At first glance, it seems that writing a song is easy: a couple of rhymed phrases, a heart-rending theme, several sonorous chords - and the work of art is ready. But very often it happens that this “first glance” is superficial, and as a result erroneous, and the idea of the ease of creating a song is no exception.
To create a song, you need talent, good intelligence, knowledge, and, of course, emotions.
How to compose a song: preparation
The development of creativity. Writing a song is a creative process, so you need to develop this ability in yourself if you want to become an author. Many books on psychological topics are devoted to the development of creativity; there are trainings to unleash the creative potential that you can do at home. The best exercises are any creative process: drawing, playing musical instruments, writing poems, stories.
Language proficiency. Often, creative people, in whose hearts real passions “boil” and who can potentially create an almost brilliant work, cannot even write pairs of sonorous lines when they sit down to write a song. The main problem is that before you form the idea of a song, you need to learn how to express your emotions beautifully with the help of language, making them into a song form. You can increase your vocabulary only with the help of books, and not modern, but classical literature.
The basics of music. A song needs musical accompaniment, so you need to form a syllable based on the melody created or roughly representing the future. There are many musical instruments that you can learn to play on your own, although this is not easy: for example, on the guitar.
How to create a song: idea
Once the creative potential is revealed, the vocabulary is enriched, and playing the guitar does not scare others, this means that half the way has been completed and now you can do the song creation directly.
Inspiration. Before you compose a song, you need to find an idea. This is important for creating any work of art. The ability to immerse yourself in a state of inspiration, as well as the power of experiences generated by it, speaks about the skill of the author. Therefore, you need to look for inspiration: learn to admire the beautiful, which can be seen in any object of the environment. But often artists and writers get inspiration suddenly, so it’s advisable to carry any means of recording information with you in order to fix the idea if it appears.
Inspiration is accompanied by a strong emotional experience, so you need to learn how to manage emotions in order to be able to maintain this state.
How to compose a hit song
After the idea is found, you can proceed to design. There are several ways that help some to compose songs that listeners remember after many years. Typically, these works are called hits, which occupy first places in the ratings of radio stations, but it may just be a song that will appeal to many friends and relatives.
To listen to the radio. Before you compose a song, and even more so a hit, you need to listen to radio stations for some time and use other ways to listen to popular songs. This will help you tune in to the “right wave."
The simplicity of words. It is important to use simple words and a motive that is easy to remember when writing a hit. The idea should be just as simple, and the meaning should be to describe one of the most frequent life situations that occur in almost every person. Interestingly, the use of national motives increases the chance to create a popular song, because this, in scientific terms, corresponds to the cultural core of society. Alien ideas, habits, traditions cannot be perceived by society as that which is related to it. The songs of Victor Tsoi, who sang about what was happening around him, also touched the soul of people much more than many other songs with intricate content and form.