Music writing involves coming up with better lyrics. In general, lyrics are the primary element of music writing because it ensures that a musician may write a good song that will attract the audience. According to Pattison, writing lyric is significant, and it is like a technical art. It is known that the stronger the technical ability of an individual, the stronger the person can express one’s ideas and translate them into the lyrics that will be musically accompanied.
Thus, when music has good lyrics, it will be in the position to share useful information to the audience. Therefore, when writing music, a musician should demonstrate a crush which will make him like a magician while performing the music. In songwriting, the lyric is a like a technical tool that has been propelled through using technical skills. In addition, writing music ensures that the songwriter is not held up by the technical expertise required but should be driven by what is provided as the requirements of the audience (Pattison 33).
It is important for the songwriting to establish the demands of the public before starting to write the music text. Understanding audience requirement is paramount to the songwriter because it ensures that he or she captures their preferences and tastes while writing the lyrics. In fact, the techniques used for writing the music are determined by the audience, and it is important for the songwriters not to neglect them. The songwriter should write exactly what will be conveyed as the information to the public.
However, when the songwriter has not understood the requirements of the targeted audience, the song might not be attractive to the audience. Thus, it is of great importance to meet the requirements of various audience at the initial stage when a songwriter just has some ideas on how to write the song; hence, the piece of music will satisfy the needs of such individuals. It is also significant to acknowledge that music writing requires extensive knowledge.
Therefore, the songwriter should carry out extensive research before he or she starts writing a song. For instance, the aspiring songwriters or even experienced ones should be in the position to read what other music writers have written and released to the public. By consuming the information found in other people’s music work, the songwriter is exposed to various techniques required to write the best music. In addition, some of the experienced songwriters might share the challenges they have faced when they started writing the music.
Furthermore, they also provide the strategies that are used to overcome those difficulties and eventually write the best music. For example, Webb explains that a creative music writer should follow a process of writing music to ensure that the music is well developed and captures the attention of the audience (Webb 67). According to Webb, the song writer should construct the song, come up with chords and eventually this will enable him to engage in self-promotions. Webb argues that the world requires music that has been produced with the highest professionalism it deserves.
However, the songwriter can only provide high quality and professional music, when he or she has undertaken thorough research regarding the information what genre of music he/she wants to put across. However, this is only achieved through engagement in in-depth research regarding the music theory that has been written by other songwriters within the context of the professional music. Lastly, Webb encourages the music writers that they should prepare to face the challenges while writing their music and apply diverse techniques and methods to overcome them in order to produce quality music.
In most cases, the songwriter writes a song but their work does not attract attention from the audience. It is significant for the songwriter to detect the blocks that may deter him from writing the best music and thus strategize on how best he or she can deal with such obstacles. To write the best piece of music, one should be in the position to read the mood of the audience towards the song he or she has written, get inspired and continue towards writing the best music (Webb 89).
Tune writing is also crucial when writing songs; thus, the songwriter should come up with the best tune that will urge the audience dance when they listen to the song rather than being distracted by the tune of the music. When an individual succeeds in writing the best melody, he or she would meet the criteria that are set to produce the best song. It is also essential for the songwriter to understand the instruments that will be used while playing the music that has been written. In fact, instruments are of great importance to the success of the music.
The lyrics and the tune of the music should, therefore, rhyme with the rhythm. When the melody and the lyrics of a certain piece of music have rhymed with the instruments that are used while playing the music, the music will greatly attract the customers, and thus it becomes successful. The rhythm of the music is normally created when the tune and the lyric have significantly rhymed. The songs that have attracted the audience have been achieved through the production of the best rhythms. In music, rhythm is the masterpiece of the song, and it determines whether the music will be digestive by the audience.
Whenever the songwriter writes a piece of music, he or she should consider coming up with the best rhythm that will enable the music to provide satisfaction to the audience. However, inventing the best rhythm involves taking into consideration the content of the song that is being written. It is crucial for the songwriter to consider that the best music is built by writing the most relevant content that will be consumed by the audience. The best content writing is, however, achieved by the songwriter after undertaking a thorough research and assessing the groups of the public who will consume the music.
Zollo argues that the best content is achieved by the songwriter not only by doing academic research but also by observing various music performance before he or she begins writing the song (Zollo 25). The prominent figures in the world who have been engaging in music writing argue that the best way of learning is to attend live performances that will enable the songwriter to understand the techniques that have been used to write a successful song until it is performed on the stage.
Most of the songs which end up being performed on the stage have been produced after the songwriter has done a thorough research and come up with the best content that takes into consideration the needs of the audience. This is because majority of the songs that have been written are very often downgraded by the audience and might not get the opportunity to be released. Molly-Ann through her book argues that the best songwriters are those who are very hard working and engage themselves in music research which includes seeking advice from the experienced songwriters.
Such songwriters are aggressive in a good sense, and they use every opportunity they get to understand what it takes for one to write the best music and overcome the blocks that have been hindering other music writers to achieve what they set at the initial stages (Leikin 67). By seeking advice on the challenges faced by the previous songwriters, an individual will build strong strategies to ensure that he or she will successfully overcome any obstacles. Composing and arranging music has never been an easy task.
Even though an individual might be having music skills on how to come up with the best content of the music, such a person might face great challenges while dealing with the arrangement and composing such contents to ensure that the needs of the audience have been taken into consideration. According to Perricone, the songwriter should evaluate the techniques and tools for writing songs and choose the best technique that will enable him or her to have an efficient way of arranging the content to fit what is required by the audience (Perricone 34).
Specifically, the tools chosen by the songwriter should influence the rhythm development that is a core elements of a successful song that will be accepted by the target audience. The technique adopted by the songwriter should encompass such aspects as the arrangement of the relationship between the melody and the mood of the audience. The mood of the public in most cases determines the rhythm that will be chosen for such a song. It is also of great significance to read the audience mixture.
When writing the music, the song writer will be required to understand the composition of the audience to ensure that he or she comes up with content that will cater the needs of such individuals. When the songwriter has understood the mood of the audience, it be will easy for him to have the right content. An audience that composes mainly of young people will require a song that has a different kind of information from the one whose audience is composed of old people. In addition, the comprehensive song approach the songwriter will follow should unlock and reveal the hidden secrets required for writing the best song.
For instance, people like McCartney, Diane Warren, and other renowned musicians because they have successfully mixed the best musical techniques while writing their songs, and this feature has enabled them to come up with the best music that attracts the audience from different parts of the world. Perricone argues that these world-known musical icons have been engaging in using various musical techniques to understand the audience and thus write a song that will attract the audience and make them dance to it.
On the other hand, John Braheny argues that music industry has become competitive and thus, it is important for the songwriter to employ the best techniques that the audience will enjoy while it’s live performance on the stage (Braheny 39). The techniques that are used to express the ideas of the song through writing are important for the song writer. Many songs that have been written without the proper techniques may not get to be performed in the stage. It is of great importance to have the best techniques while writing the music and in turn will determine the techniques that the song will be utilized while performing it on the stage.
Conclusively, the music writer should take into consideration various musical aspects while writing a song. Technical, artistic, musical and esthetical elements are important because they ensure that the songwriter come up with the best song that attracts the audience. For the songwriter to be successful in writing the song, he or she should have a deep interest in the music industry. When he or she is keen on producing a piece of music that would refer to master pieced, writing music will not be a challenge.
In addition, the professional songwriter should engage in conducting research on how best to write the song and provide quality music to his or her audience. In fact, continuous research in music allows an individual to understand the musical techniques which are necessary for writing the quality piece of music. The information which captured while writing a song is important for the songwriter to come up with the best music that will receive attention from the audience. The information that is portrayed by the song should be in the position to cater the needs of all the categories of the audience.
