Devon Headen Posted September 16, 2005 Report Share Posted September 16, 2005 Recently I haven't been able to write anything even halfway decent. Actually I've barely been able to write at all. Just take my word for it, it's not for lack of subject matter, I have -TONS- of stuff to write about. I can't seem to get it out in lyrics though. Sometimes I have difficulty, but nothing like this. I've gotten a few pretty interesting music parts for the songs down, even a melody for one that I'm really digging, but still no lyrics. I've gotten about a half a page worth the last week, and it all sucks. I'm working on this at least two hours a day, so it's not for lack of effort. Anybody have any suggestions for getting some good lyrics going? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StreamLine Posted September 16, 2005 Report Share Posted September 16, 2005 i'm not a lyricist, but the approach that I take with writing music is to never force it. i never sit down for 2 hours a day coming up with ideas.. that's forcing stuff. in my experience, all my best stuff comes from random relaxed experimentation. i'd just play my guitar, and would randomly get an idea.. would work on it until i run out of inspiration, then i'd come back to it at another point. perhaps you could try the same approach. as far as i know, all musicians experience periods of unproductiveness. it is very annoying, but in my experience, brute force will never work. so maybe go see some films, or go to an art gallery. or walk in the park, think about life, and ideas will come to you themselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erikbojerik Posted September 16, 2005 Report Share Posted September 16, 2005 Read a book that's outside of your normal sphere of interest. Or just take a break from it and concentrate of the instrumental part of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegarehanman Posted September 16, 2005 Report Share Posted September 16, 2005 (edited) a great philosopher once asked the question: "what do a math problem and constipation have in common?" with all of his wisdom and insight he answered that question "you can work both out with a pencil." ...sorry, I'm in a lighthearted mood. Edited September 16, 2005 by thegarehanman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marzocchi705 Posted September 16, 2005 Report Share Posted September 16, 2005 I find i think of good lyrics when im really tierd, but i often cant write anything, im also in a bad period for writing. Tips would be well apreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted September 16, 2005 Report Share Posted September 16, 2005 go do something exciting.people write about what they know.ifyou are sitting in your house all day,then you can't know about much. why do you think rock stars are so wild? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregP Posted September 16, 2005 Report Share Posted September 16, 2005 Lyrics are tough. Even when you think they're brilliant, you look the next day and discover they're crap after all. The secret is probably to write through the crap, because SOMEONE's bound to think it's brilliant. Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marzocchi705 Posted September 16, 2005 Report Share Posted September 16, 2005 Also tierdness helps with my imagination, i once fell on the ceiling i did... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickguard Posted September 17, 2005 Report Share Posted September 17, 2005 Heh heh, I AM a writer...been in a writing block going on a bit more than a year now...life's (i.e., my little kids) just getting in the way ...that's why I'm busting my butt learning the guitar... Anyway, you can't really force these things --but you can make it possible for it to come. The main thing is to relax and just accept what comes, if anything, and not get to hung up if you get nothing. There's always tomorrow. When I'm writing lyrics, I'm usually listening closely to the melody --and especially the rhythm of that. I'll usually find a word or two that just work in certain spaces in the melody (I'm usually singing gibberish at first). After a while I'll usually discover that those words are speaking about something going on elsewhere in my life...and then the words start to connect together. But ALWAYS in relation to their place in the rythmic structure of the melody. That's the power of English--and why rock n' roll never sounds right in other languages. English is a really rhythmic language. Whatever, by this point, I've got a couple/few words and I've got a vague idea of what I'm trying to say--and at that point, the rest of the song usually gets written in 5-10 minutes. If it doesn't I do one of two things: I set it aside, or, I just repeat verse 1 for verse 3! All that said, I NEVER listen to the meaning of lyrics, never really listen to the words themselves either. To me, the voice is just another lead instrument, like guitar or keyboards, it's the melody, rhythm and phrasing that count most of all. And that's why most of the great rock n' roll songs speak of nothing more illuminating that gettng laid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haggardguy Posted September 18, 2005 Report Share Posted September 18, 2005 I come up with my best stuff at the most inappropriate times, Like in the shower I'll just start singing and making up a song,or walking down the stree,the downside is half the time I forget what I came up with before I get to paper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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