[SONGWRITING TRICK] This INSTANTLY makes songs BETTER!
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- Опубліковано 30 тра 2019
- The Beatles wrote songs melody-first - as have Van Morrison, James Taylor, James Brown, and more. But, more importantly, they got their melodies by speaking gibberish...
And, believe it or not, this tactic can up your songwriting dramatically in just a few sessions. Don't believe me? Try it out - I think you'll be quite surprised by the results this process produces!
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THIS is EXACTLY how I instinctively start writing my songs, so it was really great to see it validated. And when it comes time to solidify the lyrics, I will then sometimes chart out on paper how many syllables are needed to fill each line by creating a grid with underlines and counts so that I can begin piecing them in that way. One of my favorite things about creating my music and songs and arrangements and recordings is that it is large, multi-dimensional puzzle. So, thanks for the great video!
Excellent advice!
I did this Thursday with our group. The melody came out and the words were hard to hear at times, but the melody came through. You go from there.
My man, this is the most helpful songwriting video I've ever seen! Thank you so much
This is how I write my songs...You can't do melody, structure, harmony and arrangement all at once. The Melody for me is the most important. I think its because I am a violinist. Melody is ALWAYS on my mind.
That's actually exactly how how one the greatest Welsh poets of the 20th century used to write. Classical Welsh poetry is like grade 8 piano to compose (strict meter, complex rules of internal rhyme and alliteration, rhythm focused sound ornamentation, very beautiful, ancient Celtic tradition, goes back about 1500 yrs at least, influenced folks like Gerard Manley Hopkins and Dylan Thomas). He would start with a series of rhythmic gibberish and would then go on to fashion meaning. The crucial part was retaining a vibrant and extensive vocabulary from which to draw appropriate words. His name was Gerallt Lloyd Owen, released a CD of his poetry on the Sain label a few years back. You'll need talking through what's going on if you ever listen to it but it's magic stuff.. Keep rockin' on by the way. Appreciation over here in Wales.
Another rad video, great work! Absolutely, I tell people every chance I get: when I made the switch from composing chord progressions first to composing melodies first, EVERYTHING got so much better. It was truly astonishing! And I think that there is something wonderful about gibberish that creates a direct link between the act of making the music and the subconscious feelings that act creates. In any case, a salute, this was a great vid!
Great advice. This is how I usually always come up with songs.
I do this to some extent but I’m often guilty of picking up the old acoustic guitar and belting out a bunch of great ideas and song fragments- usually a mix of gibberish and real words and then realizing I don’t remember 3/4’s of what I just came up with. I’ve known I need to start recording it for a while and really have no excuse to not be recording it as I’ve got my phone and a home studio set up right next to me the whole time. This video has definitely convinced me that it’s time to start hitting record and made me feel less crazy for singing gibberish haha. Thanks!
Yes! This is exactly how I write music - I generally start with a chord progression and then start scat singing melodies (or whistle if I'm in public lol) and often record it into my phone...sometimes if I'm feeling mighty inspired, I might even come up with an ace melody first, before even writing a chord progression, which often makes the progression a lot easier to write
rad! yeah, lots of people do it different ways, but this is what we've found easiest too. 😃
I remember Cedric Bixlar from The Mars Volta saying he does this same gibberish technique
YEAH!!! FINALLY! Somebody spread this! This trick actually came out of me a year ago. Tottaly agree! And works like nothing else. Vocals, fills, saxophone melodies, bass, even a set of chords that just came out of my mind. Instant recording by cell phone. It's way better than pressing random keys at a keyboard. I know even guys who have million views at big channels using the random keys method. In my opinion, music comes from ideas not from random stuff. And that's the only way to record your idea.
Wow....just...damn. I'm blown away. I'm so grateful. I'm a semi-new songwriter. I've been singing my whole life pretty much, but I never really saw myself as a writer even potentially until 2 yrs ago. In the very few songs Ive been content enough with to finish, I've found that this is my go-to method for traveling from notion to lyric. This vid came right on time for me bc I was thinking about how stupid I sound doing this and since I haven't worked at it long enough to see amazing growth, I deemed it as ineffective. I'm so thankful for you helping me realize I'm not fkn insane in this. Bell officially smashed. I have what it takes. I just have to keep going. Thank you man.
This is incredible, I swear I just started doing this a week ago! Thanks circ. So glad that others will get to benefit from this, I definitely have
i do this to an extent. usually i'll write an instrumental riff first. usually on guitar which is my main instrument. then i'll set up a video camera and play while making noises with my mouth. usually by the time i'm done recording half the words are there anyway. often when doing this other parts will come to me, or variations of the same riff. stuff i can use for a chorus, bridge, prechorus, etc. definitely my writing courses and poetry courses have helped with filling in lyrics too. Edgar Poe's ideas about what different sounds in words invoke, regardless of what the word means is pretty awesome stuff.
i think playing an instrument while making mouth noises is important because it allows my mind to be preoccupied/distracted, forcing me to create much more natural vocal melodies, and not over thought/ restrained crap. that could be just me though.
I still use this method to this day and you are right! This radically changed my writing ability. I miss those days at the 18 with you and Connor leading the crew.
I like this and will try it out. I know I’ve done something like it at least a couple of times. I write in Spanish and English. About 19 years ago I tried something out. I was really into this Italian singer songwriter called Gianlica Grignani and loved the way Italian sounds in pop and rock music. So I wrote a couple of songs in Spanish but thinking about the flow of words as if they were Italian. Interesting experiment and I ended up happy with the results.
We totally agree! Great video.
This is killer Kyle! Thanks for sharing man. I've written songs for a couple of decades and haven't tried this. I usually just get a little depressed and complain alot. ha. Excited to try it out! Keep it up man, you're killing it!
Wow man, I needed this video : )
Love these videos
Another great vid Kyle! I have been using this technique for years now but probably more subconsciously. I have always started writing vocal melodies with gibberish but never really done it intentionally. Great to now know this I will be applying it a lot more. keep up the great work!
Nice!! Been doing this for years!!!
I do this. But i started rapping so im used to writing in melody anyway. But when im doing trapsoul records, i record melodic gibberish and then listen to it like a madman till i got it down then write it and record it over.
Nice video, dude! I do something really similar, nice to see your twist on it!
I’ve been using the seeding method my who career, but this def gives me better perspective on how to take it a couple steps further 🔥🔥🔥
I do this everytime I write!
I write this way too...but its one of a few methods I use.but prob the best
I was sipping soda lol I use this technique all the time. Didnt know there was a name to it. Nice to know! Great vid
he was on a bona...really...too much info lmfao!
Second time visiting this video today cause it’s so fuckin good. I’ve heard of the whole like writing melody + rhythm first thing but seeing u do it is a whole other thing
I do this when i rap aswell
And why are album 💿 are viewed as one big story?
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8 months ago
It is a cohesive collection of songs used to tell a bigger theme or project an overall vibe. Think of an album as a book. And your songs as chapters. Every book has chapters. Every album has songs. Each chapter is different. Each song is different. But the collection of chapters (the collection of songs) is what tells the full story of the book (of the album). Every song has a story. Some albums are just a collection of songs without the intention of telling the bigger story. Some albums are designed to tell a bigger story. Sequencing might be only about the way the music flows, but if the album tells a story than sequencing can do that too. Usually the songs on an album are the result of an artist's creations during a season of life. This means the songs can all speak to a similar set of themes, ideas and topics. So the aim of an album name is to try and sum up the big story/concept that all the songs pull from when they were written. It's not always like these, especially today. But traditionally, an album is like a "book" with the songs inside being like "chapters."
Where can we find your music? ✌🏽
I write like this but I have no idea what it is about. Lol. After the melody do I start from the chorus or verse? Heeelllpppp! Lol.
So wait you said it was the SCORE method. Seeding, Composing, Orchestrating, Rearranging, and then what was the E? I think I might have missed that part
exploiting the works - generating placements =)
I thought i was the only one who writes this way.
I started doing this about a year ago but now whenever I try to freestyle all that comes out is giberish 😂
I read the book 📖 first and then watch the film. And if you read the book and then watch the film you get more details for me I read the book 📖 the outsiders and then watch the film 🎞 and I realize that the movie 🍿 have less details like it’s like a broader overview of the subject but don’t give you the details. Books give you details if you read it more than 2 or more times similar to a recording album 💿 like say your favorite 🤩 artist is Newsboys and the album 💿 Not Ashamed. If you listen to the first time great 😌. But if you listen to it 2 or more times like 3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 you’ll knowtice these details that are in a book 📖 for me if I had to choose for stronger between book 📖 vs movie 🍿 I would choose stronger by Jeff beauman because I would read it over and over and over again and find those details and books strengths your brain 🧠 and also books 📖 also more details because people want more details about the book 📖. While movie 🍿 it’s quicker and broader too.
is that the t-shirt you wear when you write songs?
Would’ve liked this video a lot more if all the gibberish was masked so I know that more of Circa’s time was decimated by the making of this video, or at the very least if gibberish was spelled right. That being said, still some good piece of content if you can somehow manage to get over those two things.
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So freestyling?
This is definitely how the best songs are made. Unless you're Conor Oberst. Haha
love Conor Oberst tho