EDtheSongwriter

Songwriting is an exercise of finding a success in many failures.

For every song, there are usually lots of ideas, lines or attempts that will never make the final piece.

Keep writing ❤️

It is a SONG that becomes a HIT.

So create that song, market it and leave the audience to make it a hit.

Keep growing, keep writing.

Song Ideas for Songwriters, Part 1

1. When you have a conversation with anybody you find interesting or revealing? Write a song about it.

2. Watch your favorite movie and write a song on the story/lines by the actors.

3. Think of how a particular colour makes you feel and write about it.

4. Write about how hard is it to be a WOMAN in this present world.

5. Write about a dream you had last night.

6. Write about the temptation you resisting.

7. Write about what people want you to be and what you really want.

8. Write about your favorite drink e.g. Tequila, Hennessy etc.

9. Write about the joy of motherhood.

10. Write about what women want.

Have a wonderful day

My early morning writing be like:

When I sigh, there is no relief.
It's just a way I think I release the pain that does not leave.
Leaving you is my pain,
Having you is my gain.
Let's be plain with no ego
I need you back...

Sense or Nonsense?

When you craft beautiful lyrics and melodies to a slow jamz for people that only want to dance, it will seem you don't know what music is about.

Targeting the right audience is what makes the difference.

Know this and know peace as an artiste

When you listen to Country music regularly & consciously as a songwriter/artiste, your lyrics can never be shallow or incoherent.

It's just Country standard. Lyrics MUST be dope.

If rhythm is your strength as a songwriter, don't underrate yourself while improving your melodies and lyrics.

There are genres that the strong knowledge of rhythm can make you dominate.

Songwriting books you should read as a songwriter.

Happy New Month

Be ready!

Check this out as a songwriter.

Very helpful
https://www.songwritingmagazine.co.uk/tips-techniques/mike-batt-finding-meaning

Mike Batt on finding meaning in your songs – Songwriting Magazine The man behind the music of The Wombles and Katie Melua shares his tips for digging deeper with your songwriting...

Seize the emotional outburst ✍️

How To Improve Your Lyrical Strength as a Songwriter

Here are great tips to improve your song lyrics, enjoy!

Few weeks ago, I shared a post explaining what it means to be referred to as a songwriter and never knew the Recording Academy also thinks in that line.

Here is a new category for "Songwriter of the Year, Non Classical" and this 👇 will help you to understand what it's all about:

https://www.grammy.com/news/2023-grammys-songwriter-of-the-year-songwriters-and-composers-wing-interview-susan-stewart-evan-bogart?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

Why The New Songwriter Of The Year GRAMMY Category Matters For The Music Industry And Creator Community The newly announced GRAMMY Award category for Songwriter Of The Year marks a watershed moment for songwriters in all genres. Here’s why this new GRAMMY category matters for the 2023 GRAMMYs and the music community at large.

Keep streaming, sharing and supporting 🙏🙏

https://audiomack.com/edthesongwriter/song/owopolayemi

Don't quit, period!

Know the difference

Music Positioning 101 🤔🤔🤔

You just have to enjoy this if you love music.

Great songwriters understand this.

Here is my playlist for this weekend.

Enjoy!

Have you established a songwriting routine?

Keep writing

Don't think the song makes sense? Write and do a demo anyways.

Happy Sunday to you all

🎶🎵 Enjoy!

Inasmuch some languages could help the wide reach of songs, that does not necessarily mean any unpopular one may be a barrier to a song's popularity.

A great song, inspiring lyrics or catchy beat will always attract the attention of music fans.

And that's why I want to share two language-related techniques you can use to spice your songwriting.

This becomes easier if you can speak more than one language.

And if you can't, don't worry - you can learn few words/phrases for songwriting sake.

As an African, I know that these techniques are one of the dominant features of our music exports.

It helps foreigners especially English/French speaking countries to relate lyrically (beyond the sound) to some/major parts of our music.

And the techniques are simply called Code Mixing and Code Switching.

Though some linguists may use these terms interchangeably but as far as I am musically concerned, they are different.

CODE MIXING simply means mixing or embedding words, phrases etc of one language into another.

It connotes mixing two or more languages while communicating and this sound pretty fine in music too.

For instance, if you speak French as well as English, you can mix some English words in your French sentence.

Rihanna once sang:

"Te Amo, te amo, she says to me"
..which means "I love you, I love you she says to me" fully in English.

Just the "Te Amo" recurring beautifully in the song brings about touching lyrics and sweet flow that attract the attention of English and non-English music fans.

In fact, some got to know about the words and meaning after listening to Rihanna.

CODE SWITCHING, on the other hand, has to do with switching from one language to another.

In code switching, you are not just mixing few words of one language in between the other language.

You are definitely speaking one language and switching to another.

You can speak one sentence/whole paragraph in French and the next one in English.

Musically, your first line may be in Spanish and the second in English depending on your creativity.

A very good example is BTS's Life Goes On (2020) which is the first primarily Korean-language song to top the chart.

Here is the chorus that employs code switching:

Like an echo in the forest
하루가 돌아오겠지
아무 일도 없단 듯이
Yeah, life goes on
Like an arrow in the blue sky
또 하루 더 날아가지
On my pillow, on my table
Yeah, life goes on like this again

There are other examples I can share especially from African artistes and I hope this makes sense to you to the level you try them out in your writings.

You will be surprised what that second language(s) can do to your songwriting if you code mix/switch.

Hope you find this helpful?

Enjoy!

PS: This applies to all languages.