how to write hit songs

How to write great songs Song writing is an art that needs to be mastered. It’s also a profession that can put food on your table. All around the world, music is a serious business. Starting from the instrumentalists, to song writers, to performer and the artistes in question. Developing the skills of song writing and being the best in it is one of the best thing can ever happen to you. If you are a song writer, and you want to be a professional song writer, learn keyboard or guitar, it will help you a lot. Many hit songs was written at the punch of a finger on a note in a keyboard, or a strike of a string on the guitar. These two musical instrument are powerful musical instrument that will help you make your journey of being a professional song writer easier. Have in mind what you want to write about; let’s take love for instance. Love, is a vast phenomenon, so the song writer has to be specific about what he/she wants to write about love. Is it about heart break? True love felt between two love birds? Sacrificing for love? Finally realizing the love someone has been showing? Etc. when the writer has finally decided on the kind of love event he/she wants to write about. Then he will find a matching title to complement the song. Then the song writing begins. Open your mind, you have to open your mind and let thoughts and lines flow in, don’t lock any line or thought out of your mind, because they don’t represent your social personality. A song writer is a creator, an originator, what you create comes to you first hand. And you have to deliver it how it comes. Don’t add and don’t subtract because of the way you think the society will perceive your song. Be original while writing song. Let your thought flow like an endless river and pour it out in every piece of song you write. Some people take songs from the dream world to the physical world. These sets of people hear sounds and songs in the dream world and when they are awake-they still remember the songs. This set of people should always go to bed with their recorder, pen and paper being kept at the head of their bed. These kind of song writers are terrific. Any song taken from the dream world is usually mind blowing. Write about things that touches your soul, it could be what happened to you or what happened to others. Pay a deep attention to your environment and be inspired by it. Be of free mind to write about it. Your environment is your biggest inspiration. Walk around your environment with an open mind take in thought and write about it. Play great songs listen to every bit of it, the rhythm, the rhyme, the percussion, the strings, and then the lyrics, sink it deep into your mind and think about what made them great songs. It’s another key that unlocks the door of writing with precision and accuracy. Don’t be stuck in one pattern of writing, try other ways of writing. And don’t write a particular genre, you are a creator. You can chose to create whatever you want unapologetically. You can combine genre to bring a new born. Song writing is a creative art. Always remember to be different each time you write new songs. Every song should come out with its own unique genetic code.