Can suggest me some theme? this is the first time i'm going to write a chiense song. any suggestion? theme will do! then i'll try make one nice music hopefully and post it up ^^ thx

you want to reuse an existing theme ? in this case, why not try to listen to different songs and pick up a theme by yourself ?

otherwise, finding a theme is something difficult and very personnal, that might inspire one at a certain place in time and space. But that's just my opinion...

i find writing songs or composing music should be a very natural thing. u cant really force it. however, u can inspire urself to write one. for me its either going to a good music concert or listening to a nice cd. just pick a theme from there and work on ur own. its good to hum or sing the tune to urself before transfering the ideas to your guitar or any instruments. alot of things from me is just improv on the spot. just hit the record button and record whatever u feel and think. it works for me. sometimes itll turn out good, sometimes it wont.

thx for ur advice! yeah i do listen to lots of music. i'm a music lover. Perfer sentimental and romantic music but can't make up my mind for the theme and i got 1 title and theme in mind but it will be kept for later when i'm more experience and good in composing coz i want this theme to be one of my best work so i reserve this theme for future "greatest love of all"

i'm not sure if i should do that, i suddenly realise i fell for one of my best friend but i know i won't be the lucky guy coz she likes a guy (secret admire him) and she's always being so miserable and sad , should i write her a song? but i dun want her know that i fell for her.SHould i?

That's why you should listen to Metal. Being good does, well..... no good. I figured that out this year..... and I'm soooooooo much happier being evil.

lol. u sound like a young teenage kid.

just write the song lah. dont have to play for her. songwriting takes practice. just write as much as u can.

well, you have songs like Motley Crue's You're All I need...
Youre all I need, make you only mine
I love you so I set you free
I had to take your life
Youre all I need, youre all I need
And I loved you but you didnt love me

or how about G'N'R's Used to Love her?
I used to love her, but I had to kill her
I used to love her, but I had to kill her
I knew I miss her
So I had to keep her
She's buried right in my back yard

Not your everyday love song eh?

:/ if i copy meaning thats not composing anymore lolzzz

"Missing u" <--- will this be nice? hmmm it'll be obvious

"Hope u happy everyday" <-- something like this?

grrrrrrrrr

Ooooooh..... Song titles!!

Choking our Love
Rip 'yer Heart out
Until we die again
Roses on your grave
Tears of Blood
Pretend to Repent
Death/Love
Truth be your death
Throbbing with Love

I can go on and on and on and on.........

Well, the idea is that you don't have to make it a simple and direct love song. You could make it sinister, like that GnR song, or you could hide a theme of unrequited love in a death metal song that has words like "decrepit" and "decay" (eg. "In this decrepit crypt the darkness of my soul decays aaaaaaaaauuuuuugghhhhhhh"). You could make a song that goes "Go for it, girl, 'cuz love needs to be said, oh yeah", but include a theme that says "And if you crash and burn, I'll be your parachute, whoa whoa" or something like that.

Instead of writing it in first/second person style (eg. "And I love her" or "I wanna hold your haaaaand"), you can write it in third-person (eg. "She loves you, yeah yeah yeah" or "Friday morning at nine o' clock and she's far away, waiting to keep the appointment she made, meeting a man from the motor trade"). That sometimes makes things fresher, and if you're shy about admitting that you wrote it with her in mind, you can say that it's an "everybody" song.

Point is you can write basically anything once you know what you want to write about. You don't have to try bloody hard to make it lyrical dynamite, but it doesn't have to be "I love you, you love me" simple. And that's just the easy part.

Putting it to a melody is, of course, the hard part (which is why I tend to write the melody first).


Don't title your song first. Write the words, then base the title on that. It's easier that way, and you don't "lock" yourself into a definite theme, giving you the option of trying different angles.


As We Lay Down To Sleep?

This post has been edited by littlefox: Oct 20 2006, 11:39 AM

Decrepid? Decay?
Or maybe words like, 'deranged,' and um, 'delouse.' In fact, you really can't go wrong with anything that starts with d-e. 'Cept for maybe Dentist!

Actually, you know what?
Just watch this:

http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail141.html

This post has been edited by blacktrix: Oct 20 2006, 01:30 PM

Jugga jigga wugga.

love songs suck
Go compose some instrumental piece. It's more satisfactory

EDIT: And you don't have to bother about crappy lyrics.

This post has been edited by Bassix: Oct 20 2006, 02:32 PM

actually my fav from strongbad has always been these.

http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail36.html
http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail58.html

Oh man.... the Meedley has been my staple ringtone for ages!!!!!

thx thx for all the advice thx blacktrix littlefox and others got ur idea no nid to be direct

You can go the pop/power-ballad style...or you can go the bad-boy style and go for a rock ballad. November rain. Maybe you can do an emo-punk style but that's not too romantic.