How to Write a Song - A step-by-step tutorial by Jeff Simmonds - Part 1

[fivethumbsfrank]

I like this guy good stuff man, very helpful.

[mikushnicalovag]

try to like this comment while holding down shift

[blackcarnations]

5/4 strumming haha

[blackpker124]

You wanna write a song? Pick a key, time signature, set tempo, choose the direction your song wants to go (chord progressions), either simple or complicated subdivision, add some dynamics and BAM!!! you have a song!... -.-

[Fredrik951753]

4:25 lol that just happens to be my case

[Mrpulkitvmehta14]

is it just me or at 4:06 he said food choice?

[iRideDonkeys1]

how to write a song-

1.grow a beard

2.get stoned

[ToyotaCharlie]

I really liked the part @ 8:35

Please repeat it once again for me,

[draconius25]

Hahahah this dude is so stoned! Love it!

[boredingrantham]

Wicked help full! this guy is the man!

[bryguy07]

This was one of the most useful lessons I have ever come across! Great job!! I would totally love to jam with this guy

[matthewcutillo]

I like it man, nice

[Spottyfriend]

I am here because of the beard.

[codismyBxTCH]

That repetition joke was funny after I finally got it xD. But this is great!

[myrocket88]

This guy is great... It took me watching twice to get the guy.. He must be a Gemini like me.. Artistic people think and act different then the rest of you.. This guy is great taught me a lot ..

[tjdlovepancakes4life]

@myrocket88 are you meaning only gemini are artistic and diffrent

[TheSurfRack1]

brah, he gets soooo stoked for the reggae song!

[wearjo]

Don't laugh at your own jokes...... not cool at all

[gatheringwithin]

@wearjo not cool to you, too bad your own jokes dont make you laugh :)

[recomputed]

some good points amongst it all ........cheers

[bobmacdon]

You know, this guy has a sense of humour and when you listen to him properly he's talking sense.

He is right and it does work and bear in mind that its aimed at beginers.

[LG23c]

hee's a happy guy :D

[hto1971]

lala lala laaaaaaaaaala lol no joking

[rajeshknair2001]

Thank you

[1southernsun]

Damn, how much weed did this ole boy smoke?

[brittain522]

Very entertaining bro, thanks!

[62muki]

Maybe, you should have fixed the car instead !

[shadowbuttmunch97]

Oh but it is a funny joke .

Oh but it is a funny joke.

[Lunastunas]

Helpful and hilarious!

Is it possible you could do a tutorial on the strums types? Great video, by the way.

[Tequito93]

He didnt shaved since woodstock?!

[MynZnusz]

8:35 I see what you did there!

[jjbing3]

"What are you doing? You should be fixing the string!!" Ahahaha

[Zoulvisia]

Is that a new zealand accent I detect?

[AlecSaurusRex]

You look so wise, I just want you to teach me the secrets of the universe.

[AnneLingling]

I dont think Id buy that song xd

[JaymarJones]

Ok i want some of what he's smokin... bt seriously he's gt mad skillz...a bit eh bt good...seriously good

[MyAmericanJesus]

Billy Gibbons called, he wants his beard back. Seriously tho, nice vid, wanna smoke a bowl?

[mazzepa1]

legend

[mazzepa1]

legend

[MEDSrm]

this guy is blates baked.

[NWkyle]

i'm with this guy

[Permaphrost]

5:46  resigned sigh. Lol

[maxoconner]

ASSHOLE IF U SOO NO HOW TO MAKE SONG Y DUN U HAVE UR OWN ALBUM BULLSHIT HEAD XD

[1m00nleo]

Max ~ try and use real words. It may make your messages decipherable. Thanks.

[jagung5]

4:27 you got choice ...there are six strings on your guitar unless if one the string is broken....

[leaveblank]

so cool :) I like this guy! haha, totally rocks!

[thomizz]

the other thing that we like is repetition

[DeepTeel]

2:36 "G!....G!.... Thats a good song."

[wedontknowone1]

This guy is soooooo freaking cool!

[ADRANIAband]

oh my god! Dumbledore!

[PJsthehobo]

he forgot B chords all together

[ELIMINATORRRR]

*double

[ELIMINATORRRR]

I knew John Lennon wasn't killed, he had a doubled act that day and at the mommernt he's hiding out just like Elvis and now he's teaching us how to write songs lol :P.

[RHoles1]

3:15 ..... i havent laughed that hard in a while

[ZombieRedeemer]

lol i love his reggae one xD

[MOAnarchyKc]

This guy os baked

[RHoles1]

@MOAnarchyKc hes probably got a triple perc behind the couch, with a nice ash catcher hah

[Hyper5nic]

I'm listening to some Van Morrison and find your advice very interesting and usefull.

Thanks for sharing Jeff.

Have an excellent day, week, year, life ;-) somehow i believe you're there already.

Cheers to you mate!

[georules0005]

You look like late, late, late, late, late, John Lennon! LOL! Nah, really you look like John Lennon

[alpunkbrewster]

@georules0005 Maybe he is john lennon... maybe John Lennon wasnt assassinated in the first place...

[stingray45711]

i must say you are funny lol good job man

[bjarnyg]

my hero of the day. but now spring is soon coming, watch out for birds trying to build nests in your beard.

[Danny94James]

hahaha.. shurup. -.-

[TheCynicalSatyr]

I feel as if I have been trolled very subtly, I laughed my way through this whole video; the editing, his beard, his accent, his laugh.

Funniest thing I've seen all day xD

Thank you for making my day jeff, new sub for sure.

[marcushendriksen]

Who reckons this guy looks like Smooth Bob from The Boat That Rocked?

Good stuff man.

[MontangeMoose]

john lennon and dumbledor are back in one form :O

swishh vid though

[TheAceofNate]

@MontangeMoose he even used the harry potter font

[MontangeMoose]

john lennon and dumbledor are back in one form :O

[lilboydz1]

excuse me dude but your accent sounds so like a kiwis accent mean maori......

[salg500]

LIAM NEESON :D

great video dude , u rock .

[sammyff01]

I got some good tips from this. I've been doing other peoples songs for years, but a recent decision to do my own has left me brain dead. Thanks for the tips Jeff, it helped a lot.

[testing123isthison]

you have GOT to be kidding me. Useless self indulgent Crap. Was this really a joke or were you really trying to be serious and show people how to write a song? Anyone can write a song then... good or bad.... basically that was the lesson right? This was No help and I want my money back.

[Purpleb10]

Amazing, great presentation and knowledge.

[Gunnerkelly]

I for one actually got something out of this. Thank you, Jeff; for months I've been hung up on trying to immediately come up with the "right" lyrics, and it never occurred to me to just use placeholder words to get the vocal melody and rhythm down, THEN fit in the real lyrics at leisure. This knowledge has made song writing much easier.

[yournext2012]

Thank you SO much

[whysdarknesssobad]

haha this is great!

just let the song right it self :)

[adriansumayang]

wow thak you so much great man

[bnamusic94]

great video. i learned a lot! thanks alot (i thought you were funny)