How do you write a song step by step?

Answer 1

Every songwriter is different, so I can only answer how I typically write a song:

First, I come up with a general idea of what the song is going to be about. I may even come up with a title at this point, I may not.

Then I'll let that idea rattle around in my head for a while, but I will not try to write a song around it. I can't force my creativity, whenever I've tried, the results have always been unsatisfactory.

Eventually a fragment of a melody or lyric, or sometimes both, will pop into my head, and I'll write it down. Then I'll work on expanding that fragment into a song. If I get stuck, I'll take a break from it and do something else, and eventually more fragments will enter my thoughts and I'll work them in.

Some songs can take days, weeks, sometimes even months to write, others come quickly. I once wrote a song called "I Wanna Be a Bad Guy" walking home from the train station. I had the basic idea for the song from something someone had posted on a message board the day before, and I had an introduction I had been toying with for some time before that, and I came up with the whole song in about as much time as it takes to sing it. I kept singing it to myself the rest of the way home so I wouldn't forget it.

As far as the form of the song, most contemporary songs in any genre follow this template, this is by no means the best or only way to write a song, but most songs will end up naturally taking this form:

Verse-Chorus-Verse-Chorus-Bridge-Chorus-Out

The choruses should all be basically the same, you might make a small lyrical tweak here or there, but if you think of most of your favorite songs, the first part you'll probably think of is the chorus, because it's typically repeated 2 or 3 times. I tend to think of the verses as describing the situation, and the choruses describing what I want to do about it.

Every once in a while I'll assemble a new song out of fragments of older, discarded songs. I'll take a melody from the verse of one song and combine it with a new chorus, or a chorus from another song, or some other combination of the above. So save everything you write.

I have to say I can't imagine trying to write a song without knowing how to play an instrument. I've even heard David Foster say to singers and songwriters, "If you don't play an instrument, learn one."

Music Theory classes have been immensely helpful to my own songwriting in terms of harmonic and melodic structure. I was in a musical years ago written by someone who had failed music theory, it wasn't pretty (practically unsingable).

As with any artistic endeavor, there is no one right way to do it. What I have written here is what works for me, it may not work for you. I once heard another songwriter, when asked the same question, answer, "I wake up in the morning, make a pot of coffee, sit down at my piano and I write songs. That's my job."

I recommend checking out "Tunesmith" by Jimmy Webb, in which he describes his songwriting process. Your local library should have, or be able to get a copy.

Answer 2

u wirte a song by like expressing what u feel about dat person or thing say what u feel about it express feel some really good bands dat got me to wirte a song were never shout never -thak youu nsn!! :]- lol anyways you see wat i mean :o....some songs take forever to wirte but hey you pull it of soon just have hope one day dat song will be heard <33 lol anyways i hope i helped wit my info -.- srry i wirte alot lol ,,

glad to help :],,

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