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theminusgirl · Aug 20, 2009, 11:30 PM

Hey :) I'm 17 years old, and I've been wanting to write a song for so long now, but I don't have the skills I tried writing but it was very bad :(,
I want a song to be about an Impossible Love , like Your in-love with someone that doesn't even know If you exist, and You've fallen for his smile for his Voice, when He sings. His Brown eyes, his hair and you know You can't be with him, he's so far away,

I just really wanted to write a song about him :)
But I just don't know how :(,
Can someone Help me write a song? Or write me a song.
It will mean the world to me if someone replies with an yes :D

Clough · Aug 20, 2009, 11:48 PM

Hi, theminusgirl!

I can help you with writing your song! So, let's start! Okay?

Thanks!

Clough · Aug 21, 2009, 12:02 AM

Hi again, theminusgirl!

I can see that your offline now. I've also read some things about you in your profile that are helpful to me. I'm glad that you already play a couple of instruments and sing, or at least want to sing. Knowing about those things will facilitate helping you to write a song.

I'll be here for a little while longer. I hope that you'll return shortly. If not, then we can continue this on another night...

Thanks!

Taeran · Dec 31, 2009, 01:19 PM

Well, all songs are hard to write. The start is hard to write but then after it starts to unfold and then becomes a masterpiece. Still, getting started is a tough business because - just like an ocean liner - you've got to overcome a lot of inertia. You know you want to write something but you may only have a vague idea or a feeling about what it is you want to express.

So what DOES come first - lyrics, melody, or chords? The answer is... none of the them!

When you go into a record store or online to buy your favorite song... what do you ask for? When a DJ reads a dedication - something they don't do much anymore, unfortunately - he doesn't say, "This one goes out to Gloria. It's that song about this guy who's wondering whether his girlfriend still loves him 'cause she's acting like maybe she doesn't care anymore." No, he says, "From Steve to Gloria, here's 'You've Lost That Loving Feeling.' " The title says it all. That's what comes first... the TITLE!!