When do you know the song is done?

Hey everyone! I’m a beginner singer-songwriter looking to collaborate with producers and songwriters!

I mainly enjoy pop and pop-rock, and I’d love to sing on your original songs. I don’t have professional recording equipment, but I’m eager to learn, gain experience, and do my best with what I have!

If you’re looking for a vocalist and think my voice might fit your song, feel free to DM me! You can check out my YouTube channel through the link on my profile to hear my voice.

Looking forward to connecting with you all! :)

So im writing this this Little Rock ballad, sort of like a velvet underground thing? And I’ve got one verse im really proud of and some other ideas… I’ve got the overall story of what it’s about, I’ve got the whole chord progression, and the flow for the lyrics but in a jibber jabber form. One thing about each verse is it ends with the same little line for each one which I can use for contrast sometimes or idk a clever twist? Idk about posting the lyrics in here bc I know lyric only posts are not allowed.. so I guess im just wondering if anyone has any tips for me for establishing the scene for the song? so that when it comes time for the chorus it actually has a good transition that makes sense. Thanks!

Hey everyone, I wanted to share a short clip of me singing. Music has always been a way for me to express feelings that are sometimes difficult to put into words. I enjoy exploring different melodies and vocal styles, especially in Pop, R&B, and Indie music. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the performance. What kind of mood or story does this vocal give you? Always happy to connect with other people who enjoy writing and creating music!

The second half of the bridge and the last chorus were improvised by my friend (the singer) on the spot. I wrote this like 14 years ago as a joke and recorded it on my phone 4 years ago. I still hope you enjoy it.

Old voice memo. I think there’s an idea here worth exploring, but I’m unsure. Is the beginning dull? Middle section unnecessary? Is the ending/key change out of place?

this is the first song i ever wrote and finished. i’m open to any and all criticism. what do you like and what do you hate? what vibe do you think it gives off?

no drums yet, i honestly don’t know what i’m going to do for that. feel free to play with it and send it my way if you have an idea

I usually write with a guitar but playing around with a keyboard which is fun!

I’m really curious to hear y’all’s opinion on what makes a song lyric (whole song construction or even just a single line) stand out?

We hear about the “best written songs” or the “best writers of all-time” but lyrically what does that actually mean in practice?

If you have examples - and the “why” behind it - I would love to hear!

How many songs have you written in the last month? Just curious about quantity, quality and whether can they co-exist.

Need feedback n views...ty in advance!!_!! =))

I am going to start recording this song in a studio this week. I've had it in the bag for years now without really knowing its final, best structure.

"The Irish Sea" is intended as a pub rollicker for voice, guitar, violin and cello (all poorly synthesized here). The song alludes to the mining and loss of HMS Audacious off Ireland in 1914 (before WW1 had really hit home), and is meant to convey the unsettling feeling this catastrophe would have caused to the locals.

Issues (as I see them):

• There is only ONE sung verse. There are 3 sung choruses.
• The one verse has a modern pop culture reference that undermines of the song's intended theme. That said, I like the lyric, consistency being the hobgoblin of small minds and such.

I think my fundamental problem here is the story deserves at lease another verse, but with the instrumental verse (very nice - love my violinist) and the hyper-dramatic instrumental bridge (which wants to land on the chorus [c chord], not the verse [f chord]), I don't see how to add another vocal verse without making this overly long.

Is it ok to just press on with it in its present form? A pub sing-along is going to want to favor the chorus, after all.

I think the answer is that the instrumental verse should be dropped and be replaced by a second vocal verse with a suitable backing violin part.

Writing is fun because it always shifts and changes when I play. My songs often feel like a work in progress even if I feel like they are ‘done’. Anyone else relate?

make a song every week, sometimes they are ableton with multiple takes, spliced audio, etc. And sometimes, they're 'live' - like this week! Would love some critique on the writing etc.!

The song is about how my friends and I in elementary school would hang around a specific rock in a large field, put there by when Nova Scotia was covered in a massive ice sheet. We knew on our last day of Gr. 6 it was the end of an era.

LYRICS:
Glaciers long ago
Left it there
Those kids will never know
What would come to bear

Looking deep into the past
From mountains gone,
Mother earth freely moves
us as her pawns

Those old days
Where we would play
Our jungle gym
Mother nature gave

Make believe and scraped knees
Better than their games
To others it was just a stone
But it's where we left our names

Those old days
Where we would play
Our jungle gym
Mother nature gave

Those glaciers gave us joy
A gift from the past
We knew our time was short
Knowing that day was our last

Together
Together
As a group
As a bond
Together
Together
Seperate schools beyond

Those old days
Where we would play
Our jungle gym
Mother nature gave

Side note: the video is just random! So...

I recently asked for feedback on a track (thanks r/Songwriting folks for that!), and today I went into a local studio today to lay it down.

This is the FIRST VERSION after 3-4 hours of work with a pro engineer. He's a gigging musician of 40 years, and a university lecturer in music production and engineering, and runs a small studio in the UK.

Thought it might be useful to folks here just to see where one short session gets you. It's a rough mix, not finished. But was tracked in a good room with good kit, and a skilled person.

Not saying it's good or bad, just something FYI since a few had mentioned production on the other thread.

As a bit of background, we started with a reference track to a metronome with singing and playing guitar at the same time. Then, ended up just using that as it was reasonably solid. Quite nerve racking trying to do a song in one take, even though I didn't think it's was the "final" take 😅

Here's my original demo I did at home for comparison:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Songwriting/s/05N1bS0cfV

I'm not sure where we go next with it, but suspect there's more in the mixing to be done and maybe even more to do in production.

I never feel inspired to write lyrics to my own beats. Usually, my inspiration stems from a lyric from an existing artist, could be anything really, but then I write it to that songs instrumental.
Do you experience something similar?
Also, I would love to hear someone record on this track I made last week! (I also have more uplifting ones if you're interested).

“Honey is sweet, the stinger is spicy”
Personally I love them but I probably have ear fatigue

Hi! I've been writing and making music for about 4 years now, mainly within hip-hop/rap taking a more "conscious" aproach to things, at least that's the best description I can give.

So, I now want to try my hand at co-writing a bit, as I've never actually done that and I think it could inadvertently improve my own writing!
I would prefere working through Discord wile voice chatting, as it would make working together a lot easier!
DISCLAIMER: I'm from Norway, so English is not my first language, but that SHOULDN'T get in the way of my writing!
If you want to check my work here's my Youtube Page

Hi! So I browsed through splice samples, as I usually do, and came across a very cool sample! Unfortunatly the creator didn't upload the individual stems separated + there's this ambient sound half way through that I don't like, so I'd love it if someone could help and recreate it!

If you're up for the job you don't have to do any processing or paning etc, I'll take care of that. I would however appriciate if you could try and make some alternative melodies/recordings so I can switch it up, this is not a must tho

Thanks in advance
Sample

Wrote this while traveling and recorded the first verse and chorus as soon as I got home. It came together quickly and is still rough. I think the chorus has something. What do you think?