Great songwriting tips

AlekSalt

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Hi guys,

today I'll share with you my own tips on songwriting(note: about melody, tune, music),
sure you didn't hear of them before...
so, come on:


Well, when I started songwriting 10 years ago, I had a problem, that everybody
here knows:
WRITER'S BLOCK
that disappeared with experience...


but, then later I had another very unpleasant problem:
CLICHES...


So my 2 tips are about: how to kill those problems, both!


To understand what it's all about you should have a listen to this
short snippet:


21.07.18 Gm Cm D Slow by Aleksalt | Alek Salt | Free Listening on SoundCloud


it's called


21.07.18 Gm_Cm_D slow


i.e. 21.07.18 (created just yesterday)
Gm_Cm_D - first 3 chords
slow - tempo


So, what I did yesterday, for a while I want to make a beat(maybe a song too)
like Camila Cabelo's Havana:
I played/recorded some piano chords (Gm_Cm_D), then added drums, bass,
wah guitar, and then stumbled: what to do the next? Recollected the way
I did it a week ago:
opened sample libraries and chose a female acapella, then transposed it
into Gm, and changed a tempo to 80bpm (everything as in my beat)
Next: cut the acapella on parts, some changed the order of those parts,
moved them (right or left) to put them in time with the beat.


Important: if I had previously this chord progression


Gm_Cm_DX2


then I added a new progression


Ebmajor7_F_Bb_Ebmajor7_F_Gm_F_Gm


because the acapella ordered to follow it.


Conclusion: now I have a song template,
that breaks my cliches with fresh ideas, I can edit it as I want,
but the new ideas are cool, aren't them?


Interesting? Wait for the next tip soon
 
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