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i have been writing songs for a while now. I only really actually wrote like 3 songs but its ok. What i need help on is i cant ever seem to make up my own rythmn. I would like the music from other songs and just fill in different words. I cant seem to "make" my own music. I tried to make up my own music but i just cant. Can someone please help!
thanks alot!!!!
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is it just the rhythm you are having difficulty with, or did you mean the entire melody?
Writing lyrics, for many, is really just writing poetry of a confined style.
Composing songs is a bit more complex, as you have melody, harmony, song structures, lyrics (when applicable), and arrangement. It is admittedly not always easy, but then agian, you don't always have to have every part explicitly spelled out in advance.
As for learning to write melodies - practice makes perfect. Hum to yourself, whistle random things, create your own litle musical phrases and explore them, experiment with them and see where it all leads you.
If you find yourself simply lifting melodies from other songs using the words you came up with - change your words so they no longer fit that melody/rhythmic pattern... that way, you'll be forced to change things, perhaps even significantly until you end up with a new melody of your own.
Sit down at a piano/keyboard and just putz around. Play slop. Play shit. Bang on the keys, play them in random orders and just mess around until you hear something you like. Seriously. To learn to compose, you have to build a musical vocabulary, you need to be able to hear things in your head and develop those ideas - use other songs for inspiration, but copying outright will never gain you anything.
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Sometimes the lyrics inspire the music, sometimes the music inspires the lyrics. What I see a lot of people do is just mess around on an instrument, and if they find something that sounds good, they go with it and develop it. If they don't have lyrics that fit the music, and aren't inspired to any, they just keep what they've developed in the back and wait for a time when they have lyrics that would go good with that music.
Another thing you can do is try applying the emotion of the lyrics for the music. Are the words meant to be sharp and cutting, romantic, angry, et cetera? Should the beat be barely audible or hard and driving? Try reading (or even singing) the lyrics out loud and listen to how you read them.
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i have this problem sometimes, too. what i do is pick out a day where i feel inspired, then i try not to listen to music that day. can you play any instruments? if so, try strumming/playing/whatever a few chords, and mix them around. write down what sounds good. don't forget your augmented and diminished chords (if you know them) as they can make your music more interesting. good luck!
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The same thing happens to me!! I try to start of and then I start using the rythmn of another song! Try maybe mixing song rythmns together to create your own or start with another song's rythmn and change most of the notes! Have fun! :)
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