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You've inspired me to throw away my songs.
Lost one day…….? Consider yourself lucky, I lost months.
This also applies to making beats as the Co-Writer as you can have really good written LYRICS the MUSIC the Beat is not so great or something needs to be changed up a bit.
Where can we listen to your music?
Where is the ep ?
every song i write feels like this .. i enjoy the process of writing and demoing .. but then have a hard time feeling excited about listening to the finished song… i get decent feedback from others but by the time im done producing and mixing …im tired of the song
The bigger problem is people putting out songs that suck while thinking their great. Knowing the difference makes the professional.
HOT GUY….
He’s an amazing teacher and gives some of the best advice but all his songs are corny
You remind me of Adam Kokesh
This is why I've never written a song.
Please listen to my new songs I have a good feel about them, but at times I'm not sure if I should show them too
Thanks Graham! Really helpful video. I've got SO many tracks that I've written but, just can't get myself to finish, so I'm scrapping the ones that I just know won't work (Or at least shelve them for another year).
I might be 4 years late to the party, but so far my EP is going well :3 I'm releasing it quite soon. I'm really excited for this release 🙂
Hey am a song writer I love writing music I just never stop
Hi Graham, Matt Cochrane here. Also a songwriter. You're right about songwriting. It's easy to write a song. It's hard to write a damn good song. I like your stuff. What do you think of mine?
@recordingrevolution:
That is sound advice.
Pun, fully intended. Really,
though; thank you. As Artists,
I feel that a few of us are prone
to being perfectionists and thus,
are loathe to admit to ourselves,
when we truly know we are going
off subject, and in my experience,
this is frequently where I crash my
song.
As you stated, taking a break
and establishing some distance
between oneself and the song we
are so bent on writing, often helps.
My advice, personally,
as a baritone saxophonist
since age eleven, a drummer
behind a full drum kit since the
age of twelve, a guitarist since I
was fifteen, a bassist since I was
24, and poet songwriter since the
age of twelve, as well as a former
recording artist, I see many bright
minds are discussing this, amidst
yourselves and working it out with
each others help, and alone.
That is the true key, my friends:
never, ever, ever, ever, ever quit.
Yes; sometimes the water jumps
the boundary of the bank it flows
through, and we are forced into a
retreat. However, I feel it is highly
important to always remember it
is while on these excursions, that
I often find a gem, and sometimes
more than I hoped for, initially.
Learn to let go. Recognise…no;
truly feel – and know – that you're
connected, in an abstract, innate
(but, no less real) way, to all, and I
mean, to all. To all.
We exist in the third dimension;
our musical muse, many people
have surmised, could come from
the fifth dimension – the realm our
Higher Self occupies.
Now, go write about that.
Cheers, and blessings to all.
Take care of yourselves and one
another; we're only human, and I
make a mistake a minute.
Be well, and be whole.
And be whole, to be well.
Respectfully,
'X'
Thank you…I thought I was along on this kind of journey !!!
Great video , intelligent and honest . Some of my songwriting heros have written some bad songs but thats ok nobody hits a home run every time.
this guy's channel is sooooooo important
"I wish I were one of those people who wrote songs quickly. But I’m not. So it takes me a great deal of time to find out what the song is. So I’m working most of the time." Leonard Cohen
great, I will keep it in mind.
hey genius, I got a question only you can answer, What is the process of making beat for a composition to make it
rhythmic? What to keep in mind when making beat.
I wanna create a song for myself to have fun but now I'm stuck and frustrated, please please please be kind to me
For those who like Van Halen, I've read an Eddie Van Halen interview where he told that when he composed the song "Ain't talking about love " he thought that
was the lamest song he had ever written. And as you know it became a huge VH hit
Hey Graham, I was wondering what's your opinion on those Song Writing courses out there which are supposedly taught by professional song writes. Would you have any comment to make about that?
sometimes the last thing you want to hear about your work is what's going to help the most. great advice graham, thanks for posting this
I'm always afraid to write crappy songs, makes me feel inferior. I guess I'll get over the cringe worthy bad stuff and keep going and going.
Ask a songwriter: "How much of what you write do you throw away?"
If they don't understand the question, they are (a) an idiot and (b) a lousy songwriter. And (c) pretty average for a songwriter.
Completely disagree. As long as your heart is behind it, it doesn't matter if it sounds like shit, it's gonna be good for what it is. And for that matter, most of these people probably listen to radio pop music and think that's good. I think that music is horrible and formulaic. I enjoy music that has parts that are intentionally abrasive and moves into different feelings from there. Music is a science and it requires experimentation. If you put 20+ hours into a song and think it's sucks, then you're simply not finished. Many of my best songs have taken years to tweak to perfection, and that's just the writing part. The only songs therefore that "suck" are ones you lost hope on. Just keep on keeping on and mold it until YOU like it.
not me I don't write any bad songs that sounds so egotistical but I don't. never have and never will. and each song is completely different then, the one before. that's like saying randy Newman or Bach or Elton john or sting if it isn't good we don't put it out now there not all as great as some other ones we done but there always professional
ok guys.. I've got the gear to record..
and I've got at least two songs I could record for release..
I totaly understand you! Thanks for this video. Take care and stay creative – Dante Rox
Not to detract but if you are writing for yourself regardless if anyone is going to listen and YOU like the song, then it should be, to you, its a good song. Always being worried if a crowd is going to accept you , is a bad thing. Its great having plenty enjoying something you created, but if you're writing for yourself ( therapy, hobby. both), then the only thing that matters is whether its good to you. This video to me is OK but its coming from the angle you want outside acceptance(which in the right context is right) and then stepping towards self employment ( an entertainment position)again ..fine). But song writing as a hobby should be because YOU like what You're creating. That's what a hobbies about( in and of itself) there's , multiple things you're talking about here..not just hobby( to help you like the world you're in) in and of itself. Thanks
even with song you think or not good or suck, it maybe a gold mine else where, just remember, all songs are subject to opinion that could change….there are lots of songs I don't like and yet there millions of people whom listen, sing and support that same song I don't like.
where are the songs ?
good message