How to Begin Writing Your Own Lyrics & Music

Whether you're a musician and would like to broaden your talents or a singer who aspires to start writing your own material, songwriting is an asset but not easy to do. This article will cover the process of writing a song with music from start to finish. Some of the tools necessary when writing a song are:

1. Pencil & paper
2. Voice recorder
It's not necessary to use an expensive recorder; you can get them at Best Buy for $14.95
3. The will & desire to create music
4. Peace, quiet and all alone time
5. All the talent you can muster
This doesn't mean you have to posses Mariah Carey's vocals or Jim Morrison's ability on the guitar. Just bring your true creative niche and confidence in it.
6. A computer & internet access is helpful if you need to do research on a particular style or would like to look up various lyrical formats. But, you can just as easily pull out some of your favorite artist's CD cover folds.

There are ways to prescribe to the chorus, verse, chorus, bridge formula and simply "fill in the blanks" with some of your old diary entries or paraphrased radio pop lyrics. Simply adhering to his method will work and there are many ways to infuse your own style into the conventional prototype of a song. The only downfall to employing this method alone is its lack of all around creativity, and that it won't stand out amongst the many millions of songs being created throughout the world.

The other way to write a song is to analyze and follow your appreciation and interpretation of music at its most raw moment:

What type of music touches you emotionally?

What type of artists/songs do you listen to when no one else is around?