[starsailor]

Originally Posted by windsong

Chris
I take an idea (usually) my ifes experiences and come up with a title. Then the lyrics. I star with the words and with the cords at (almost) the same time. Need to find what cord matches my voice. So it's lyrics and cords coming together at the same time, plus my spirit and imagination. This seems to work best fro me and it keeps me on the same page too. Hope this helps.

windson

Hi windsong, thanks for the tips, I usually write a song and then find a tune or vice versa, I haven't ever written and composed as I've written, the latest one I'm working on is going along those lines and it is a good way of doing it, it takes a bit longer but it does seem to orrk better than trying to squeeze words into an existing tune, sometimes words have to be changed which can dilute the song and lose the message.

Originally Posted by Ellenback1

Hardly, starsailor, would it be 'rubbish'...I've heard lots of songs in here and not once did anyone think they were rubbish....or, at least, no one said that, not to me..LOL Go ahead and take the leap, you'll feel better and even proud for being able to do so!

Hi Ellen good to hear from you, thanks for the support, I wrote that a while back but my confidence has grown a bit since then although I still tend to hang back a bit when it comes to recording but I am better at accepting a critique than I used to be I was never very good at that, this site and the Members have helped my confidence quite a lot. Hope you're well Ellen.

Elle