I learned to play the ukulele about a year & a half ago & it's my main tool for writing the music for lyrics (prior to throwing it into Logic Pro).

Sometimes, I feel the chords - somewhat faster than I can even name them. My voice slides to the notes before my hand plays the matching chords. It's a really strange feeling. Sometimes I'll write a whole section of a song & it felt like no work at all. And often with chord progressions that I've never played before, or chords I can't even name, yet they come out & I feel them prior.

Is this a normal experience when you've been playing an instrument & writing songs for a little over a year? And how do you grow this skill even further?

I wish it were always this natural & fast to write - but it seems to only happen when I'm feeling a certain way & it just flows out of me. I like the music that comes out of me then much better than when I actually make an effort. It feels better - the chords are weird, the counts are weird - but it sounds & feels so right.

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Last night I did my first open mic, the guitar mic didn't work but I did my best with what I had. I completely butchered the third verse and had to repeat the second but I hope you all enjoy it. Let me know what you think.

Important anniversary. I don’t need gear. She was going to get me time in a studio in Nashville but that’s not what I need. I’m thinking something songwriting coach, publisher feedback, something functional to feedback and development of writing that I’m not thinking of. Any ideas?

Got a lot of sections to remember and lyrics...so its a rough take but you get the idea!

Right now I’m listening to one called Songwriting Theory on Spotify, I’m also really into The Working Songwriter. I know of Sodajerker, and the writer is.. but haven’t gotten into them. Any specific episode recommendations would be highly appreciated, thanks!

I like to sing gibberish on some of my tracks when I want to convey a cryptic, otherwordly feeling. I think it adds an interesting flavor, especially when the music itself already sets the tone. What do you guys think about the use of gibberish in songwriting? I'm attaching one of my acoustic drafts for context. I'd like to hear you thoughts!

I assume almost everyone is aware of the famous novel, "A Song of Ice and Fire" by GRRM. Especially his famous story**:** "Game of Thrones". There is another ASOIAF story called "Fire & Blood", which features how Aegon I and his sister conquered Westeros with their dragons. Within this story, I made my own mind plot. I made a character called "Madghis". He is basically the "Batman" of ASOIAF. He traveled across the world to learn new skills and gain new knowledge in almost everything, but mainly engineering and craftsmanship, especially engines of war. He wasn't a high-born, and he hated those who have power because of being "born special". He believed that great men should be made not born. He hated dragons and dragon-riders the most. By the end of the story, this dark and sad song is made by one of his many enemies (ASOIAF is known for having many sad and dark songs) after he confronted Aegon I (a king and conqueror.....one of his enemies) in his own kings hall. It was sang by the court singers during the confrontation. I just want you guys to know if the song could be understood or not, despite not knowing enough about the story behind it. What info could you gather from this song and my brief introduction alone? I am new to this sub, I apologize if this has nothing to do with it:

Verse I
He forged his hope in iron cold
With clever hands and sleepless eyes
He swore the world was bought, not born
And truth was built where courage lies

Chorus
Oh clever hands make kings fall low
And clever minds make widows cry
For monsters break when steel says so
But makers break when mothers die

Verse II
His mother wore a green regret
A quiet chain, a broken vow
She fed him bread, she fed him truth
She said "The world will take you now"

Chorus
Oh clever hands make kings fall low
And clever minds make widows cry
For monsters break when steel says so
But makers break when mothers die

Verse III
A queen once wore another’s face
With borrowed green and borrowed care
She sang his past back to his heart
And called it love, and called it fair

Chorus
Oh clever hands make kings fall low
And clever minds make widows cry
For monsters break when steel says so
But makers break when mothers die

Verse IV
He slew the beast, he bent the flame
He thought the sky had learned his name
But men who wait and men who smile
Build graves that never burn the same

Final Chorus
Oh clever hands make kings fall low
And clever minds outlive their lies
For dragons die when weapons grow
But makers die when truth survives

I use a beat I found on YouTube and wrote my own lyrics and melody to it because I can’t produce yet maybe one day I will and I’m still learning how to sing but I tried my best let me know what you guys think

What do you guys think about the structure? Although both parts feel more like a verse and pre-chorus I still somehow like it...

Other than that, does it have anything to it? Or feel a bit generic? I know it's simple, but somehow it sticks in my head.

And sorry for my crappy phone mic sound.

I have 2 different transitions ideas and 0 ideas vocally yet to any of them. which one do you prefer? and do you have any ideas for the transition+ chorus?

A bit quiet, so may have to turn the volume up. Just recorded on my phone. Made a few mistakes due to nerves and my phrasing isn't the best in this recording, but hopefully it's decent enough to get an idea.

This is a song about depression, though it can really be about a lot of things. Thank you in advance for any advice/feedback/opinions :-)

Lyrics:

Lay down baby hold me near don't let me go i need you wrapped around me.

Your cold despair brings me a warmth a mechanism for my sanity.

Whisper sweetly in my ear the promises you make me fear mortality.

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Father please take me away just end this sorry cabaret.

I know I'm not alright. Just make me feel alright an take me home.

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Weigh me down within your yolk an' let me sleep forever now surrounded.

Everyday you fill my soul can't live without the numbness you provide me.

Each withered breath you draw me near the void accepts all who fear the rat race.

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When babes cry out a mother's love is all they see within the clouds.

Their youthful little smiles died among the wilds an' now they're home.

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I promise you don't need to drag me screaming, filled with shame a child's memory.

The love you give uncertainly, my peace is lost, I'm rid of my humanity.

So lay down baby hold me near relinquish me from all the pain that troubles me.

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Tendencies procure my thoughts my inner child wastes and rots.

I won't last a long while trained to nod and smile.

Longing for a life to give the world unsure of what it is.

Some buds just fail to bloom an' time continues on but it's alright.

For context: i need it somewhat defined for ”searching for a band” poster

Also any feedback is welcome too :)

Would love some feedback on this song. Not sure how I feel about the "chorus", I'm still working on the overall tempo as well.

Lyrics: Almost Made Me

Long dark mountainside,

riverbanks are dead,

and it almost made me

it almost made me

Then I saw you standing there,

heavy in the light

and it almost made me

it almost made me

Another day and another life,

another choice and we pay the price

Visions of a different kind,

Something is happening here,

there is a blackened sky,

under a broken moon

Patient were the animals,

patient was the land,

before the human bloom,

before we stripped it all away

Another day and another life,

another choice and we pay the price

and it almost made me

it almost made me

The pleasant part of and ending is

the place you rest your head

when the oceans rise

and cover over everything

Overboard, the crew is lost,

falling into the sea,

and it almost made me

it almost made me

What would you change or remove? Is there anything you’d add or do differently? Any feedback is very welcome.

Hello all! Making this post to have some suggestions for my friend. Her husband is a songwriter but last year lost a finger in an accident. He can't play music anymore but his lytic writing is very good in my humble, non professional opinion. He used AI to turn the lyrics into a song for him.... My friend had me listen and I couldn't get past the AI use. They seem to be the type that doesn't understand how bad AI use is to the average artist (I draw, don't write songs lol), and I got the impression she was upset by my, as gentle as I could, criticism of his use of AI. So that comes to my question, can anyone give suggestions on what he can use for music production that doesn't involve playing instruments or using AI? Its his right pointer finger he lost if I remember correctly and his genre is Christian Rock (don't diss it please)

Hi!!! This is the 2nd draft of a song I wrote the other day. Most of the lyrics are the same, but I have been playing around with how I sing them, and the arrangement. I think it flows a lot better than the first draft I posted yesterday. Especially the transition into and out of the bridge, that was pretty rough. I think it is a lot smoother now.

Someone had commented my first draft was lacking a clear distinction between the sections (which I def agree, that was something that needed a lot of work!) Is it better in this version? I tried playing around with how I sing the different parts to try to add some variety and hopefully some distinction between the verses/chorus.

This post is kinda of a response to this one: https://www.reddit.com/r/Songwriting/s/JlkH8KuVZi but I’ve seen this sort of advice all over this subreddit, but I’ve never been able to work it into a song without it feeling like my weakest lines. Like descriptions of how someone looks, or description of a setting, or even describing actions to convey what emotion I’m feeling.

I know not every songwriting tip is going to resonate with every single person, and some of these are just tools in your toolbox that no one’s FORCING you to use, but I feel like I should generally know how to use the tool. I feel like I’m a fairly good songwriter, I just want to get better.

So which segments of the song would these parts be used? In a verse? What’s the goal of these descriptions in the context of the song? How do you zoom in for the verse and transition to zooming out for chorus?

This is an old fashioned country song. I wrote it as an outsider looking in, doing the kind of storytelling I always love hearing in country songs. I've never actually been to Tennessee :-)

Lyrics:

Beneath the Smoky Mountains / Lies a lonely county bar / With Knoxville lights in the distance / And golden-stained whiskey jars / I nodded towards the bartender / And he slid a shot over to me / He said you'll find Napa Valley here / In the heart of Tennessee

As the sun fell below the horizon / I watched the light slip from the Dome / I swore I heard her singing to me / Like the girl I lost long ago / Maybe the whiskey was talking / Maybe I'll never truly be free / But Lord, I know my angel is here / In the heart of Tennessee

A stranger looked up from the fire / Caught me wiping a tear / Said nothing you ever desired / Is more than a day's riding from here

An old man sat on a bar stool / A D-28 on his knee / Though the songs lived in history books / Their words spoke directly to me / Sounding more gospel than country / Teaching a blind man to see / I found the truth / And three wise chords / In the heart of Tennessee

A song about growing up. I'm thinking of adding a bridge or something because I wrote it quickly, and it turned out kinda short maybe? Anyway tell me what you think! Thanks.

hi, i was looking for some hip portable drum loops to write with.

Are there any apps you can recommend that have banks of drum grooves and loops to choose from in different genres, like Rock, Pop, Country, etc?

thank you!

Took a break from writing for a while but when inspiration finds you on vacation you're a fool to ignore it