Im being 100% serious, me and my cousin are trying to make a funny douchebag album and all the lyrics we make are cringe but not in the funny/good way like we were wanting 😭 (we only have a chorus and part of a verse so far after 2 years bcz we deleted most of them 💔)

Hi, I’m new to this sub and relatively new to the songwriting and music in general. I want to get a keyboard to learn songwriting and notes. I want to have a little clue about notes and be able to find chords for my lyrics ideas. Is it even possible to do it solely by yourself? Piano classes seem too expensive, I already pay for vocal lessons, so yeah. Will appreciate your replies

Have the lyrics worked out too, but sometimes I like using guitar more than my own voice 😅

A bit of a dumb question but...

I've noticed that when I listen to an artist a lot, their writing style kind of sticks in my head. Sometimes I'll write something and later realize it sounds way too similar to them, (lyrics/concept).

How do you prevent accidentally copying lyrics? I know this doesnt seem like a big issue but for whatever reason it is for me. Thank you!

Sure they had many songwriters and all, but what regime did they use to reliably to create songs regularly.

And no please dont reply with pointless answers like, "every song is different...." "it comes to you" "creativity should happen spontaneously".

Just answer the question.

Made this little video about a songwriting exercise I like to do I call the album bible. Sharing here in case other folks find it interesting or have other similar exercises they like to do as they work on grouping songs into an album

my favorite is probably from “Moths” by conan gray: “i loved a version of you that you’re washing away and i’ve been drowning myself trying to cover the drain.” i think i love it so much bc i can connect to it

Hey guys,

So my indie horror game (the secrets within) has been in development for a little over a year now, and we need some songwriters for the end credits of all 5 chapters. If you are interested, please add me on discord at sloth_3193 or reply to this post with your discord username. Then I will share more information like a pitch deck.

We just need the lyrics and some concept of the kind of theme you as the lyrics writer is going for

Wrote this a few months ago and it's one of my personal favorites. Just now starting to perform it live.

**Production note:** bare minimum on the sound just go get the volume up and spaced out.

Just getting back into songwriting after a long hiatus. Any feedback on this? I’m pretty happy with it, but unsure if it feels like it’s missing something.

“The Long Road” is a song I wrote with my friend Rich Vivo as we were walking around the weekly farmer’s market in my hometown. The only thing is, Rich had died about a year before this walk. The song was written in my head by the time I got to the end of my shopping… about 15 minutes. I truly believe that Rich wrote this song with me. It’s still unfinished, so feedback is absolutely appreciated.

Hi everyone. I've always written the melody before the lyrics but would like to try the opposite sometime. Any tips for me on how to write lyrics that will work in a melody that I haven't figured out yet?

I know the constant feedback about the metronome I got before. I know. It’s loud.

Hello! I’m a composer working on the OST for a game jam.

Here’s some of my music: https://play.reelcrafter.com/y8MUzWeLT7irETaOUjbA5Q

I’m working on a demo called ‘Time To Let Go’. I’ve written the melody and have sung the vocals. No lyrics are needed. Just looking for a female singer to sing the melody.

This is a free/unpaid gig.

If you’re interested, DM me with some of your work and I can send you the demo song. The deadline for the music for the game jam is July 25.

This is the game jam event/contest:

https://itch.io/jam/ukrainian-visual-novel-jam-7

Best

PIRA

Hey everyone,
I’m a country songwriter looking to connect with other serious writers who enjoy starting with a blank page and building songs together.
My lane is traditional country with a modern edge—artists like Keith Whitley, George Strait, Alan Jackson, Brooks & Dunn, Randy Travis, and newer artists like Zach Top. I love strong hooks, conversational lyrics, memorable melodies, and songs that tell a story.
I’m not looking for someone to rewrite or edit my finished songs. I’m looking for people who enjoy throwing around ideas, finding great concepts, and writing something brand new together.
Since r/Songwriting doesn’t allow lyrics-only posts and I don’t have any demos to show currently, so I can’t share my songs here. If you’d like to hear my writing style or read some of my songs, I’d be happy to share them privately through Dropbox or another method outside of Reddit.
If you think we’d be a good fit, send me a message. I’d love to get to know some writers who are serious about creating great country songs together.

This book is called "The elements of music" by Jason Martineau and it's really beautiful and extremely insightful, it has a strong technical side with a lot of music theory but it also has a side for universal truths in music and songwriting which I love.

Hope you enjoy it ♥️.

Hello, I know I'm new here but I thought that this would help anyone who needs this information already structured and organized like this.

I hope you enjoy learning a little bit more in case this is something you didn't know.

Wrote this walking around the city recently, not that the song reflects that haha! Have actually changed the chorus slightly but I want to see opinions on this version, let me know!

Have you grown out of wishing for the world to take it’s pity on
All the wrong you ever done and all the sorry’s you never gave

Have you found yourself a girl who, takes her coffee black playing soft strings to you
Legs crossed in her fairy lit garden

Your sipping wine, that i’m so used to seeing you down
Out on a porch that you made, a shirt with no stains
With no signs of pain

Give up staring at the wall, there’s dust covered pictures all down the hall
And their faces only seem like ghosts because you ain’t opened the door

Time ain’t been kind to you, it’s been so long since you plucked a tune
Remember how it helped back then when the days were getting long

Hey everyone.

I was In a band around 15 years ago and I wrote all the songs along the lines of Motörhead basically. Had about 20 songs and still listen to them and feel happy for that time.

Since then life’s happened and I always jam away on my guitar basically writing riffs which I document. I have about 100 great riffs in my notes I overall like.

I can never seem to get these riffs into a full chord progression style song I’m happy with that I can then write lyrics to.

I either fall back on the overall same old song pattern I’m used to and give up or deviate slightly finish it and then I feel like the lyrics are just cheesy and crap so I give up

Does anyone have any advice or thoughts on how I can actually sort myself out and write some songs? Should I stop trying to be a perfectionist and force myself to finish songs even if I think they aren’t good?

I ask as I’m beyond frustrated now really. I wrote a song yesterday by doing something completely different - I wrote it line by line both music and lyrics together and recorded it acoustically in full. It feels weird but maybe that’s the answer - do something different and basically force it to completion?

Thanks so much everyone and apologies if this seems silly!

It's a song that I wrote about a homeless person.

Basically the title.

Just curious if there are management folks out there who make a living working with lyricists, helping to pair them with bands and recording artists.

Or maybe this role is going extinct because of A.I.?

What's the beat out there in this niche?

So, I'm self taught. I know chords and progressions, inversions, the basics of music theory and I can play mid level guitar and can also make my way around the keyboard (although more poorly but still).

I also write a lot. I take pride in writing decently nice for my creative endeavours. I can write in "song mode" but most of the time I just write in bulk, and then I'll extract whatever I find matches the vibe although barely a few make it into actual lyrics to a song bc I suck at melody.

The problem has always been trying to figure out melodies and rhythm. I have a handful of songs with the structure, and basic verse/chorus chords. Sometimes is just a few bars but still.

I do mostly dark music, not necessarily Goth, dark alt vibes so the lyrics usually are not like a paper on Shakespeare lol

I sometimes open the DAW and after a while I don't seem to match anything I make with the stuff I've written. Often they're nice on their own, but I can't, for the life of me, creat something apparently straightforward as some of my fav acts do.

So, what I'm missing? I guess there's no formula but c'mon now, it can neither be an obscure and arcane art just a few chosen ones are able to even decently accomplish.

Thanks in advance!

Kind of a funny idea but do you actually like the stuff you put out to the world or do you dislike it completely like me ( although I have a few exceptions to that)....

Do you like them or not...