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【豆瓣】YLAM《 写歌心得: 写词》2012-05-24 03:01:37 写歌心得: 写词 2012-05-24 03:01:37 There are 7 main types of cues or devices that you can use to begin writing lyrics with: Title: Based on the title/theme. Phrase: Similar to the above but based on a phrase. Experience: An experience. Can be personal or in another person's shoes. Event: Description of a certain event. Does not need to be experienced by the writer, but perception only. Story: Story driven, has a progression and informs the listener of what's happening. Message: Usually in the form of a warning, or advice. Reference: A response, inspired by, or in relation to another song or written text. Lyrical details are divided into two main categories: External: The environment, details that can be perceived by the 5 human senses. External information that sets the scene (i.e. who, what, where, when, why?). Also, climate and motional influences/factors. Internal: Feelings, emotions, thoughts. Note: Male writers tend to be more "external", while female writers lean towards "internal" detail. Thoughts: A good practice to improve on your songwriting skills is to start with your weakest tool. People tend to rely on only one or two sources (in most cases, their strengths), which potentially leads to a repetitive outcome. For a pianist like me, if I was to start writing a new song, it's natural for me to go straight to the piano: chord sequence, a riff, or a melody. It's no surprise that there wasn't much progression during my whole year of hiatus. My work and writing method became repetitive, therefore I tried to find different ways to improve the very same method. The disadvantage of this is obvious, I'm still just using the same method! Instead, I should've moved on to explore different methods and devices to help my writing. Weird example, in Diablo3, every spell or action has a cooldown period. It doesn't necessarily mean that the skill isn't working anymore, but it just needs time to recharge, and come out fresh the next time it's activated or cast by the player. Moreover, by starting with the music first, there's a change that I'm limiting the choices and amount of possibilities later in the lyric writing stage. Why? If I'm stuck to a specific chord sequence, I'm limited to a set melody that's based on the chords. When I have to write lyrics strictly to that melody, word lengths and phrasing become less flexible. The delivery of the intended story or message becomes less effective due to the adaptation to the melody. So what's another method? Rather than the music first, how about the lyrics first? I'm not going to go into detail on this yet, as I still have to try it myself. Haha. I promise you I will come back to this in a future post. However, take note of the material at the beginning of this post. They will be the devices that I will be using. First choose one of the 7 types to write with, and make sure you have a good balance of the two lyrical detail in your song. External details are mostly used in the verse, and internal detail in the chorus. Please note that I'm not saying "this songwriting method is better than the other". I'm used to writing with my piano and music first, so I will attempt and start writing with lyrics first (not even with a melody, but just pure text and content). However, this might have the same effect as writing with music first. If I have already completed a full set of lyrics, it could be hard for me to write a melody or rhythm as I have to follow the amount of words and syllables. Fortunately, a single syllable can have multiple notes in it, as opposed to a single note cannot have multiple syllables...well...you actually can if you're repeating the note, but it'd sound really forced and intentional (i.e. singing a 5 syllable word on a single note in the middle of a melodic phrase). But again, it depends on what you want and what you're looking for. Comedic songs use long words that are sung on the same note, and it works. So next time somebody asks you, "What's the best way to start writing a song?" Your answer will be "Depends what you're looking for." To have a more musical and melodic orientated song, it's best to start with an instrument and the music first. Get your chord sequence or riff and build a nice melody (or vice versa). If you're looking for a more message and story dominant song, go for the lyrics first. Hope ya'll enjoyed this first post, Y. Lam
【重发】送给即将毕业的ylam迷 作者:R1cky林 毕业前七七四十九天, 7个星期,7个周末,7期快乐大本营,7期篮球公园,7次电影票半价, 过完这7次,不想回学校的感觉没了,想停留在周末的感觉没了,跟同学分享周末节目的机会没了 又是谁上了芒果台,又是谁做了斯特恩干儿子,又是哪部电影烂得你想退票 过了这7×7天,再也不能回学校寒暄, 过去总会期盼周末,周末总是那么快就go by 讨厌星期一的空气,压抑,睡意,玩心满溢.却只能收敛,收敛,收敛, 昨天还在街上疯狂的购物,今天却在教室疯狂的练习,昨天还在网吧忘我的游戏,今天却在座位忘我的瞌睡 无数次的经历这样的反差,现在终于要结束了. 只剩下7×7天,过去的就再也回不来, 可为什么我却开心不起来,人生最痛苦的事莫过于此,过去的或许只剩无限的怀恋, 怕就怕我还在这里,却只能安静的等待分别那天的到来, 有多少人畏惧的并不是高考,而是高考后再也不能回学校跟曾经身边那些再熟悉不过的面孔寒暄,一起疯,一起闹,一起学习一起打酱油,的日子, 我能做什么,我说我怀恋么,可我还有49天跟你们好好在一起. 我说我释然么,可我只剩49天安静的看着时间过去就不回来了, 美好的日子总是经不起岁月,谁不想回到刚踏入校门的那时光,那懵懂,那幼稚,那不成熟却要装熟的我们, 那些年,那些陌生人最终成了生活不可获缺的人, 我怀恋的是跟你们积累感情的过程,太多故事来不及诉说,他就忽忽的去了, 那些年下过的大雨,那些年错过的勇气, 三年,经历了太多难忘怀,友情,爱情,亲情, 这三年经历了太多变换,我怀恋这一次次的变换, 我怀恋放学后成群结队的游走,我怀恋中午听着广播晒着太阳穿梭在学校,我怀恋的都是以后羡慕不来的, 49天,炎夏还在,书声还在,这座城市依旧繁华,不在的,只是即将毕业的我们, 从此少了我们这届的笑声,少了这届田径场热吻的情侣,少了这届球场你追我打的身影, 49天后我们要记住,不管结局如何,我们的友情在这里, 我们记得回学校看看,我们记得老师对我们的培育,我们记得学校为我们的感情提供场所,  我不畏惧高考,我只害怕别离, Ricky林子\咔.   吕起林 - 2012,
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