Awesome!Aloysius wrote:I was at a songwriting workshop the other night. The guy giving the workshop is a famous songwriter in my country.
(a) Write down any thought that comes into your head.
For example: Age
(b) Write down some thoughts related to (a)
For example: Past, in the present, future etc.
(c) Write down some verses related to (b)
For example: When I was old, before I was young. I worried about, what I'd become.
(d) Start strumming any chords (or whatever instrument you use) and sing the verses you composed with whatever melody that pops into your head.
In this way you're allowing the song to write itself.
He advised not to criticise the words or the lyrics. Keep thinking positive.
He also recommended repitition. For example: The Beatles - She Loves You ... Yeah, Yeah, Yeah ... is full of repitition. In the example above you could sing ... When I was old, old, old etc.
Another suggestion was to embellish the tune with oohs and aahs. Ornaments if you like.
You'd have to have been there to fully appreciate it but I've done my best to simplify what he was getting at.
Good luck. Hope I made some sense.
I saw an interview with Peter Gabriel where he was talking about singing in Gabriel-ese to fill in between existing lyrics while the song came together. It was basically nonsense, singing in tongues, in his style to let the melody develop and encourage new lyrics.
