heartfelt lyrics because they literally come from your heart. :) Good luck!
From one song-writer to another. :)
Reply:And moreover:
Write lots and lots of lyrics. Neil Young once threatened an audience that when he wrote "Sugar Mountain", he wrote 103 verses and kept the best three--and if they didn't all sing along like he asked them he was going to torment them with the other 100.
Look for a 'hook' which is defined as the little nugget of the pop song that sticks in the listener's ear. The 'hook' is usually in the chorus and is repeated, a very catchy phrase (sometimes there are instrumental hooks as well).
Reply:Write a song the way you would write a letter to someone. This will avoid cliche, hokey ideas and rhymes.
Reply:If you are new to songwriting, I would suggest starting with a song which has two or three verses, a chorus, and maybe a bridge. This style of song lends itself to developing a rhyming scheme, and the meter is usually regular, making it easier for you to come up with words you can sing.
To start, decide what your song is about and write that down in two sentences or less.
Ex. "This is a song about a woman who quits her job, sells her possessions, and finds enlightenment in Nepal.
Her "Nepal" represents the dream all of us have within us for a better life".
Next, (and this is the trickiest part) come up with one line which is your hook, your theme, the line that sums up your song. This line, which frequently comes at the end of the first verse or in the chorus, is often the title of the song.
In my example it might be: Going to Nepal.
From this line (which I have decided to put at the end of the first verse, I will try to come up with the last two or three lines of verse one, working out ideas that rhyme with Nepal.
Perhaps:
Just trying to keep my sanity
before I lose it all,
Goodbye to pride and vanity
I'm GOING TO NEPAL.
Now write the start of the verse with lines which tell your story and lead up to the hook.
I quit my job this morning
Underneath a blue-grey sky,
It was sudden, without warning,
And my friends all asked me why?
Just trying to keep my sanity,
Before I lose it all,
Good-bye to pride and vanity,
I'm going to Nepal.
End all of your verses with your hook line, or with a variation
of the hook which ends with the same word.
Do the chorus in similar fashion. The key is to make your words count. Tell your story as completely as you can, using as few words as you can get away with.
Be sure to try singing it as you are writing. This will assure you of getting the meter right.
Hope this helps you get started.
Reply:First, what is it that you want to write about? Pick one idea and stick directly to that one idea, don't get too confusing or too fancy. Nice and simple. Then find ways to say that one point in creative ways, think of similes and metaphors, something like ... "love is like the rose that blooms in spring, wondrous yet filled with thorns."
Mechanically, the key is to figure out how many beats you have in a line, all of the lines should have the same number, figure out a rhyming pattern, and then make it all fit.
Remember, keep the lyrics simple, listen to some of the songs and you'll hear repeating chorus, simple ideas and very few words actually ... you're not writing a story, it's a poem.
Reply:Not everyone is a natural songwriter, nothing bad about that. I have been writing songs as long as I have been talking so it comes easy for me. Most songs burst forth. I have been writing for 45 years. It's as natural for me as breathing.
When I was young I would copy technique, chord patterns and the rhythmic flow of the words of songwriters I liked. I did the same with my guitar playing. I did this for practice with poetry as well. It was a learnig technique I found quite valuable as a training tool. When learning to paint or draw, one copies the style of the artists one admires. It's the same with music. Once you get some kind of groove going, then let your mind wander and start changing things up. Copying technique for practice is not plagerism as long as it is done as an exercise. It's flexing mental muscles.
Reply:just let anything that comes to mind go on to paper and then perfect it after your ideas are lead out...thats what i try when i write stories and junk so it might work with songs to...
Reply:i believe that is a given talent and not just every brittany wannabe is a songwriter...........
safety boots
How do you get song lyrics to whatever song your listening to appear on the ipod touch?
I read something about it but I dont know how to work it
How do you get song lyrics to whatever song your listening to appear on the ipod touch?
hilight the song u want lyrics for and right click %26gt; select get info from the drop down window then go to the lyrics tab and select it. now go to a lyrics site like az lyrics or lyrics.com. find the lyrics you are looking for copy and paste them to the lyrics window in iTunes!! you should be good to go!
How do you get song lyrics to whatever song your listening to appear on the ipod touch?
hilight the song u want lyrics for and right click %26gt; select get info from the drop down window then go to the lyrics tab and select it. now go to a lyrics site like az lyrics or lyrics.com. find the lyrics you are looking for copy and paste them to the lyrics window in iTunes!! you should be good to go!
What are some good websites for finding song lyrics?
I'm looking for something that I can type a song title and get the lyrics, or where I can put in a artist and get all their song lyrics ( or most of them.) Please don't say Y! music because I'm having trouble with that.
What are some good websites for finding song lyrics?
I've always found www.letssingit.com to be one of the best ones.
It's great! =]
Good luck with your search,
x
Reply:google.com
type in the phrase and the songs usually appear in the search engine
Reply:The simplest and best way to find lyrics are to go to google, type in lyrics, then the song name and then the artist.
This is the best way as, as good as a lyrics website can be, sometimes they might not have the lyrics to a certain song you are looking for, but if you type in google, it will tell you where these lyrics are ;)
Reply:I like to use www.azlyrics.com
Best wishes!
Reply:Try here-
http://findmeatune.com/
http://www.allbutforgottenoldies.net/hel...
http://www.music-buzz.com/showthread.php...
Reply:www.letssingit.com
I find it the best, you can search for the artist name, song name, album name, or even lyrics in the song.
Reply:plyrics.com
That's what I use. I tried Y!Music but they don't have very much. If you don't like that one then try :
Lyricsmania.com
lyrics.com
lyricsandsongs.com
Reply:well i always go to www.yahoomusic.com
there is all lyrics frist there is songs and pictures
make search you will find everything there
hop i helped you
Reply:www.lyricsondemand.com
www.azlyrics.com
Lyrics on demand is a very easy site to navigate with.. there are rlly no complications. should find what youre looking for.
Reply:I generally use google and type in (without quotemarks or brackets)...
"lyrics [name of song, phrase or artist]"
Works for me every time.
What are some good websites for finding song lyrics?
I've always found www.letssingit.com to be one of the best ones.
It's great! =]
Good luck with your search,
x
Reply:google.com
type in the phrase and the songs usually appear in the search engine
Reply:The simplest and best way to find lyrics are to go to google, type in lyrics, then the song name and then the artist.
This is the best way as, as good as a lyrics website can be, sometimes they might not have the lyrics to a certain song you are looking for, but if you type in google, it will tell you where these lyrics are ;)
Reply:I like to use www.azlyrics.com
Best wishes!
Reply:Try here-
http://findmeatune.com/
http://www.allbutforgottenoldies.net/hel...
http://www.music-buzz.com/showthread.php...
Reply:www.letssingit.com
I find it the best, you can search for the artist name, song name, album name, or even lyrics in the song.
Reply:plyrics.com
That's what I use. I tried Y!Music but they don't have very much. If you don't like that one then try :
Lyricsmania.com
lyrics.com
lyricsandsongs.com
Reply:well i always go to www.yahoomusic.com
there is all lyrics frist there is songs and pictures
make search you will find everything there
hop i helped you
Reply:www.lyricsondemand.com
www.azlyrics.com
Lyrics on demand is a very easy site to navigate with.. there are rlly no complications. should find what youre looking for.
Reply:I generally use google and type in (without quotemarks or brackets)...
"lyrics [name of song, phrase or artist]"
Works for me every time.
What are the lyrics to the capoeira song "Paranue" in English?
This song was heard in the 1993 movie "Only the Strong" during the roda. I would like to know the song's lyrics in English.
What are the lyrics to the capoeira song "Paranue" in English?
look up the credits of the movie "Only the Strong" and it might tell you the artist. you can then use the info you got and look it up in music lyric engines and translators. hope that helps
Reply:they are sang in a different meaning of capoeira
What are the lyrics to the capoeira song "Paranue" in English?
look up the credits of the movie "Only the Strong" and it might tell you the artist. you can then use the info you got and look it up in music lyric engines and translators. hope that helps
Reply:they are sang in a different meaning of capoeira
What do you think of these song lyrics as a poem?
When I'm gone, just carry on, don't mourn.
Rejoice ,
every time you hear the sound of my voice.
Just know that I'm looking down on you smiling.
And I didn't feel a thing,
So baby don't feel no pain.
Just smile back
It's from a song "When I'm gone " by Eminem . I think it would make a nice poem too . What do you think ?
What do you think of these song lyrics as a poem?
i think it would be a good poem.
Reply:nice yeah i think that would make a good poem
Reply:it has good lyrics for a song, but some things in it may not work for a poem, like the part when it says "So baby don't feel no pain". its using a double negative, so in writing that wouldn't excatly work, but other than that it sounds like a nice poem.
hope that helped :]
Reply:I love that song.
Good Poem
Reply:yes I agree, its something good to read when you've lost a love one.
pet
Rejoice ,
every time you hear the sound of my voice.
Just know that I'm looking down on you smiling.
And I didn't feel a thing,
So baby don't feel no pain.
Just smile back
It's from a song "When I'm gone " by Eminem . I think it would make a nice poem too . What do you think ?
What do you think of these song lyrics as a poem?
i think it would be a good poem.
Reply:nice yeah i think that would make a good poem
Reply:it has good lyrics for a song, but some things in it may not work for a poem, like the part when it says "So baby don't feel no pain". its using a double negative, so in writing that wouldn't excatly work, but other than that it sounds like a nice poem.
hope that helped :]
Reply:I love that song.
Good Poem
Reply:yes I agree, its something good to read when you've lost a love one.
pet
What company is the best one to send song lyrics or poetry to.?
I would like to know an honest place to send song lyrics to. I've written every since I can remember an I have always dreamed of hearing one of my songs on the radio, even if it's just one. But I'm afraid I'll get ripped off, plus it's scary having someone rate what you've written. So if anyone knows anything about this I would appreciate any info.
Thanks
What company is the best one to send song lyrics or poetry to.?
First thing you need to do is mail the lyrics to your self, perhaps through registered mail. When you receive your own lyrics in the mail, DON'T OPEN THE ENVELOPE!! That way, it's copyrighted, and nobody can rip them off from you. Second, try sending them to some of the major company's, Capitol records, Warner brothers, etc. Of course, this will depend on the nature of the lyrics. Just search the web and find the mailing address of a respectable record company. You might get shot down a few times, but just believe in yourself and you'll be fine!! Good luck, and I hope that your dream someday becomes a reality!
Reply:Write to the US Copyright Office and ask
for a "copyright Kit". To Copyright is very cheap.
Do it right. Report It
Reply:To send yourself your own lyrics is not proof enough to register them as yours. Get the kit from the US Copyright and do it the legal way. is not expensive.
Do not send your demos to record companies without first talk to them, sometimes they reject them if unsolicited, Report It
Reply:You need to check out Taxi.com. I hate to tell you this, but if you did try to send your stuff to the bigger labels, they won't look at it. It would be "unsolicited material." I'm speaking from experience, my husband is signed, and there's no easy way to get there:-) Report It
Thanks
What company is the best one to send song lyrics or poetry to.?
First thing you need to do is mail the lyrics to your self, perhaps through registered mail. When you receive your own lyrics in the mail, DON'T OPEN THE ENVELOPE!! That way, it's copyrighted, and nobody can rip them off from you. Second, try sending them to some of the major company's, Capitol records, Warner brothers, etc. Of course, this will depend on the nature of the lyrics. Just search the web and find the mailing address of a respectable record company. You might get shot down a few times, but just believe in yourself and you'll be fine!! Good luck, and I hope that your dream someday becomes a reality!
Reply:Write to the US Copyright Office and ask
for a "copyright Kit". To Copyright is very cheap.
Do it right. Report It
Reply:To send yourself your own lyrics is not proof enough to register them as yours. Get the kit from the US Copyright and do it the legal way. is not expensive.
Do not send your demos to record companies without first talk to them, sometimes they reject them if unsolicited, Report It
Reply:You need to check out Taxi.com. I hate to tell you this, but if you did try to send your stuff to the bigger labels, they won't look at it. It would be "unsolicited material." I'm speaking from experience, my husband is signed, and there's no easy way to get there:-) Report It
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