Graham
Venerated Member
I hope this thread is enlightening to some and many people have things to offer to it.
I think it is a very difficult thing to do, but I know that several folks here have written their own song before, so I'm looking for some pointers and advice.
My main objective here was to put to music a poem that I wrote for my wife when we were dating back in 1980. Next year will be our 25th wedding anniversary and talk about scoring major points with the misses!!
I reread the poem the other day, my wife had it framed and hanging on a wall ever since I can remember. It needs some tightening up grammatically and all that, I mean I was 19 when I wrote it, not that having bad grammer after completing High School is anything to boast about, but it sounds kind of hokey here and there.
I don't know the first thing about writing a song. Do you start with lyrics? Do you have a riff that just comes to you and your creative juices run away with it?
I also suspect that every chord progression imaginable has already been done and recorded, so coming up with an original sound could also be a challenge.
There you have it, still more slow nights in Ontario allowing me the chance to seek out the expertise and jabs of this great community.
Graham
I think it is a very difficult thing to do, but I know that several folks here have written their own song before, so I'm looking for some pointers and advice.
My main objective here was to put to music a poem that I wrote for my wife when we were dating back in 1980. Next year will be our 25th wedding anniversary and talk about scoring major points with the misses!!
I reread the poem the other day, my wife had it framed and hanging on a wall ever since I can remember. It needs some tightening up grammatically and all that, I mean I was 19 when I wrote it, not that having bad grammer after completing High School is anything to boast about, but it sounds kind of hokey here and there.
I don't know the first thing about writing a song. Do you start with lyrics? Do you have a riff that just comes to you and your creative juices run away with it?
I also suspect that every chord progression imaginable has already been done and recorded, so coming up with an original sound could also be a challenge.
There you have it, still more slow nights in Ontario allowing me the chance to seek out the expertise and jabs of this great community.
Graham