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  • @EliseBabyx3 Well, some of us actually ENJOY writing songs! Do you hav a problem with that?

  • So the bridge could basicly be the breakdown?

  • you go girl.

  • hey check out my song solitude, and rendezvous :)

  • Your a basic song structure

  • @sedative3145 You're*

  • I'm trying to write traditional, melodic punk rock and I've thought alot about song structure. A lot of songs have an untraditional chorus and it still works. it's awesome.

  • Thanks I wanted to see how other ppl write songs. I've written 32 xx

  • You sound like my fricken ILA Teacher its creepy

  • (I'm a signed song-writer.) INTRO - 1st VERSE - CHORUS - 2nd VERSE- CHORUS- MIDDLE 8th - 3rd VERSE - CHORUS- OUTRO! "Bridges and pre-choruses where necessary, usually a juicy instrumental before, during, or after the middle 8th, and of course never forget the golden rule and that is that "any rule of song-structure can be broken AS LONG AS THE SONG WORKS!!!"

  • @TEDOVSKY I think what she's trying to say is that when/ if you break away from a traditional song structure .... you have to be aware of it.

    Even if it totally works you should be thinking about how you made it work and why it works.

  • @TEDOVSKY I should add that you don't neccesarily have to think about these things ahead of time or as you write the song. But at some point you should examine your song and figure those things out.

  • hey its justin and i just went on the street and played a song i wrote because of u and everyone loved it .

  • SMOKE MORE ACID

  • thanks!

  • I'm sorry, but she looks stoned

  • not to be funny its a story telling and a word from the story tell in the chorus and why cuz its a stoy so rili  there no need to go on and on about end of

  • @BlackWingsSing i didnt dislike the video but i stil suck at writing songs. --_--

  • @MrUkulele671 I was joking about ;)

  • where does she get her breakfast cereal from?... :S

  • Chords, Melody then Lyrics - Bish Bash Bosh - Done. Check out any of my songs and you'll see!

  • 68 people dont find bridges throo looking glasses

  • can i send u my lyrics it's not all i didnt finish

  • thank you for telling us what music is

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  • what you are talking about here is not the 'bridge', which as you would emagine from the name, takes you from one part of the song to another, but the ' Middle 8' which is esentialy 8 bars of 'something else' a departure from the structure. lyricly this could be the 'I remember when' part or such like musicaly it would be the 'third chord' talked of as a kind of holy grail of songwriting. a song dose not have to have a mid8 but it Will have a bride regardless,its in the nature of change.

  • hey thanks for ur tips theyre really helpful u have a great idea of how to wirte a song my only question is how u get the verses to rhyne somtimes or they arent nessecarily?

    :D

  • i got a song but im not saying cause you will still it!!!!

  • @jackass200018 still it? u mean steal it lol

  • She's not high. She's Steve Buscemi's sister.

  • so..where's the SOLO!!! lol

  • Guild D-4 True American right?

  • Was my first real guitar- still have it and track with it sometimes.

  • help i need to write a song by tommorow its my homework help me plaese

  • Intro-Verse-Bridge-Chorus-(May­be EndChorus)-Verse-Bridge-Chorus­(EndChorus)-MIddle8-Chorus.

  • Writing songs is easy. Not music, lyrics. Write about what happens in your life, how you feel and all that.

  • @computervirus100 that's what i did.

  • @computervirus100 not to me its so hard!!!!! i wish i was u lol

  • @violet1197 It is really easy, Just write how you feel, if you have somebody you fancy but no one knows, write about how you want people to know. Btw, I felt really special when you said you wish you were me, first time somebody's ever said that to me, i know it's only to write a song, but thanks :)

  • @computervirus100 thank you. and even know i dont know u, i wish more people say that to you.

  • @violet1197 :) U got me as a friend on youtbe, f/r if U want :-)

  • Well I wrote 1

  • songwriting is so difficult i've been tryin to write 1 for years

  • I'm going to try to write a song. I'm thinking about calling it either "One More Step" or "Don't Fall".

  • 1:00 ---- It's gonna almost come out at ... f ... like throouughh the looking glass ... ya kno th - through a .. f .. ya kno its gunna .. g ..

  • @ratchetb7 LOL oh that made me laugh

  • @EliseBabyx3 :P She did a good job though haha

  • the best songs are the ones that dont follow this code

  • The bridge also could be a solo too

  • She's not high, people just have eyes like that. It's beautiful really.

    Just look at macaulay culkin

  • ohk

    

  • i like how she pointed out that you don't necessarily have to follow the rules. great job athena.

  • she forgot PRE-CHORUS

  • you forgot intro

  • @GuitarProNZ the intro is usually instrumental, and if it isn't, then it's usually part of the first verse

  • WHY THE FUCK DOES HOWCAST HAVE VIDEOS SCATTERED ALL OVER THE PLACE?!!! CAN'T THEY JUST HAVE 1 LONG VID?!!! D:<

  • I got my song chorus first...

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  • @AA0K if by the age of 13 you actually know anything at all you would be a millionare.

  • @Thisisyourworld Haha, definitely.

  • @AA0K fuck u it dont matter what age u are

  • @ratsout09 Says the illiterate one.

    

  • @AA0K and have u written a song and if u did how old were u did it even bcome famous it dosent matter wat age u are sum people only find out who or what they want to be so u shouldent quit

  • @ratsout09 I've written & recorded 109 songs to be exact, and I started about 6 years ago when I was 13, and getting enough exposure to the point where your song becomes famous has little to do with the "songs quality" as you should be able to tell by radio rotations. And I was just being honest, you should know how to structure music just from listening to it, I have many people coming to me wanting to record; if they don't know the fundamentals of writing, they're wasting my time. Truth hurts.

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  • isnt that the girl from "how to speak with a french accent" video?

  • thanks for the info ^^

  • Is it just me or is her teeth fricking huge?

  • Why yhu gunna hold da guitar if yhu aint gonna play it de que expert village this shit dont work

  • thanks this really helped.allthough im not using the instruments my freinds are.could you help me with one thing tho...normally i write parodys of songs but im struggling finding the right words to use.im going for a call of duty zombies parody of kesha tik tok. the opening part is stuck here in siberia its a pity that we got no power or perks its really kinda shitty.but thats all that comes to mind.any suggestions?

  • You forgot the builds before each chorus..

  • @louisesax100 she wants us to know that shes a song writer.

  • you, me , movies

    

  • That helpef

  • why does she have two oranges in her cheeks

  • Ed the horse teaches song structure??

  • @wowdave85 HAHAHAHAHAHAH

  • EXPERTVILLAGE, my ass! VILLAGEIDIOTS, maybe!

  • the word you're looking for is theme

  • So you i can be writing about a girl and the bridge can be like "use the corner of the eraser"

  • nice try on a how2 write a song, but writing a song is something you have to learn by yourself :P

    you get inspired by an already existing artist (optional), you pick up your guitar/piano/whatever and you start combining notes!

    that's how you do it, you cant learn it from a book or a lesson, if you don't know how to do it: go listen music and get inspired!

  • I also writining songs ;) it's great .

  • Thank you this helped me alot :)

  • I love to sing and write songs and dances

  • Yeah ok well my ideas WAY different to that!!! I write poetry alot about what I dream...yeah sure it's all mushy and happy with a bit of sad in it...I just get my guitar play random chords that sound good and I sing the poem into it...it's easier when your listening to a tune to sing to it...

  • Smart and sensitive person. Thank you for your VDO. Franck, Paris.

  • she is so high

  • @Redman2910 she sounds pretty coherent to be high

  • @Redman2910 lls

  • Hey everyone! Google me and connect with me on facebook or via my website or itunes. Love ya all!

  • Need to add a bridge. Got it! Thanks:)

  • putting a blood thirsty solo after the bridge makes the song even more wonderful! That's what I do at least.... and it always sound fanatstic :) Cheers ;)

  • Why would you hold the guitar if you are not going to play it?

  • @louisesax100 to show off :P

  • @RbwOfficial lol

  • @louisesax100 Because she's talking about music. Holding an instrument like a guitar attracts viewers who are music lover.

  • @louisesax100 To make her look kool DUH lol

  • @louisesax100 Maybe shes really large ans is hiding her bakery.

  • @louisesax100 shes baked

  • @VisionsDotCom thanks

  • i cant write a song with out a beat. and i cant play a instrument but i write good lyrics , then what?

  • can somebody help me? i want to write songs but when i think of a melody/rythm for it i just cant creat my own melody/rythm. i hear lots and lots of music and when i write songs i can only think of the melody/rythm of my favourite songs and i cant do that because im copying another song. HELP ME!!!

  • @mynameisntlucka

    i do the exact same thing!

  • @mynameisntlucka Stop to worry about!! you know "Twist and Shout" Beatles's song is a copy for the Mexican song "La Bamba" ? check it out and you'll see is the same song!! Start with what you have, i think you learn guitar with your favourites bands, so, with the time you will develope your own sound, is only a matter of time, just change a few notes and the tempo and you will get a brand new tune!

  • @mynameisntlucka Okay, I may not help u out with ur prob but i can give u a lil advice.. which really works for me, I just create the melody first (common guitar chords) like D,A,G,A and, G,Em,C,D then i make my own lyrics which i think that fits the melody from those chords. I've had lots of trials before i get to finalize it.

  • thank you! i subscribed!

  • That guitar is eating her face.

  • @jamesdrummerman Comment on the topic not her looks stupid

  • This has been really helpful, I didn't know anything about that till this video

  • there is no true way or how to write a song. all you have to do is to make sure it has meaning , good tune and do not write sucky lyrics.

  • this is not helpful well, thnx for nothing jack ass

  • thank you' :))

  • @39smoothgreenday  Not anymore lol

  • What the fuck is a linked comment and why is it me?

  • like a G6 

  • Roses are Red,Violets are blue and DAMN! you have a bigass mouth! lol

  • Roses are Red,Violets are blue you may die this afternoon.

  • thanks!

  • V: This was never the way I planned, not my intention

    C: I kissed a girl and I liked it, the taste of her cherry chapstick

    V: No I don't even know your name, it doesn't matter

    C: I kissed a girl...

    B: Us girls we are so magical, soft skin red lips so kissable

    C: ...and I liked ii-it!

  • pause at 1:05 haha

  • pause at 47 haha look at her face :D nice job w/ the video though lolz

  • thnx :) oh yeah this is gonna be a awsome cool dancing song

  • Can I get some of what your smoking?

  • Well.... That was Helpful

  • What's the song structure for 'Bohemian Rhapsody'?

  • @CripesYipesStripes This is the structure for pop songs a.k.a. songs you'll remember today but not 30 years from now, like what Queen did with the Rhapsody. It's true, too. Turn on the radio and this is pretty much what you get, a super simple and fool-proof way to be forgotten in a years time.

  • I wrote this:

    Where are you now by me:)

    Where are you now?? Cos i need to see your face where are you nowww? Cuz u brighten up my day! (Guitar solo)

    When i first say u ya started to growl but youve escaped so where are you now? Golden and white then you started to bite! But now your gone so where are you now? X3 where are you today???

    (Guitar ending)

    Thats for my 2 lost (now dead) hamsters! Miss u Jack n Hammy!

  • @Quakers9745 THATS AWSOME!!!!!! i love it!!!!!!

  • @AthyNa100 thank u i appreciate it

  • @Quakers9745 your welcome and srry about Jack n Hammy :[

  • @Quakers9745 nice tribute

  • espertvillage doing great at telling me what I already know.

  • Spontenaeity is everything. To me, anyway.

  • they have the most videos on youtube

  • @hondaktm100 go figure

  • You should have also mentioned that you can play the chores three times... playing the chores right before the first verse.. I have noticed that some songs do that.

  • this achually the honest meaningful real way. dont say just what people want to hear. say what you believe and your message and how you will either enlighten or give entertainment to yourself and others in your way. basically do what ever the fuck you want.

  • Verse: CAIN Chorus: CAIN Verse: CAIN Chorus: CAIN Verse: CAIN Chorus: CAIN Verse: CAIN Chorus: CAIN Verse: CAIN Chorus: CAIN Verse: CAIN Chorus: CAIN Verse: CAIN Chorus: CAIN Verse: CAIN Chorus: CAIN Verse: CAIN Chorus: CAIN Verse: CAIN Chorus: CAIN Verse: CAIN Chorus: CAIN Verse: CAIN Chorus: CAIN Verse: CAIN Chorus: CAIN Verse: CAIN Chorus: CAIN Verse: CAIN Chorus: CAIN Verse: CAIN Chorus: CAIN Verse: CAIN Chorus: CAIN Verse: CAIN Chorus: CAIN Verse: CAIN Chorus: CAIN
  • @derob7 that sounds like the greatest song i've ever heard in my intire life....my i please record you and your band?...i own a professional recording studio maybe you've heard of it? studio 333...my name is john i believe you will do great

  • @shuguitarmaster5150 Wow thats incredible, we'd love to record there. By chance would you have any "challenges" for us...as in a video you want to show us and have us write a song about it?

  • @derob7 hmmm....now that you mention it i would love for you to write a song about war...rather a day without it...are you up for the challenge?

  • @shuguitarmaster5150 Wow! Yes! I actually have a chord progression and main melody already in mind...Am F C G....and we could add a guitar "solo"!

  • @derob7 wonderful just be sure to make it your entire career then record a better version wasting all of the night when you could've recorded more songs better songs then present it to me at a specific date at the studio then i'll let you record it here but be sure to make sure the guitar player in your bad yaknow the only one wiith talent other than you should be completly excluded from it except for 2 times to record his part but not even get to record the bass...

  • @derob7 i couldn't complet my msg...theen be sure that the drummer/crappy singer/even worse guitarist goes in to get it alone and be sure he handles all of the buisness alone to his advantage..thheeeeeeeennn be sure he gets to keep all the music to himself without sharing it with the bandmates even after they ask him repededly to have a copy then you'll need to break up...is that ok?

  • @shuguitarmaster5150 awe snap O.o

  • @yaqattak haha this is what happened to mine and derob7's last band...lol

  • @shuguitarmaster5150 oooo lol, i gets it now

  • @shuguitarmaster5150 Sounds great. Then they can be friends still and while the keyboardist is still "friends" with the drummer there is always this undercurrent of bitterness and irritation towards each other that seems incurable because of the drummers smug disposition and his perceived arrogance from me

  • @MissySmith94

    i have the same exact problem

  • This is my favorite song structure, actually, although I usually use more verses (or perhaps split them in two - semantics, I guess) and sometimes add a pre-chorus. I like this structure: Verse - verse - chorus - verse - chorus - bridge or solo - chorus - (chorus). It all depends on the genre, of course. This works well for rock and country. Thanks for sharing!

  • i keep trying to write a song about a specific someone in my life right now and i cant seem to do it. so can someone maybe help me write a song. ill give you all the info if you message me. please ,thank you ?!!?! or maybe you can give me advise. cause its about a guy. and well ya

  • thank you, i havent tryed to make a song yet, but if it doesnt help, then thanks for this anyway:) and this seems realy good, it seems realy real. i mean it makes me want to write a song right now! thank you!!

  • oh my god, tell everyone... now every one will know the secret behind all those jems

  • you get to the point and have allowed me to unload all my thoughts so effortlessly in the proper format thank you sooooo much

  • THANKS YOU HELP ME A LOT!!!! (no joke)

  • hear my original song go to my video MY CAT SONG "TOMBOY" or to hear me play some blues go to MICHAEL MOSLEY'S BLES PICKING

  • go to my vid MY CAT SONG "TOMBOY" or

    MICHAEL MOSLEY'S BLUES PICING

  • Some of you people need to STFU. Most songs on the radio are in this structure. If you don't like this structure then make your own damn video.

  • u can teach someone how to write a good song its more like a natural talent i think

  • Hi. Thanks. What about those of us who perhaps, you know, want to sing about important issues, and passionate ideas??

    The thing is I want to sing about real scenarios, and major events in the world, like people's suffering and their struggles and dilemnas, and not about 'la la' and 'holding hands'.

  • @gauldgalliersuk

    it's simple to make a song.. first, add an intro.. then a verse>Pre(instrumental or lyrical)>Chorus>Post chorus(instrumental or lyrical)>verse>chorus> bridge>chorus>outro.

    there's no difference.. music is universal, and no matter what you do, it will sound great if you have passion in writing it..^_^

  • @jaguarclaw haha yeah me tooo!!!!! sweet!!!! lol

  • If music theory could be explained in 1:22 then everyone would be musical geniuses !!

  • @CJenkinsLive haha I know right!!!!!

  • Babe lets get together and make some music. im me at yahoo

  • she's baked off her face

  • 1. Intro 2. Chorus 3. Verse 4. Pre-Chorus 5. Chorus 6. Verse 7. Pre-Chorus 8. Chorus 9. Bridge 10. Solo 11. Pre-Chorus 12. Chorus 13. Conclusion