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Here's some more tips from other people:
- Jamie from Moray:
When writing songs, I always try to build a picture or topic to write about in my head, and then ideas and lyrics just come out.
- Casper from Perth:
Draw inspiration from your experiences. Don't try to base a song on something you know nothing about because it ends up sounding really fake and cliched.
- Shakespeare from London:
Trying using visual images to stimulate lyric production - for example go to an art gallery and look at paintings. Think about the story they tell and use that as the subject for a song.
- Simon from Leeds:
The reason some chord progressions feel cliched is because they work and get used over and over again - don't be afraid to start off with something that sounds hackneyed, just make sure that your melody and arrangement add something new.
- Keely from Durham:
If you are trying to describe a scene or something that has happened, get some paper and a pencil and draw a picture. Then start to write using the picture as a base frame!
- Carol from Bolton:
Forget the rules! It's easy if like me you're not musically trained, because as you don't know the rules in the first place, they're more original!
If you have real empathy, you can write a convincing song from another person's point of view.
Get inspiration from listening carefully to what people have to say about their lives.
- Daz from Cardiff:
I try to build a melody in my head by singing any words that come to me. Once I have a melody words tend to come quite easily.
- Alison-Naomi from London:
Writing songs is a creative process so try to stay away from too much structured rules or you could find your creativity stifled! Relax and let your imagination flow.
- Vincent from Hants:
Early in the morning - late at night - the day after the night before - Whenever you feel tired, hung over or slightly detached is a good time to write. Your brain works in a much more 'dreamlike' way.
- Becky from Nottinghamshire:
Try listening to the sound of objects that relate to your song. For example moving a chair in a restaurant - "scraping on the ground sends shivers all around".
- John Galea from Norwich:
Try to use places, names, anything unusual which can be a semi-hook that people can remember, things that people can attach to.
- Andy Collins - Omniverse from Eastbourne:
If you have the beginnings of a good melody, keep going over it in your head, maybe over a few months. Your brain will eventually firm up on the best structure, the words and usually finish the song.
- Antony from Northamptonshire:
Try and record the chords/melody, then play it and just sing any words over the top. You never know what might come out!
- Dave from Suffolk:
If you have touble with rhymes, buy a rhyming dictionary. Walkers is the most famous, and the one I use.
- Nicole from Northampton:
Write a poem that reads easily even when you say it. Then whilst reading through it improvise melodies and chord sequences on your instrument.
- Nat from Warrington:
Songs don't have to make sense all the time, and you don't always have to play an instrument why not use little voice licks instead.
- Donna from Wirral:
If your stuck for inspiration look at newspaper headings - find a good title for a song and write about that.
- Lee from London:
Don't think you have to be too clever about progressions or structures. It took me years to discover that simple is often (but not always) best.
- Sam from London:
When I come up with some lyrics I think are good I record them on my phone.
- Owain from Swansea:
Don't try to cram too many chords in, it might sound good on a guitar or piano, but could be difficult to make a melody over.
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