You Don’t Know How Write To A Song … You’re Not A Musician!

What's the answer? Yes AND NO. Confused? Let me explain. For simplicity, here I will refer to the ‘music’ part of songwriting. First of all, I will tell you that I am an artist, a composer and a vocalist. And I worked with both instrumental songwriters and songwriters who did not play. Which groups… This is something I have touched on briefly in a previous newspaper -… I am often asked "can I write better songs if I am an artist"? What is the answer? Yes AND NO. Confused? Let me explain. For simplicity, here I will refer to the ‘music’ part of songwriting. First of all, I will tell you that I am an artist, a composer and a vocalist. And I worked with both instrumental songwriters and songwriters who did not play. What is the best team you can work with? It goes like this. Those who play a musical instrument (to some extent) are more inclined to understand time, tempo and perhaps some symmetry. Sometimes, artists will also understand the construction of music a little more than non-artists. They will understand the structure of harmony and the particular music theory associated with it. - in practice and theory.Yes, this is GOOD. It is beneficial. Now yes - there are non-artists who are gifted with these features too, but I'm just generalizing here. In most cases, more artists will have these features than non-artists. Now here is the church. It is for this same reason that many artists find it difficult to write beautiful songs. How? Well, because there are artists who are predestined to believe that maybe the song should flow in a certain way, or maybe the sequence of songs should not fall into that pattern, etc., BECAUSE they are caught up in a theory that tells them indirectly. "This is incorrect". You see, songwriters who know nothing about music theory or playing an instrument will write freely. Which means they can't think of something as 'musically right' or not. Of course, you can't write a pure non-musical song and expect to have an acceptable reception. You will be angry.But it is better not to think too much about something ‘sitting well’ musically in the song. Why care? Song. If the second verse has 10 bars and the first verse has 8 - what? No problem.On the investigative side, there are non-musical songwriters who need that little pressure to learn basic songs on the piano or guitar…. Just to give them that idea and sometimes even overpay their genius. So …… .. Here is my conclusion. If you play a musical instrument and aspire to be a songwriter, do not think too much of what you are good at music. Let the chords and music take you away. Don't think too much of it. Yes, stick to the rules of music, but don't get caught.If you are not an artist and you are writing songs, then a good idea would be to learn the most basic songs on the keyboard. This is not entirely compulsory, but it will certainly give your songwriting a boast. Only basic chords will do. You will be amazed at the kind of music you can make by learning the basics. And why did I say keyboard and not guitar? However, I believe the keyboard is much easier to read than the guitar, as you can clearly see the notes from time to time you play forward. But please, don't let me stop you from learning the guitar if you do. It is a beautiful, natural instrument that accompanies songwriting. If you also decide to study the instrument, I will not be too caught up in this theory, unless you really want to learn about it futhi .and if you wish to learn do so, then try to draw a solid line between your music ego and your songwriting work. This is the key here. Since they can fight on their own, they can * work * together, if you try to find a balance.