Stupid Easy Trick to Write Better Lyrics🔥
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- Опубликовано: 14 авг 2022
- This stupid easy trick to write better lyrics will stop you from struggling with writing lyrics. There's no one formula for writing a great song. However, some tips and techniques can help you write better lyrics.
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My dad have about 45 years of experience in the industry. When I started writing songs, he told me this : "Every line that's not an image, you cut it. Every single one of them. No filler." I've basically been doing this subconsciously for years!
Great advice
As a folk writer, I totally disagree with that. Understanding popular songs….. he’s right.
Depends on the type of song.
Theres like a million hit songs that are like 80% filler
@@InAtlasAtLast And most pop songs have terrible, generic lyrics with a catchy melody
" a very plastic bag thing to do." made me laugh so hard. love it
cheers skinny dave, but the credit has to go to Ryan George. cheers man😂
Do you need a songwriter?
Fake plaaaa-AAAAAstic bags
But very scary if you've seen those huge bags (👻👽) wafting through a neighborhood park, freaking out van occupants !!😮😂
An opening lyric that has been derided as a joke since it came out 😂 perfect example
i feel like a cinnamon roll
always spiraling, never in control
because....
i dont know myself
Feel like a cinnamon roll
A sweet little spiral
Around and around I go
I try to help but hurt my soul
And people taking bites out of me
They take but don’t give anything
And I just continue spiraling
Just spiraling
Just spiraling
deku deku you can call me deku green hair green eyes im just a lil cinnemon roll 😍😍😍
I feel like his advice is a good start but it gives way to a lot of linear and formulaic thinking, which, there already is FAR too much of in the world so no sir, I can't cosign.
@@mikehawkertz9237 Bars! 🙌🏽
Feel like a cinnamon roll
A sugar laced whirlwind
But carbs take their toll....
It's always fun when you find a really important piece of advice and realize you've already been following it for years :)
Not quite the same as validation or feeling like you've been doing it "right", because in a creative space like songwriting there isn't really a right or a wrong, but it's encouraging all the same.
Of course it's not not so much fun when you realise you've been following this advice for years ... and your lyrics still suck.
well, there's definitely a weak message and a strong message in songwriting. There are certain things we have to follow to guarantee the lyrics hit as hard as we want them to, otherwise we would be doing it wrong, also how well the lyrics sound poetically - that's another thing that one could do wrong
@@dimboomx7582 That's definitely true I just meant there's often more than one way to do that.
And the best way to send a message sometimes also depends on what the message is.
"I'm gonna fly as a bird through the night" from Chandelier is not a WHY, but rather more HOW. The lyrics of that song just gives you metaphors that sets the listener in the scene and help convey the current feeling and somewhat dark actions of the person in the song. The lyrics talks about being mentally in a bad place (the reasons left to interpretation) and overall the song means you’re holding on for dear life. The WHY isn't given to the listener.
It's more of a simile
@@mattrushing8025 It actually is a simile, but the purpose of that simile is to give more info on the "HOW".
@@thebeefyleaf I agree, that could be part of the WHY, but it's not answered in the Chorus, at least not in the main chorus. That song has two choruses with different motifs (rhythmically and melodically) which is what sets them appart, and in this case these choruses are placed one right after the other. The first chorus is when it says "I'm gonna swing from the chandelier....", and the second is when it says "But I'm holding on for dear life...".
It really is neither.
And the listener always has to be given something to think about otherwise it's not relatable or entertaining. The listener doesn't want to be force fed truth, they want to discover it with help from you the songwriter. Nice observation!
I heard it said once that the art of writing poetry is essentially alienation. That is, taking something familiar and looking at it or expressing it in an unfamiliar way, making the mundane seem extraordinary. If you can do it in a particulary interesting or striking or beautiful way, you have poetry - or in this case, song lyrics. This is really what this "SHY method" is really about.
I tend to break the rules quite a bit in every regard(I don’t write pop music), but one thing I always do on every song or verse is the ‘why’. I always figure out a way to tie my lyrics and structure together with some intent. It makes the song feel like it has a purpose.
Now this video brings new ideas, especially with regard to working with other artists who are more pop oriented. Good shit! 🤘
Yes. The chorus can be viewed as a punchline. BTW there are no rules. Just theories. But I know what you mean.
Thanks. This helps out a lot. True story. I've been writing music ever since I was a young kid, and when I was a kid, I wrote songs like crazy. They just popped out like nothing. I would see the things you're describing. The thing now is that when I was in high school, I got some head injuries playing football that I only just recently found out about in the last few years. Im not stupid, it's like my brain just works in a entirely different way. I can't seem to write good lyrics to save my life now, but I'm glued to my guitar now. Just one of those things. Seeing this really kinda reminded me how I used to write though. I guess I was doing some of this stuff just not knowing it at the time. I'm gonna see what I can do now. Thanks again
That’s interesting that you stopped writing lyrics after the head injuries. I had a concussion about two years ago and several months later started writing lyrics for the first time.
@@SAEpisodes4444 u guys swapped
You know about the role of the left side of the brain vs the right side? Depending on where any damage may have occurred it could be a factor here.
Honestly read (especially older) poetry to learn how poetic devices are actually supposed to work. View the world as if it is actually full of meaning and look through objects and situations to find their ultimate truth.
Great advice👍
I'm a singer/songwriter just starting in Brazil and I'm really glad that I found the SHY method on my lyrics even in Portuguese, I never forget that, thank you!!!
Btw this is the best songwriting channel on YT. Helped me tremendously
Cheers Gabriel, I really appreciate that. Glad to hear the content has helped, makes my day 😃
Same! Helpful AND inspiring.
@@alinaaavikko2623 cheers, I really appreciate that.😊
Absolutely! Most consistent channel ever!
Been struggling with the music for new song. Even more so with the lyrics. This actually helped!
Great to hear A keithing, so glad you got some value from it. it's simple but effective👍
thanks for your videos! Great advice every time and straight to the point. Keep up the good work, song writers (and their listeners) will benefit greatly!
Nice one KAWAKEMAN, really appreciate that.👍
Very much informative 👍
Guy called him Yorkie 😂
Ole Yorkie!🐐
Have been writing songs forever and took a break recently.. now it feels like I can't write anymore. Going to try this method and let you know how it goes. Thanks!
Good stuff Julian. Remember that this is a framework. You don't have to limit it to just similes, you can use metaphor, personification...anything you want. You can also expand on the how & why whith other questions...where, when etc. Good luck 👍
An example of a song i wrote using this method:
they say
numbers tell no lies
i stop and think
before i dial it
would you tell me
you cant hear me
i bet that club so crowded
or could you
hear it in
my voice
that im alone
and i feel surrounded
tell me that you’ll
be right there
breathe
count to a thousand
your love is
like a deep breath
at the top
of a mountain
they say
you cant
get over it
then you go
around it
i
cant get over it
there’s no way
around it
i
cant get over you
and
i need you
need you
around me
i need you around me
your love is like
the finish line
lookin back
at those
who doubted
your love is like
the sun
and sky
still keeps
me grounded
your love is like
a deep breath
at the top
of a mountain
they say you
cant get over it
then you go
around it
i
cant get over it
there’s no way
around it
i
just cant get over you
and i need you
need you
around me
Yay thanks! You guys inspire me to become a better song writer. Cheers!
Thank you, that makes my day👍
I was doing this but unintentionally already, I’m going to make a wave of sound and enjoy the process of creating what I’m intended to create.
Glad I watched this and good examples to back up the SHY method, gonna apply that technique on my 1st song!
Good vid and yes this is a way, I think you have to do what works for you. Most songwriters fight with themselves and spend too long thinking and overthinking. I have a book side of bed wake up and write the words because you never remember the next morning. Also I just write what comes into your head I can write 6 songs a day and then spend time going over editing ( sometimes months) but get the basic thoughts down first. I think the content you have on your channel is really a great watch cheers David
Nice one dave and wel said.
A lot of lyrics are based off of poetry so making some sort of image with words it’s generally great advice.
I considered at one time to go to my local college to find a literary or poetry student or club that could help with a project. Give them a song with guitar phrases as vocals and see what they come up with.
@@pgnandtI actually do this quite a bit in my own music. I'll come up with some good voices and phrases on the guitar then translate.. actually put out a video on RUclips yesterday that is me starting a song and finishing it. it's a whole video of me writing a song from beginning to end.. and in that video actually do this and talk about it briefly
@@andrewspicer6399 Nice. I will definitely watch your video today.
I tried this on a song I just wrote and sure enough it did improve it IMO!
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cheers Silky Bolt, thank you for the kind words. Glad you're getting some value from the content.👍
They're underrated, and I'm sharing this channel to my friends cause they deserve it!
@@wearesongwriters4811 Cheers We are Songwriters, I really appreciate that👍
Dope tips. Simple and straightforward. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful! Chocolate Moose
Thanks for the great songwriting tips. Very useful.
Bro, I have watch lots of lyric writing videos and this is by far the best formula yet, it fits the examples perfectly and easy to execute. Thanks!
Cheers recentalpaca, really appreciate that. Great to hear you got some value from it 👍
Nice tune! Thank you for sharing your process through Jeff Tweedy. I love the idea of being a collaborator in the meaning of a song! I feel confident to dive into the song in my heart!
"I'm gonna make a change/for once in my life/ it's gonna feel real good/ gonna make a difference/ gonna make it right/ .." this is the pinacle of an imortal anthem that was ever written. It tells the story trough inner monologue but out loud. How much personal can it be, than to whiteness someone facing their biggest fears and finally coming to the point of Realisation about themselves. Your all alone, only you and the man in the mirror. 💚 Thanks for the tipps
love this video, man got right into the topic and gave very worthwhile advice
Cheers Will, bad boys for life!👍
Excellent advice! Thanks a lot for this great lesson!😊
Cheers Lua, glad you got some value from it. 👍
HAHA THOSE TRANSITIONS RULE MAN... THANKS FOR MAKE ME LEARN AND LAUGH IN BETWEEN.
big help in killing my months long writers block. Lots of love from drogheda, Louth
I never heard of this method and I love it ❤
Thank you for this! Your advice is on point.
This was actually a great video and very useful
Cheers!
Helped a lot with my poems! Thank u
👏👏👏😌✌️ it sounds beautiful! Very nicely done. It sounds so sweet, somber, and docile. I would love to hear you play it on the electric with a clean tone and some light reverb and maybe some delay.
Omg you’re the best! Thank you for this, very helpful.
Thank you 👍
I found myself in writers block now so I am looking for inspiration and your video is so nice, short, sweet and informative, truly amazing and fun as well
Good tip! I need all the help I can get😅
This is such a helpful video, I've studied lots of music theory in college but where I've always struggled is creating lyrics for my songs. I've always been strong in English but these concepts are so new and refreshing to my mind and make so much sense to what I'm trying to accomplish. I wish I could've received this kind of useful education earlier in my career. I don't know what school or program you attended to learn this techniques but I would be incredibly in your debt to share with me lol. Thank you for all your amazing content I'm hooked.
Cheers badedgod, glad you found it helpful. This is stuff I picked up over the years here and there. 👍
My favourite simile is found in Coffee and TV by Blur:
Do you feel like a chain store
Practically floored
😆
love it!
Thanks for the advice bud
When deciding between similes and metaphors, I try to think of how strong it should be. With "I'm like a stone", the focus is still on me, but now I'm rather stone-ish in some particular way. Whereas "I am a stone", I've now fully become the stone and ready to take on all traits of being a stone, like rolling or gathering moss or no moss.
well said Lawrence.
Good point!
@Lawerence Gillespie
I am in complete accord with the two previous comments (including the creator! Cool.) That was an incredibly clear and concise insight and illustration-not only on and of the strength, commitment, and willing transformation inherent in the “I am” as opposed to “I am like”-but also provided the basic nuance between metaphor and simile for any previously unaware peruser of comments. Thank you.
As an MFA in Creative Writing grad who musically was lyrical/vocalist first and has worked (still do) to level-up my musicianship, I always respect and admire precise and effective explanations/lessons/instructions etc. I enjoyed the video: your reaction very much resonated.
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The 'why' has to be obvious for the writer as the teller of the story, and it should give the listener a reason to listen otherwise they won't. Nice short video - straight to the point with great examples!
cheers David.
But having lyrics that are confusing will draw the listener into listening again. The listener will make their own sense of it. -Berkley School of Music. One of many theories out there.
Being told to put a simile in your poetry is like being told words are made of letters.
The radio head song, is also like patronising someone in a kind of demoralising way. Good song lyrics, I believe, have a “not what they seem” way about them at first. Sometimes years go by before the actual meaning sets in.
"a very plastic bagey thing" loled hard XD
Pretty good video, straight to the to the point, thank you
Wow ! Thanks such awesome content!
This is very good, and easy to remember. And I didn't have to watch an hour long video to get the information. Thanks.
cheers mrMikomi. yeah i love watching hour long vids for two minutes of info.
Just subscribed ❤ Very cool breakdown, looking forward to more
Cheers Charlie, great to hear you got some value from it 👍
Great. Gonna try %) Thanks
Excellent breakdown!
amazing channel, glad i found it
Man, wish you could do a session in Ireland, I’d love to have a legit talk with you about songwriting. Maybe extend it to young kids
Sounds interesting S.O., what did you have in mind?
It's all about poetry. "Angel" is one of those poetic words.
wow this definitely exceeded my expectations
Excellent tutorial. Well done. Thank you!
Thanks for this. WOW!!!!
Thank you! This was really great! New subscriber.
Nice one Benevolent Concepts, great to hear👍
Hey, I did it, used the SHY method, wrote a song today....pretty cool, thanks so much. It's not perfect, as I'm adding music via guitar, I'm making it fit, inserted a word here or there, or dropping out a word or two, but it really worked....thanx for the road map !!!
That's great to hear Frank, glad it helped.
PURE GOLD. Amazing.
Hey Chad,, how's it going? great to hear from you. Really appreciate that👍
This is good stuff, the content interested me and was worth the view, and the Wayne's World moment got a big laugh from me; instant sub!
nice one Richard.
Kudos for giving a awesome knowledge
Sooo good!
Brilliant video. Now I have to write a song to address the ecocide...
Woe is me!
cool vid, man
Bro your channels awesome. Dont stop kid!
I appreciate that Sam, cheers 👍
I thought it was “you’re just like an onion, your skin makes me cry” 🤣
"Do you feel like a chain store? Practically floored"
I just followed this and made myself cry with my lyrics.
Interesting advise and I'd add another color to that palette - flow. Just start writing without stopping and then go back and look for SHY areas to touch up. I like to get it all out no matter how the words collide for those are my ideas and not a copy of something I've already written. At least that's my hope and oft times I'm pleased and what the listener hears is no longer of importance to me.
Awesome video!
Often the words will come out from just singing the song through with whatever consonant and vowel sounds flow with the musical phrases. Then, you go back and try to make sense of it all. I think Cat Stevens said he did this when writing his songs.
Goated advice
This is very helpful! Do you have more examples but of more recent songs? I teach Songwriting to high schoolers and I like to use song examples that are not 10+ years old lol!
What is wrong with old songs?
@@pgnandt I never said there’s something wrong with old songs. As a trained educator and teaching artist I often show my students examples of old songs along with new ones that they can identify or are more familiar with to help with the learning process. Showing them examples both old and new helps emphasize the relevance of the topic to the younger generations.
@@HannahSchzde I agree.
Great video mate, subscribed.
cheers
Thank you!
I think also this video has a S.H.Y method.
Pretty cool!
well spotted Cruskxp
Great lets all use the same formula and make all songs the same.
Be careful with similes, boys and girls. That’s a very quick shortcut to ending up on Metaphor Boulevard in the famous town of Cringeville.
I make lots of instrumental music, and I write a lot of words. I should be a natural at songwriting, right? Wrong. Even with those two conditions and practices, I hate trying to write song lyrics. My solution? Never try, because trying to write a song will make me hate the process. Good solution? No, not really, because I'd like to write songs my own way. I like starting with an instrumental, and then let lyrics occur to my mind if they do, and if they don't, I made a nice instrumental.
Um, this S.H.Y. method might actually get me unstuck. Really I want songs to have a purpose, and express something that is quite a bit bigger than the words. Thank you for this video. I like your ideas.
I'm the same. I have lots of music ability but have no talent with lyrics. Look up Pat Pattison, Berkley school of music. Guy has lot's of tricks. I have tons of music leaving space for lyrics. I've also considered finding a literary student from my local college. Find a poet. You never know.
why hasn’t anyone thought of this?? this is BRILLIANT
about time!
Thanks man seems very helpful! I should try it. And anybody said to you that you look like a Josh Klinghoffer? Anyway, thanks again. Keep up your good work) Cheers!
cheers man. Klinghoffer! I think its the hat.
I understand it easily thank u
‘ like an elephant shaking his trunk for the hell for of it ‘
lOVED THIS VIDEO! :)
I had a friend with a radio head, but video killed him, right in his head.
I love how "do you ever feel like a plastic bag" is used as an example of greatness here! That's literally the exact example that I always use to tell people about how embarrassingly bad lyrics can get in songs 🤣
One man's trash is another man's treasure... Or should I say "plastic bag"
Hi Chris, thanks for the comment. I'm not actually saying any of the lyrics of the examples are an example of greatness. The point of the video is the pattern that they all use. 👍
Wow I knew about using literary devices in my songs but you expanded my mind a bit more with you acronym thank you 🙏🏾.
Cheer Joshva, glad you got some value from it.
Great 👍 📹 video man 😎
great!
awsome i'd glad to see ya video whom can better than teaching you showed that nothing posssiable. it all your
dope video , love it
Nice one Jean, glad you enjoyed it.
You’re more than a teacher
With you I’m not alone
I’ve learned everything I can
Now I’ll write a story of my own...
Thanks!
This was awesome bro🤟🏻
Thank you 🙌
Awesome!
cheers Vitor👍glad you got some value from it.
Yes, true. It is a very plastic baggy thing to do. That was an amazing analysis.
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Cheers Dan. That damn algorithm eh! Great to hear you are getting some value from it😺👍