A few ideas. Write the words first. Try writing a poem. Sometimes having the words first can be a big help. Try this, buy a huge book of love poems on the bargain shelf at a Borders or Barnes and Noble or something and try putting some of the poems in the book to your rhythms. Then you don't have to actually write the song to start out but you can get an idea of how to turn the words into song. I used to do this when I was younger and I found it to ver very helpful in my later songwriting process.
Good Luck!
Write long and cut short. Write as many verses as you can and don't stop to edit. Once you've written a billion verses (ok, maybe less -- but maybe more!), then go back and cut and combine the best.
That's excellent advice. I've never had problems with songwriting.. bu that is definitely something I'll use if I ever decide to write a serious song.
You'd think that people would have had enough of silly love songs, but I look around me and I see it isn't so.Can someone give me pointers on writing a love song so that it doesn't sound cheesy. Please don't say write from your heart or something, I just keep coming up with similar corny things.
You'd think that people would have had enough of silly love songs, but I look around me and I see it isn't so.
Of course, it helps if you've got a great melody, which Paul is an undisputed master of.
If you watch that video a couple of dozen times you suddenly notice that they're singing something.