Has anyone ever written song lyrics before?

Brandon Rice

Brandon Rice

Distributed Producer
It's freakin' HARD! I am giving it a go for the theme song of this kid's history show, and I've hit a wall. :zombie_smiley:
 
Yeah... it come's REALLY easy to some people. I'm not one of them.

A good friend of mine will sit down and writes lyrics and lead guitar for an entire [badass] song in, like, 20 minutes. Bastard.

Post what you got, I can help.

-brown


P.S. If you know an instrument, sometimes it helps to play guitar/piano and just kind of "go with the flow" as you're playing.
 
Yes, Brandon. I've written lyrics before and dabbled a little in music. Best thing I wrote was a Sonata in D major. I did compose a lullybye for a friend of mine, years and years ago. If you need help, shoot me a pm, but not an email, I've got to set up another email account as soon as I move into a new place.

And oh, I wrote a song for a script, was trying my hand at a musical, the uh, book needs a lot of work, but the one song, "Maybe for Me" worked out quite nice.
 
The hardest things to do are the ones that look natural and easy. Good lyric writing (like anything) is a craft. That's not to say that you couldn't come up with something good. But it does take work.

That being said, I've written a bajillion songs (most of which suck, but whatcanyado?), so if I can help let me know.
 
I started my career writing lyrics. Rather, I started writing lyrics and eventually became a paid writer of other things. :) But I did manage to write a song for a United Way film I did a few years ago (see jasonfox.net). If you need help, let me know.
 
Hey Brandon... yeah, it can be tough. I've been a musician for almost 30 years now and I've written quite a few songs.

I've got an idea... how about something like this:
I love you, you love me. We're a happy family. (or something like that).

And maybe have a mascot. Like, oh, a dinasaur or something. And make it, say... purple maybe. It can sing and dance and all of that. I don't know... it might be crazy enough to work... :beer:
 
haha, Tom, too funny! Actually I'll send out some PM's with some stuff we've got, and see what ya'll think.
 
Ooooh, oooh, or how about 4 little fuzzy dudes that liive on a spaceship that you can't really understand so it doesn't matter what they say!
 
Jim Brennan said:
Ooooh, oooh, or how about 4 little fuzzy dudes that liive on a spaceship that you can't really understand so it doesn't matter what they say!
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I have no idea what you're talking about... lol
 
Have u guys seen that follow up show to the Teletubbies?

What's it called??? They're all colorful and bounce around and...
 
So, yeah - back to the topic at hand -

I've written a lyric or two, though not to accompany a film.

But I find that it's like a lot of things, though I'll just use editing as an example for now; you don't want to go for the obvious, or try to illustrate the "message" or story too literally.

Try to define the basic essence of what you're getting at and then start working on the song from there. You might find that your song departs a bit from the story of your film, but as long as you keep within the essence of the piece, then you'll be brilliant.

And, really, that shouldn't be any different for a kid's show - kids are always waaaayy ahead of us and tend to understand abstract association much better than we do.

M'kay - time for another beer...
 
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And, really, that shouldn't be any different for a kid's show - kids are always waaaayy ahead of us and tend to understand abstract association much better than we do.
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I agree. We should give kids some credit, esp that age. I mean... "Conjuction junction, what's your function?" I think kids really understand stuff like that... I know I did when I heard it as a kid. I think Brandon's song works really well for an educational kids show.
 
I use to own a recording studio, and used to write lyrics for hooks on r&B, and soul tracks. The one thing I found is when I approached writing a song like a job they always sucked. Have fun. Get away from people for a day or 2. Take it light like conversation. If you have a track already prepared it will make it so much easier.
And like writing a screenplay if you don't have real time to dedicate to it then don't waste your time. Hire someone.
 
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