HOW TO WRITE AND COMPOSE A GOOD SONG IN 30 MINUTES

HOW TO WRITE AND COMPOSE A GOOD SONG IN 30 MINUTES

   

 One of the greatest joys of every singer is the ability to write and compose their own songs. Too bad, most singers today pay colleagues in the same music industry to write songs for them. You probably just might have the coolest voice on planet earth, but the inability to write your own songs rips you off the title of a real musician.

    Fortunately, after a great deal of meditation and a brief research into this subject matter, I have  outlined below, three easy tips on how to write and compose a good song. But before we take a ride through these tips, let’s note that writing a song and composing a song are two entirely different things, a far cry in elaboration from each other.

‘Writing’ simply points at finding words and cooking them into lyrics while ‘composing’ on the other hand implies taking the written words and creating tones/musical notes for them. It’s simply turning the words into music. Below is a few tips that will guide you through the steps on how to write and compose your song:

THINK OF A TOPIC

    This is what your song will be about and it is determined by what message you hope to pass to your listeners or what mood you want to drive their spirits into. Decide if your song will be a symbol of fun, heartbreaks, lost love, women, or money, etc. This will determine what choice of words your lyrics will contain. And it takes us to the next tip.

FIND WORDS

    Now write your lyrics like you would a story, making sure it runs on the same line with your previously decided topic. If you’re writing a song about heartbreaks, then your lyrics must contain heart rending words like, ‘up all night thinking’, ‘how could you leave me’, ‘I can’t stare in your face anymore’. Write with intense passion and be creative, that’s what music is about. Most songs require that creativity that makes them seem like a sung poem. Others require just casual words that we hear on a daily basis or even some rare slangs to emphasize the fun. These kinds of songs require less seriousness.

GRAB AN INSTRUMENTAL

    If you are an instrumentalist and have an instrument that suits your unique singing style, good for you. If you aren’t one, then find one (as a singer, you should know how to play at least one musical instrument. Check this out in my next article. Coming up in a few days). Start playing, or else find an instrumentalist and give him/her a clue to your unique singing style. Start playing. Play slowly. Don’t sing anything. Keep playing untill you find yourself sinking in the spirit of the music. Keep playing untill you start hearing the lyrics form a song in your head. Close your eyes, take a deep breath, open your heart and the, slowly…slowly…more slowly, sing along. Say your written words, working with the music from that musical instrument in your hand.

    If you have to repeat words, notes, or start over, do not hesitate. It’s the first try. Soon you’ll hear your song flowing.

ARRANGE YOUR SONG

    Your words have been cooked intro music. Now split it into segments. A song is mainly split into two segments or two parts. The verse and the chorus.

i.                    The verse is the part where only the vocalist voice is often heard. The verse will lead you into the chorus where a crowd of back up voices is often heard. Most songs contain no more than two verses separated by a chorus which is often repeated after the second verse.

Note: your chorus must be simple. It helps listeners learn and get fond of your song easily, and soon everyone would be singing your song.

    Could be arranged in this manner:   
 verse1 > chorus > verse2 > chorus…the end

                                                                                                                  Or

                                                                      
Verse1 > chorus > verse2…the end

ii.                  A song may also contain solos and bridges/hooks. The solo is a segment of a song that comes after the first verse and leads into the chorus. A solo can also be the part of a song where the instrumental is sovereign, and where all vocals is quiet. The bridge  often comes after the chorus or the second verse and leads to the last chorus which then ends the song. See below.

                      
 Verse1 > solo > chorus > verse2 > bridge > chorus…the end

                                                                                Or

                         
Verse1 > solo > chorus > verse2 > bridge > chorus…the end

Note:  with reference to the sequential arrangement of the above tips, some singers prefer to sing to an already cooked instrumental. Simply, I’m saying that some song writers and composers prefer to get their instrumental ready before writing, composing, or arranging their song.  If you’ve just read this article from start to finish, congratulations, you’re just on the edge of writing and composing a very good song.

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    Winks! And as we always say, SING BEAUTIFUL.