Create your own song in less than a minute. Musicshake is the world's most fun and sophisticated online music community, allowing people to CREATE, LISTEN, DISCOVER and SHARE originally-created music. How to Start a Song: Titles, Themes, Chords & More. By Robin Frederick Check out my books at Amazon.com. You can start a song in dozens of different ways. Start with a title, a melody line, a chord progression, an emotion, or play a rhythm on guitar or keyboard. Four-Chord Progressions – You can create a whole song from either of these. Yea, we make loop-based music that repeats, but the more repetitive something is, the quicker it becomes boring to a listener. Don’t do a small 2 bar loop. 4 might work, but 8 is better even if it repeats within those 8 bars. And if you really wanna get wild try making 16 bar loops. But as reader Lana Del Rey Globe pointed out, for folks that purchased the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus, or anyone with GarageBand on their device, you can create your own ringtones with “relative” ease without using iTunes or needing a computer. How to set any song as iPhone ringtone without using iTunes Step 1.
Your best bet is just to think of a subject close to you, that you have a lot of opinions on. Then record yourself for five minutes talking about this subject. All different areas of it. Or if it’s something you think about a lot but don’t know everything, also ask question in there then try and give your view whether right or wrong.
Once you’ve done that, listen back to it and make a song out of some of the things you’re saying. All the content will be there, you’ll now just have to structure it so it sounds good together. Going acapella (Without a beat) can be good if you’ve got a good voice. That said, getting a beat isn’t a bad idea either. You may even want to start out by doing the first verse acapella then the rest with a beat. With regards to getting a backing track, have a look on and search for the kind of beat you want.
Get in contact with the producer, tell them you’d like to use their beat for a talent show, and see what they say. Furthermore, some producers put their beats up for anyone to download, so if you can find one of those, use that.
That’s the quickest way to do things. Good luck at your talent show, let us know how you do. Hi Shaun, incredibly helpful tips above thank you! I’m planning to jump into College in a few months to become a music producer & with my passion for music I want to be as successful as I can, and obviously the job will not only require a knowledge of songwriting but I’d love to know personally as well just to help my own music.
I’m really just starting to take a step in songwriting but I’ve often realized that my work looks clumpy and a bit simplistic and childish. It’s not that I’m worried it wont change but I would like to know what kind of tips you might have as far as critiquing your work and helping it come along more smoothly. Any advice would be greatly appreciated, thank you. One of the most important tips I can give you is this: Not every line in your songs has to rhyme with the next, as long as your lyrics ‘flow’. One of the biggest reasons for lyrics sounding childish and basic is because people try and find matching / rhyming words too much. This isn’t necessary to write a good song, if fact sometimes it’s best to have the lyrics make sense and have real meaning instead. As long as the lyrics don’t sound awkward on the ear when put to a beat, just say what you feel.
You’ll find this gives you less ‘young’ sounding lyrics, and will open you up to writing a whole new style of song. Give it a try. A good idea is to listen to other love songs out there and learn their lyrics.
You’ll start to see how they’re put together, and it’ll help you discover what’s possible. The more you do this, the more creativity you’ll start to get. Being creative doesn’t come overnight, but listen to more songs and keep trying new lyrics out. Even if they don’t sound good at first (Any you try and write), you’ll find as the weeks and months go on you’ll become better.