I got this really cool program the other day called sony acid pro or something like that and I got really inspired to write some music. Acid is a music "producing" software where you can record and edit different portions of a song. I don't have a drum set so im gonna have to get some type of drum kit.. program thingy.. or I could just set up my Rock Band Drum set to the computer. that could work.. Anyway... song writing can be really easy and really hard sometimes. I've found that if you learn more songs...(on the guitar) then that gives you more material and creativity. I currently do not know much music theory but I am learning .. and you really dont need to know music theory to write music.. and by music i mean ALL of it guitar, drums, bass, keyboard, and lyrics. The music is the most important part and then the lyrics are next. Cobain said that and he was a good song writer. ummmm lyrics for me just come very naturally. They don't always have to ryhme but for the hook it has to...(most of the time)... In my opinion the chorus of the song makes or breaks it because if you have a catchy chorus then it will get stuck in some ones head and then that person will start singing it and then some one else will hear it and then so on and so on until it gains world domination! haha ok that was a little over the top but whatever...so yeah ive just been doin covers of songs lately if no one has seen my mp3's yet. so far i've done a cover of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and "Face Down" .. I hope to do another cover of another song here soon so i can use my Acid.. Ill probably do Learn to Fly maybe... so anyway back to the topic of songwriting.. Songwriting can be very easy or very hard... I read a book on songwriting and in the book the author says that when you become a song writer you start to notice things around you that other people wouldn't notice. such as the one odd brown leaf in a mountain of green leaves or the longest blade of grass in all of them. When you are a songwriter you look for inspiration in everything and you really find out who you really are. Inspiration is the key to songwriting.. If you have no inspiration whether it be a divorce or just a day you had at school. You cannot write a meaningful song without inspiration. Like Solja Boy, look at him, he gives Rap a really bad name.. yes his songs are catchy but his songs just exasperate the Rap sterotype of cars, money, and hoes. I'm not a fan of Rap and i personally can't stand it but there are alot of good songwriters in Rap. And you really don't need a meaningful song to sell records either you just need a song (album) that people like to listen to. So thats pretty much it for this little rant.. im tired and im going to bed... peace
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