paper #5

Tim Howard

November 20, 2007


How to Learn The Basic Tools to Write a Musical Song

Ever wanted to write down a feeling or emotion? Ever wondered why music has so much meaning in itself. Well this is the guide for you! In this article you will learn the basics of writing a musical song. Some of the many different aspects that you will be learning are choosing a subject, choosing your argument, choosing your audience, and picking your style or genre you want the song to be rhythmically put to. These basic tools will not only make you a better lyricist, but also will make you a better writer.
The first objective that you will have to do lern when writing a musical song is to pick a certain subject on which you will write your song about. The subject can be anything you want it to be. It can be about a feeling you are having. It could be about a family member. It could even be about a zombie. The subject so much does not matter but this subject lays down the foundation of the entirety of you whole song. It inspires your writing and the type of music that you will later add on to the song. For example if you were to write a song about being patriotic for your country on independence day, you would not have a song such as “Halloween” as your background song because it is a song that is suppose to be freighting. You would not want to be freighted on a day such as Independence Day. This is why picking your subject is the number one objective you have to pick in order to write a good musical song.
The second objective that you will to when writing a musical song is be able to pick your objective. To everything that is considered right there is a way of doing it wrong. You must be able to pick what you believe is right is the right way of your subject. Even when dealing with subjects such as emotions not everyone believes that you should be feeling a certain way about an idea. You stating what you believe will most likely bring up an argument in some type of case. It is how well you prove your side is correct that will help many others to decide what they believe. If they believe what you believe it then allows your song to in popularity.
The third objective that will help you when writing a musical song is to choose your audience. Because you already know your subject and your argument it narrows down your audience down to two different. The first group of people is going to be a person who believes the same way you believe. This group of people can be in some ways easier to write because they believe the same way you do. Also though they want to know that you know what you are talking about and that your song has guidance in that it will lead others to believe in what you’re saying. Writing to this certain group is almost like writing to your friends or in case for a singer, his or her fans. This is easy because for the most part your friends, or fans, will always stick behind you through the end.
The second group of people, or audience, you could write your song to is the group of people who are against your case. This approach of writing is much more difficult because you are making yourself have to convince this other group those there ideas of believing are incorrect. This can for many people, make them run away from your music but if approached correctly you can allow yourself to connect with a different audience and in turn have more people trusting in your writing.
The last objective that will help you when writing a musical song is to pick your style or genre of music that you want to go along with your song. This all depend on the subject that you picked at there very beginning. Stating from the example in the second paragraph, if you were to write a song about being patriotic for your country on Independence Day, you would not have a song such as “Halloween” as your background song because it is a song that is suppose to be freighting. You would not want to be freighted on a day such as Independence Day. You would want your song to might have brass instruments playing something like the National Anthem instead. Bringing the famous connection of music and writing together.
In this article you learned the basics of writing a musical song. Some of the many different aspects that you will be learning are choosing a subject, choosing your argument, choosing your audience, and picking your style or genre you want the song to be rhythmically put to. These basic tools will not only make you a better lyricist, but also will make you a better writer. I hope these basic tools will help you to inspire to not only write but to make beautiful lyrics to songs. I leave you with this one message from Robin Williams in his new movie, August Rush, when he says “music is the single harmonic connection between all humans.”