There is no one formula to songwriting. Song composer is a unique experience that is based around talent, creativity and discipline. You can however purposefully engage with your talent, creativity and discipline to make the most out of the song writing process.
Let’s look at different ways you can
- Unlock morecreativity for your songwriting process
- Embracethe discipline you need for successful writing
- Engage with the right songwriting opportunities
Unlocking Your Creativity:
Just write:
Although it may seem contrary to your instinct. Expert songwriters advise to try and push through on your initial idea. Don't edit while you write. Don't focus on grammar or details. Take your theme and follow your stream of consciousness. It’s better to return later, deconstruct what you've already written and rewrite, rather than quit in the middle of the song writing process. Later you can return to your song and analyze what you've written.
Keep a notebook, a voice recorder or both with you.
Many songwriters get inspiration in mediocre parts of their day through people or experiences they weren’t expecting. For example, they over hear another’s conversation, it sparks an idea, and that idea is the platform for their song.
Write a lot – Keep a lot:
Always write your ideas even if you’re first assumption is you won’t need them. Write them, keep them, and use them to look back on.
The Structure Of Your Song:
Understanding song structure is key. Music is a language. If you don’t understand it, you can’t speak it.
- Keep your content focused
- Keep your song the right length
- Have a concrete Bridge, Chorus and Concept
Embracing Opportunity:
Co-write: Try to make opportunities to Co Write with more experienced writers. There are many advantages to Cowriting. You can learn other writer’s techniques and put them into practice. You open yourself up to positions of more exposure for you and your song.Your song has new and different opportunities when co-writing. Such as having a higher placement or your music reaching a new fan base.
Enter A Songwriting Contest:
There are many established songwriting contests through-out the United States and Internationally. Again, this gives you an opportunity to learn, grow, and engage with other artists in a similar position to you. Many contest have low entry fees and high price return. Check out our article and video on "top song writing contests"
Attend Songwriting Workshops:
This is a great way to not only educate yourself and learn from other writers, but a great way to meet other songwriters which, as we’ve said, is essential in this industry.
Make Pro Songs
There are 6 unique value-points inside the Sage Audio membership, so let’s go over each one so you can decide if it’s the right fit for you.
1. 20 Free Mastered Songs Per Year
- 20 free mastered songs per year with your own dedicated professional mastering engineer so you can get all your mixes sounding like professional songs.
- You’ll get your own dedicated Sage Audio mastering engineer to create custom masters that are specific to you and sound exactly how you want.
- Unlimited revisions with your dedicated Sage Audio mastering engineer. As a standard of our service, we are not happy until you are happy with the sound of your masters.
- All masters are delivered as commercial, industry-standard high-resolution 24-bit HD WAV masters so they will sound clean and clear on every platform.
2. Unlimited Mixing Feedback
- Unlimited mixing feedback so you can quickly improve your mixes fast.
- This is highly valuable - giving you access to a thriving community of mixing engineers who can provide you with feedback about what you can improve first before sending your mix to be professionally mastered.
3. Sage Audio University™ (SAU) — (Mixing and Mastering Education Platform)
- SAU is a modern audio engineering education platform that includes in-depth mixing and mastering course curriculums that match the new music industry.
- SAU is designed for every experience level, ranging from first-time mixing engineers to advanced engineers. The techniques and concepts taught can be applied to any DAW to create industry-leading mixes without expensive software or plugins - and free plugin alternatives are suggested throughout every course curriculum.
- SAU course curriculums include Start-to-Finish session walkthrough lessons for multiple genres so you can follow along with your preferred genre.
- SAU Certification Document, which can be downloaded and showcased on your website, social channels, and portfolio for as long as you remain a member.
- Get first access to all future SAU course curriculums to continually build and refine your mixing and mastering skills as the industry evolves.
4. Sage Audio Community
- The Sage Audio community is a tight-knit community of passionate audio engineers that can provide you with real-world mixing feedback, discussions, mix competitions, networking, collaborations, and more.
5. 700+ In-depth Sage Audio Mixing and Mastering Videos
- Access 700+ in-depth Sage Audio mixing and mastering videos - curated and organized into playlists so you can take a deep dive into all aspects of audio engineering with thousands of hours of concise, expertly crafted Sage Audio videos to continually improve your mixing and mastering skills at your own pace.
6. 70+ GB of Curated Sage Audio Downloadable Content, Including:
- 36 multitrack sessions spanning multiple genres for mixing practice.
- 57 un-mastered mixes spanning multiple genres for mastering practice.
- 62 Recommended Free Plugins List (vetted, tested, and approved, so you don’t have to).
- 39 Recommended Paid Plugins List (vetted, tested, and approved, so you don’t have to).
- 58 Sage Audio custom plugin presets to improve your mixes and masters.
- Sage Audio Membership Badge to showcase on your website, social channels, and portfolio.