Lyric Writing Process, Need Some Help

Cadorman

Cadorman

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I know quite a few of you have written lyrics at one point or another. I want to put some songs together and am really struggling with lyrics. I'm sure that I am not the only one that would really appreciate any insight on your processes. How to get a concept and bring it to fruition. Thanks all.
 
There once was a man from Nantucket.......................

COME ON LADS -- you are some creative sots--- give ol Cadorman a hand -------

are you looking for like TIPS to break through writers block?
or?????? do you want to post said lyrics and get input/ideas/???
DO I get co writer credit if its a top 10 single?

can I get a decent bacon sammich if it makes the top 100?

.....what model number is the Strat Pickguard from warmouth with the Vol. knob in the proper damn place?
 
life....if you ever listen to the 19 songs i posted this year.....life

certain keys-scales bring emotion out

it comes very natural to me... can write & express what is in my mind sometimes better than talk

1 tip..no formula..try not to get in the cover band copycat type mode & only exist on others hard work.. dont look up songs & follow their way...be you ...what comes out you guitar & words is from the heart..its real...it matters..maybe not on forums cause of the child like competition....there are no rules..to be original you have to have the balls to believe in yourself & when its show time ya bring it...the Gibson BS pretty much pushed me outta here....

write & play what you want..its the only way to get somewhere....the only shot at a dif sound than that has been already been done...biggest compliment i take to heart..is you sound like you & not like anybody else..but you will end up sorta alone in a way with musicians if you go yur own way with no reference to compare to....
but if you can go live with it....you get paid & paid well....
 
Cadorman said:
What is this free writing of which you speak?
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From wikipedia:

Free writing has traditionally been seen as a prewriting technique in academic environments, in which a person writes continuously for a set period of time without worrying about rhetorical concerns or conventions and mechanics. While free writing often produces raw, or even unusable material, it can help writers overcome writing blocks and build confidence by allowing them to practice text-production phases of the writing process without fear of censure. Some writers even use the technique to collect initial thoughts and ideas on a topic, often as a preliminary to formal writing.

More or less, this is how I do it. Mind you, I consider myself a guitar player first and foremost, and not so much a lyricist, but that's why I find this technique useful to me. I have a friend who can just pull words out of his ass and he can paint you a complete color picture of what he wants to convey and it seems to come so easy to him. Me not so much at all.
 
mcblink said:
From wikipedia:

Free writing has traditionally been seen as a prewriting technique in academic environments, in which a person writes continuously for a set period of time without worrying about rhetorical concerns or conventions and mechanics. While free writing often produces raw, or even unusable material, it can help writers overcome writing blocks and build confidence by allowing them to practice text-production phases of the writing process without fear of censure. Some writers even use the technique to collect initial thoughts and ideas on a topic, often as a preliminary to formal writing.

More or less, this is how I do it. Mind you, I consider myself a guitar player first and foremost, and not so much a lyricist, but that's why I find this technique useful to me. I have a friend who can just pull words out of his ass and he can paint you a complete color picture of what he wants to convey and it seems to come so easy to him. Me not so much at all.
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aka Rap
 
Dont do this often, here is 3rd song i ever did on guitar. 2016,..about 4 months after switching from bass. I refuse to follow standard protocol to songwriting. This song...i let the guy being bullied..he gets to take out the bully.

https://soundcloud.com/id%3Dbftd-821374834%252Fblack-rain%252Fs-gLAX4%3Bsecret_token%3Ds-gLAX4%3Btrack_id%3D736113430

BLACK RAIN

your pickin on me..i don't think its fair

why must you always..leave me in despair

you are bullying me...you just dont care

how you treat me ..is my cross to bear



in the end...best beware

lookin at ...the frozen stare



in the eyes of a killer..beneath all the pain

a cold steel thriller..to begin the black rain

pourin down...to the ground

unleashed fury...not insane

just tryin ...to stay around

i am not..on a crazy train

take your hands..off of me

you pushed me...way too far

take a look...at me

all my hurt..your scars..your scars



can't stop the black rain..pushin at my brain

cold steel...a thriller

hiding all the pain

behind the eyes of a killer

lies the black rain

black rain...pain..pain..pain

black rain...pain..pain..pain

stop it.. stop..it..you're killin me

stop it.. stop..it..you're killin me



now it's gonna rain..it's comin down

i see black rain..it's comin down

its comin down..its comin down

way on down..way on down

till someone is on the ground

then in the ground



when you see

someone in pain

it is

the black rain

please help



Copyright BFT 2016​
 
there has got to be over 300 songs laying around this house lyric wise & easily 100 in scratch tracks ready to record...it won't stop...maybe it's my sanity & way to write to myself without taking it out on others...i have literally documented our lives in all the songs..it wasnt until Sip in Sept did i get back to the way i would write....my gosh...dads cancer...my 5th granchild was born at 1lb 6 oz, my youngest had to move in with us with 2 grandkids...my wife has been knocked senseless in a way & can't even stand up more than 45 min. Had gun in my gut last christmas making a car key...the lawyers are fighting. & saying its not bad....a stupid detective was on our property & i caught him...if i dint defuse in song writing & martial arts..there would be some hurts being dished out,,,
 
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