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Writing Songs Nashville Style - Songwriter's Tool Box Part 2
Writing Songs Nashville Style - Songwriter's Tool Box Part 2
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get a great idea for a song and have nothing to write with or write on. So I started keeping a small size notebook or note pad with me, to capture song ideas when they come along. Think about all of the places you are during a normal day and have one for each place. Before you go home, tear the pages out and put the ideas in your idea folder in your computer.
If you write music as well as lyrics, or if you are the melody man (or woman), you will need a guitar or piano or both. Be sure to keep them in good working order so you will always have them ready when you need them.
Keep a means of recording your ideas handy as you work. Even if you don't have a studio caliber recording system, at least have a small tape recorder, or a boom box available to get those ideas down. It's a sad thing to come up with a great idea and not capture it for later. Then it's lost forever.
Once you've turned those ideas into completed songs, you need a method of recording them to start the process of getting them to artists who are looking for songs for their next project. At this point you don't need to put out hundreds of dollars to get a top level demo done. You just need to get your song into digital form (MP3) so you can store it, burn it on a CD and/or email it to people who can shop it for you.
Once you have it in MP3 form, save it in a folder on your hard drive, set up a MySpace page or a website where others can go and hear your material. Be prepared to share your songs and take advantage of every opportunity.
Having your songs online is so convenient for everyone involved and says to the music industry, "I am a professional and I am dead serious about my songwriting." Music publishers and recording artists are already using Internet technology when they are looking for songs. If you have your material somewhere online, you can simply send the website url to publishers and artists so they can go to the website and listen to your songs. This is much easier than the old fashioned method of pounding the pavement along Music Row.
If you are like me, ideas for new songs are always popping into your head wherever you are, not just when you are in front of your computer. I finally got into the habit of carrying a small tape recorder with me at all times. Capturing your ideas as they come is very important in maximizing your songwriting potential.
Songwriting is much easier when you are organized and have all the tools you need. If you are serious about your songwriting, please take the time to consider these options and get your songwriting business set up right. If you will do that, you'll be well on your way to songwriting success.Visit Here http://newmoviesong.blogspot.com
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Songwriting - Part 3
In previous articles about songwriting techniques for guitarists, I addressed several approaches to beginning the songwriting structure, focusing primarily on starting with chords and melody. In this section of the songwriting series I'll go into greater detail about other processes that I briefly mentioned in past articles.
If you are familiar with previous articles I wrote on this topic, you have probably figured out that these articles on songwriting are on a more advanced level than is typical of songwriting articles or most books. If the content you read below is deeper than you are ready to understand right now, don't give up on it! Instead, find a great guitar (and music composition) teacher who can help you to understand and master applying these concepts in your guitar playing and songwriting.
If you do understand this material already, great! Begin applying these ideas right away in your music.
Begin with Rhythm first
Combinations
Combine 2 or more completely different rhythmic ideas into a single idea. Take two of your favorite rhythmic patterns and combine them into a single idea.
Augment Rhythmic Values
Create a short rhythmic pattern one measure in length. Write it down on paper. Now increase the value of each rhythmic event (note or rest). Here is an example. Let's say you have this pattern: One quarter note, two 8th notes, another quarter note, then four 16th notes. Now "augment" all of these rhythmic notes by doubling their length.
Change all quarter notes to a half notes.
Change all 8th notes to quarter notes.
Change all 16th notes to eighth notes.
The example above now gives you a rhythmic pattern that is slower and twice as long but using the same number of events and the exact same pattern (just slower now).
Diminish Rhythmic Values
This is the same concept as augmenting rhythmic values except now you do the opposite.
Shorten each rhythmic event, the result is the same pattern but in shorter (faster) rhythmic values. Using the above example, you would now:
Change all quarter notes to 8th note.
Change all 8th notes to 16th notes.
Change all 16th notes to 32nd notes.
Yep, it's cool. The examples above are pretty basic, because I told you to either double the length (in the augment section) or cut in half (in the diminish section) above. But there are cooler combinations such as adding a dot after each note or change to triplets, these also can be done with augmentation or diminution.
Destructive Rhythmic Creation
I wrote an article called Creativity and [removed]in 2 parts). In Songwriting Techniques - part 1, I wrote about a concept called "Destructive Creation" Which I personally find to be a fascinating subject. I purposely did not give any examples of this process in that article so people would ponder the concept and may think of original ways in which to use the Destructive Creation. This
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