5 Free Songwriting Tips

In this article were going to cover 5 free songwriting tips. These free songwriting tips will enable you to write better songs from the start and bolster and better existing ideas which you already have.

The first couple of these free songwriting tips are going to be pretty obvious but they are important nonetheless. First off, think about learning a musical instrument which plays chords before you start songwriting if you don't already know how to play something. Chorded instruments like piano or guitar are the easiest to write songs with, so I recommend that you familiarize yourself with one or the other.

In addition to learning how to play the basic chords on an instrument, it helps to be able to familiarize yourself with scales so that you know which chords and notes will sound good in a particular key and which ones will not.

Second, when you're first starting out, focus on your favorite genre of music. In other words, if you're a country fan don't go off and tried to write something in the rock genre. This can be a great way to stimulate and hone your songwriting skills later as you develop, but in the early days again you should focus on one specific genre which you feel comfortable with and which you enjoy listening to both all others.

The next of these free songwriting tips is one which I recommend to anyone looking to write a song from scratch when their first starting out as it's a very cogent and powerful method for coming up with and developing ideas.

Come up with a title for your song first and foremost before you do anything else. Don't just come up with any song title, would come up with one which could have a story behind it.

Once you have your title, the rest of the song will fall into place one piece at a time. Start by humming a few notes on top of various courts which work together.

For more information on this check out my post on songwriting chords to find the best course which work within a particular key when you're trying to write a song and the most common chord progressions to really get those ideas flowing.

Once you find a melody pattern which you like and it's gone over top of a court pattern, you can start to fit the lyrics of your chorus by which I mean the words in the title of your song into those melody notes.

Another one of these free songwriting tips is to remember that hoax are the most memorable parts of the song, and be able to write great books is one of the most important things in popular music. The book can be really anything if you think about it and you use your imagination.

As long as you use just the right chord progression underneath of the melody which you've put together, that can be a strong hook. If you take a look at the strongest and most memorable hooks in popular music from the past decade or so, try playing them on top of a different chord progression and you'll see that they lose oftentimes a lot of their luster and attraction.

As long as you can identify just the right progression to put underneath your book, you can come out with a very strong hook.

Another one of these free songwriting tips is to always have a means of recording your ideas no matter where you are. Fortunately today, most people are carrying around some kind of cell phone and most cell phones and smart phones have a way of enabling you to record ideas to yourself for later listening to.

You never know when inspiration might strike, particularly after you've been writing for while and ideas will begin to come to you more naturally, and you want to be altogether that idea down as soon as it comes to you because it will continue to morph into something different as time goes on and that changed idea is generally not as good as the one you first had.

The best way to learn how to write a song is through specific methods which have been proven to work.

Check out my book which is aptly titled "How to Write a Song - The No 'BS' Songwriter's Bible" by clicking the link above - it's almost 100 pages of methods for starting a song, developing existing ideas, getting over writer's block, writing HUGE hooks, and much more - all based on my own never before revealed and proven methods.

What to Consider Through Online Mastering

We live in a much different world for musicians nowadays than we once did. Nowadays artists can have their music mastered online without having to send a physical CD or record to the technician they use. Instead, with online mastering entire albums worth of tracks can be uploaded at once to the mastering technician so that the technician can create their entire CD master for them without ever having to meet the artist.

Of course there are still concerns which you should have as the artist and client before you hand over your music and record to an engineer for online mastering.

For instance, you should absolutely demand a test master before committing to them. Most any reputable mastering engineer will offer a free test master so that you can hear a sample song of yours in the hands of that engineer to get a very solid idea of what to expect from the rest of your record if you decide to move forward with them.

Even if it's someone who was recommended to you personally by someone you trust, you should still get a test master. I don't care if you're dealing with the most talented and decorated engineer in the history of the music industry, your music is different from every other artist out there so you need to know how your music will sound rather than relying on the samples of hundreds of thousands of other artists that engineer has mastered.

Another important aspect to consider when interested in online mastering relates to how much does it cost? Some engineers will charge by the hour, others by the track, and others will quote you a lump sum before starting the job.

Additionally and obviously, different engineers charge different rates which can be commensurate with experience, but don't expect just because you'll be paying more that you'll be getting more back.

No matter how much you are paying and even after you've received a test master to get a good idea of what to expect, there's still a strong chance that you may not like what your engineer does with a particular track.

This is why it's paramount that you know that you'll be able to contact that engineer and receive edits and tweaks after you receive it back. All of this is another way of saying that you want to feel comfortable with the engineer whom you go with and want to feel like you have an open dialog with them and they are reachable if need be at any point in the process before, during, or after the online mastering process.