songwriting tips

[Thomas]

tell me what you think...

"It's like trying to/listening to a conversation through the wall. It's like you're trying to make out one word and then you make out another word and you have to make sense of the sentence out of those couple of words. So you've surely got to be quite perceptive/quiet. Usually the melody comes a split second before the vowels and the sibilance. You kind of see them. Or feel them rather, like climbing down a ladder at night. You put your foot down and there's another rung. Well you put your mind down and there's another meaning and a sense of what it is. Then you put them all together. There's a trick to it like focusing your eyes. Like talking to someone, only you can't quite hear them, and you feel kind of stupid because they're so much more clever than you. Sometimes the ideas just hover and shimmer in the air so delicately, like a soap bubble and you dare not even look at it directly in case it burst. But you're familiar with the way of ideas and you let it shimmer looking away, thinking about something else. And on the slightest of breezes/breaths it floats down glistening all the way into the palm/most tender part of your outstretched heart/heart."

-David Crowder

[dmb_tatertot]

you looking for a critique of lyrics? im a little confused

[Thomas]

lol no, that's a quote from a singer about writting songs amd i was just seeing if y'all thought he was making any sense at all.

[Sheesh]

wow. his symbolism blows my mind. no wonder i've never heard of his songs before!

[jrm]

interesting. it makes sense. I've never really cared for david crowder though. Some people really dig him. But I never really dug his style of lyric writing.
-jrm

[isaac]

Eh? That wasn't exactly tips, just explaining his personal experience with songwriting and quite frankly it's a little overly romantic in it's tone. Inspiration comes differently to different people, and their creative process is their own, too. Sometimes it is one word at a time like he says, other times it's a rush. Really just depends. If it didn't, we'd all be creating masterpieces that all sound the same.

[Thomas]

lol well i was hoping you guys would catch on to what he was doing but i guess not.

he's being VERY overly romantic for a reason. if you read it it's as if he's trying to be extremely specific yet vague at the same time. this was the answer he gave when someone asked if there was some kinda formula to songwritting, lol this was kinda his way of saying "no."

[DT]

i hope there isnt a formula because im sure as hell not using one

i just laid down the first track for my first real original... now i need to figure out how to solo so i can fill it out a little bit