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@liora
Liora H
@lioraย ยทย 2:10

Songwriting tips wanted ๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽค๐ŸŽถ

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My process right now is just sort of coming up with a tune, recording it and then coming up with words to suit it. But I don't know if I like my tunes. They almost always sound sort of musical scenery, very upbeat, sort of singsongy. And I don't know if I like that. I don't know how to find my sound or even if that's necessary. I'm not trying to be a musician

If you have any tips for someone who's new to song writing, share them here! #songwriting #songs #writing #singing #music #arts

@Izzy
Izzy S-L
@Izzyย ยทย 2:50

My process

Hi Liora. I write songs. I've been writing songs. Oh, for a very long time since I started playing the guitar when I was, like, eight or seven or eight years old. My suggestion for you is to I guess the yes. Okay. Everyone works differently. And for me, I write the music of the instrumentals simultaneously with the lyrics. But if that's not how you write, that's totally okay as well
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@theTelly
Ideas and Trends
@theTellyย ยทย 4:00

Bumping into a song. This is @DBPardes by the way ;)

And I think it's only here, not here, literally, geographically here. But I think here in terms of 21st century packaging, we say, oh, you write songs, you don't write songs. You're a singer, you're not a singer. So I want to start with that. I'm always amazed when I travel to hear native music and the roots of it being from ritual and from sort of the basic need to connect at some primal level, which is what music is
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@Swell
Swell Team
@Swellย ยทย 0:15

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@liora
Liora H
@lioraย ยทย 0:28

@izzy @theTelly

I wanted to come on here and thank you both so much for your tips. I listened to them right after you posted them, and I was in the mood to write a song, and so I did. And I really like how it turned out. And I don't think I could have done it it as quickly or have the same sort of outcome if I didn't gain your input and your advice. So I really appreciate it. And yeah, thank you so much. You're
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