How
you can improve your songwriting skill.
by: Mantius
Cazaubon
Are you a beginning songwriter who
strives towards writing songs that become hits? Do you need
to know how you can improve your songwriting skill?
It's not too complicated. Don't try to re-invent the wheel.
As far as I'm concerned the best way to improve your songwriting
is to study what hit songwriters do. Forget about the mediocre
stuff and learn from the leaders in the songwriting and
music industry. Study what works.
As a songwriter who has written quite a few number one songs
in my country, one thing that has helped me and continues
to help me is the radio. I listen to the radio all the time
so I know what type of song is happening. I know what people
like, what they want to hear, and what is current. This
gives me a good idea of what kind of song I should write
to target a particular market.
When you listen to the radio, take notes on what hit songs
have in common. Study the structure of these songs. What
tempo seems to work? Are the chord progressions complicated
or are the songs based mainly on riffs? What kind of chords
are used? That way you can write songs that appeal to today's
audience. No matter how good your song is, if it sounds
like something that would be better suited to ten or twenty
years ago, you can forget it.
It is a shame how some songwriters treat the songwriting
craft. I'm sorry, but if you do not spend time at developing
your craft you are bound to fail. I don't care if it's baseball
or dancing, those people who come out and top are the very
same ones who practice everyday. Those who spend years at
perfecting their craft. So learn form those who were there
before you. Study and write songs everyday. Lay hold of
songwriting books, get songwriting software, do anything
to take you to the next level.
To improve, a songwriter needs to become more knowledgeable
everyday. The more things you know about, and the more you
can relate to different aspects of everyday life, the better
for you. I never heard of a novelist who didn't read constantly.
The same applies to songwriting and great songwriters. You
must put in a lot of work if you want to excel.
Nothing comes easy in life. Work, work, and work some more.
Pattern your writing after what has been proven to work,
but never copy. Do it everyday and reap the rewards.
About the author:
Mantius Cazaubon offers lots of valuable songwriting tips,
techniques, suggestions and advice on his site www.ultimatesongwriting.comVisit
www.ultimatesongwriting.comfor
the ultimate truth about lyric writing and songwriting.
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