Exercises To Improve Your Songwriting Skills

Songwriting doesn't come easy to everyone. Own your craft and build your skills in order to create great music you can be proud of.

Coming up with an idea for lyrics to a song can be hard. In fact, no one ever said songwriting would be easy. It’s a skill that takes people time to master and also the reason you see numerous musicians working together with others to make sure a song comes out perfect.

However, if you’re just starting out you may not have the money to work with others and if you’re someone who simply loves writing your own music you may just need new tips on how to better your songwriting skills. Either way, as a musician being able to be a strong in songwriting is a great ability to have.

To get started you should take notes of music of others that you have learned to play- listen to how they write, what beats match, how the lyrics rhyme and study numerous artists methods.
While studying others music you’ll want to keep a journal. This will help give you ideas for future songs and even sometimes lead to you writing a song through ideas you constantly are putting down.
Make word lists – write down things that come to your mind and see what types of songs you can make from that. You never know how creative your mind can get when it comes to songwriting.
In your spare time freestyle and record it. See what comes out of being creative, you can give yourself new ideas and even if it doesn’t sound perfect or work a lyric that leads to a song can come from this.
Even if you love to write alone, bring in someone you trust to help get your writing off the ground. Working with someone can help take ideas to the next level and get your creativity going in a way that you may not have thought of yourself.
Writing a good song is daunting. While writing try to write in a point/counterpoint style. Take the thought you have and then use a counterpoint to that idea. This helps create stronger lyrics and a real story line to what you are writing.
Make sure you always give yourself dedicated time to write. Time to be creative and let your thoughts flow freely instead of feeling that you are on any type of deadline.
With the use of these tips you can get from start to finish in your songwriting and create something that you are proud of.