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Come on, write me a song!

Apr 26, 2007
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Where do lyrics come from? Do you need a particular place/situation to be able to write good lyrics?

Usually my words and music come together as I write things on my guitar. I start by picking some good chords either on the guitar or the piano and then I immediately think about a fitting melody. Then I start to sing gibberish trying to get a feeling of what it could all sound together. I slowly transform the gibberish into words that have the same lenght or "resonate" with what I'm singing.

If you start writing a song, you probably already have something on your mind that needs to get out so you just have to translate this buzz you are hearing. That's why I almost always start by choosing a theme, then a title and what the story/feeling of it will be.

Bad things happen when this doesn't work...! Like right now, but I'll get through it :)