Compose Your Own Songs

It is a known fact that many of the world's most popular singers and musicians write and compose some of their own songs and are very proficient at songwriting? Do you know why? The reason is very simple. It is because since those the performer's own songs and compositions, the artistes can really be emotionally charged when performing or singing the songs.

Only the composers themselves know and can portray the feelings behind those songs and perform the songs the way they are meant to be because they are the ones who wrote the songs after all.

So, you have decided that you want to write your own original songs and I believe the first and foremost question on your mind is 'Where do I start'? or 'Should I write the melody first or the lyrics first'. This is the most common dilemma for most amateur songwriters.

The answer to this perplexing question is simply do whichever comes first to you. However, there are some complexities to this short answer. Let us then examine these songwriting tips and perhaps learn something from here.

Now, think about it. What are you better at? Lyrics or music? Which one do you find easier to you? Are you the type to write a few lines first or the type who hums a tune in your head first? Or are you the type who creates some chords and rhythms first? Ahhhh, not as simple as you first thought, is it?

The answer is no matter what you are better at in composing a song, you should write a verse and chorus first, whether it is the tune for the verse and chorus or the lyrics for the verse and chorus. As simple as that.

Now go ahead and write the lyrics of the first verse and chorus without any melody line or put a tune to the lyrics. Simply put, don't write the tune until you are done with the lyrics for the verse and chorus.

Alternatively, if you write a tune or some chords for the first verse and the chorus, then get it done without thinking of any lyrics for the tune or the chords. Just get the music out first.

In this way, you can then go back to the song by adding the lyrics or the tune and this will take out a lot of complication and confusion as opposed to writing the melody and the lyrics at the same time. I am sure you have encountered the confusion in your earlier attempts at songwriting and making cumbersome corrections all the time, didn't you?

The important thing about composing songs is to start composing, but one sequence at a time. It does not matter which sequence first.