How Do You Go About Writing A Song?

This is not a theory or music notation workshop! It's focus is lyrics,
melodies, and writing chord progressions that fit your melodies!

I’m just gonna make up something, write a song in REAL TIME!
Literally, as I write this tutorial series, I'll write a song. I'll go
back and forth between Word and my MIDI editor as I go.

Tutorial Series Description (Links below)

Part 1: Creating a "MOMENT"!
Songwriting Introduction: Where do ideas come from? Inspiration!
How to capture a moment, and turn it into a song!

Part 2: Creating a Melody
Using inspiration to write. When a melody comes to mind, what do
you do ‘physically’ to write the song?

Part 3: Creating The Music Around Your Melodic Phrase
Creating the chords that follow the melody. Writing a chord progression.

Part 4: Part 4: Turning A Short Melodic Phrase Into A Full Song
Imitation Phrasing

Part 5: Creating lyrics, finding words that rhyme!

Part 6: Song Mechanics!
What are the parts of a song? What parts do you need? How to create
a chorus, a bridge? How to write an intro, and an outro!

This is not a tutorial! It's a workshop! You need to go
through it step by step, in order! Each section has a link
to the following section.

Part 1: Let's write a song!

Parts 2-5: Let's Get Melodic!

Part 6: Song Mechanics!

Remember . . .
Every melody has been sung.
Every chord progression has been played.
Every word has been sung!

Well, guess what? Every song has not been written!

It’s a process!

Part 1: Let's write a song!

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