Songwriting For Beginners On Guitar. Get Passed Songwriters Block.

Mar 10, 2010 Guitar
Posted by shayman Rushforth

OK so you’ve written a catchy little tune or riff and now you want to turn that into a great song right? You’ve maybe even come up with a melody for a singing line for the verse or chorus and it’s coming together nicely:) So, you grab your pen and a pad, snap open a beer or glass of wine (coz that always helps) and you’re ready to knock out some great lyrics and you’re thinking to yourself, THIS IS THE EASY PART. All I need is something to write about and I’ll be underway. A little bit of pen chewing follows with a little bit of staring blankly into space…how long can this take? 10 minutes, half hour…come on, an hour at tops!

So the next drink goes down, the pen gets another chew, more staring into space and still nothing to show. “OK, maybe I’m just not in lyric mode today after all” you think to yourself. “I’ll try again tomorrow.” We’ve all been there and this is generally what’s known as writers block. I once went a whole 2 week vacation with writers block. Got through plenty of coffee in those couple of weeks:)

Some would say that it’s not possible to learn songwriting, that you can either write songs and lyrics or you can’t. Well I disagree with this because I have learned over a short period of time some simple techniques that help with songwriting. Yes, some people are just natural writers and find it easy and are just very creative, but that’s not to say that anyone, given some simple methods can write great songs. If these techniques are put into practice then song writing becomes much easier.

Here are some easy ways to get around writers block:

*Keep The message simple and try to write words that connect with people* *Try to avoid cliches but don’t get too hung up about this. A good song can have cliches* *Don’t think that everything has to rhyme. Making the lyrics singable is more important than rhyming* *Tell a story in the past tense. Writing about something that has already happened is much easier to tell a story about.* *Write about something that is happening right now. Maybe that is happening to you, a friend or a family member* *Write about something that might happen in the future. What would you do if you came into money, or if your partner cheats on you. Write about the outcome of a situation*

That should give you plenty to go on to get you started. Don’t forget, practicing makes a big difference.

To find out more about songwriting on guitar then visit songwriting4guitar.com, Beginners Songwriting, and LearnSongwriting On Guitar

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