do you compose songs? Which method do you follow?

Hello lululastrange and citychic!!! Glad to find you people in the this thread... Poems can turn into songs when you sing the poem with melody, oops then it becomes sing the song, not more poem. That is nice idea to play a tempo and then start writing. That will give so rhythmic peoms that will be so good to be used for the further composition of songs. Actually many songs are previously written in the form of poem. If the singer likes the poem then he may sing it as the song. And citychic, why do you lay your writing somewhere? You should give life to your writing by yourself, come on.... Happy mylotting...

do you compose songs? Good for you lululastrange. It sounds like you might be on to something. I've heard about the freeware software. I do wished that I knew more about music so that I could do more as far as composing my own songs but like you I can write a poem and have a melody in my head then I will just lay it down somewhere and I never really wind up doing anything much more with it. Maybe this year I will try to work a little bit harder to take it to the next step just as you are doing. Great job and keep up the good work.Happy mylotting!

Hello goapples!!! Well you are absolutely right. If we don't write or record what we just create there is definite chance that we forget it immediately when we stop humming or singing it..But I am very much conscious regarding this thing. Immediately after i get some tune i record it either in my cell phone or the computer just to keep the creation safe. Then I may go further, find another tune and again record it and then finally merge it at last... But I don't know what is the Garage band. What is it actually. Can you clarify a bit...? Thanks for your presence in this thread...I hope to see your further response...Happy mylotting...

That was nice info goapples. Thank you very much. I am searching it right now...Lots of thanks for the info...

Garage band is a music creating software on the MAC Where by various inputs you can edit your music/ even create it in garage band. It is really useful if you do record you music.

Song writing is the great fun yeah...It gives very great self satisfaction to me. In the future I want to take these creation a step higher i.e exposing. About learning guitar, at first my uncle used to teach me some chords. Hardly I kept the fingers over the fret of the guitar. many times I wondered, only if I could play the guitar and give music to my songs. Because I had to ask my uncle to give music for me, but don't really care. Its good to learn by ourselves. I don't think I learnt with any teacher supervising me. I have guitar in the home, and just hold it, put the chord pattern, try to change it fluently and play some rhythm. Slowly I became able. But still to sing song with it was difficult, I would always confuse with the beat. Its only because I needed the practice. And I have my best friend, immediately after I learned to play some songs, he started touching the guitar in his life and started practicing. And he learned it within a month, at least play few songs. I don't know whether there is any earning site with the songs. I was once thinking the same thing. I don't usually write in English and I think not at all. I write in my own native language. But I will try to write a English song soon and sure I will post it in the you tube and won't miss to publish it in you tube if I do it. I am already the member of you tube and I can watch your video. But I have never posted a video in youtube yet, I just use it for commenting. Candylady1625, got it...I will search on you tube... Happy mylotting...And good luck for your songs...

Whenever I write the music to songs, I use my guitar or piano. Kathy.

Hello singer... So you have written a single song in your life? When I started my song was not that good. I only felt it good, though now I don't feel them really nice. But that was the beginning and the beginning is always important. If I had quit at that time, I couldn't have created many numbers till today... Yes, like you I also don't usually sing the songs in front of my family. But about six months ago, I created a song about the feeling of a dying son to her mother, and I sang that song in front of my mother and my mother loved the song very much, both the lyrics and the music. Though music field is not a good choice that can earn a livelihood here, it could convince my mother that my song has quality to be played in public. But I am still learning, I am not really confident with my voice yet. I got lot of things to learn still. And since that song, I made few other songs, and that all of my family liked and they were in our own native language. I don't sing mine song in front of many friends but I have a friend with who I always share each and every song though good and bad. And he is the very one, whom I mentioned above, the one who writes lyrics and then I give tune to that music. I thing you should give a try to write also, at first it won't be very good. But if you continue on, slowly and slowly it will get better and better... And I am very much interested to learn piano. But I am not being able to buy it. So I have planned to earn a piano via mylot earnings...Let's see how much I can manage...The real composers need piano isn't it that will give more dynamic creations... Happy mylotting...And good luck for your music....

Good luck in earning your piano!I know this isn't a very long post but I have just been reading up on the information you guys are writing about music and you are inspiring me to want to play the piano and learn how to play the guitar too. I had bought myself a guitar at one time because i was determined to learn how to play but then I wound up giving my guitar away to my son because he had been expressing an interest in it too. So now maybe I will focus on getting a piano too. Thanks for posting and good luck with your songs everyone.

Hello shibam!!! Yes there are some people who don't really sing themselves but still can be the great composer. I hope you are one of them. And you are really lucky to get a friend to give your song the final touch. I am also glad to have a friend who write really nice lyrics for me to give the music...To have this type of combination is always rocking... Thanks for sharing your experience...Happy mylotting...

Hello enruschew!!! Yeah you seem to have very much similar story like me. Like you I also used to compose the songs thought i don't really know any sort of musical instruments. So I felt my songs were never complete. I request my friends, they also couldn't do it nicely. But I got one of my song given music by my friend. I had already created melody and the lyrics too and that friend helped me with the complete lead pieces as well as the interesting beats and relevant chords. Trying to seek others for this case is always problematic. I think you should also learn guitar. I guarantee if you learn to play some other songs, then you will be able to select the relevant chords for your song by yourself. Because you are capable in creating songs in mind means that you also have the type of music in your mind, isn't it.... The learning of guitar became very difficult to me, I have to admit. Though I had guitar in my house since so many years, I just became able to play some songs only about 6-7 months ago. But as soon as I became able to play some songs, I became able to select chords for my own songs. If you try you will surely learn the guitar in a month and at least play some of the songs in a month. I want to recommend you to learn the guitar for improving your compositions really.... I think I was less than 14 when I started to write the first song. Hey is your song recorded already. You said, you did the first song after 2 years??? I haven't learn guitar pro much. I just use it to know the formation of chords and tune my guitar. Do you know how to create music with it? Thanks for your nice response...Best of luck for your further creations...happy mylotting...

You won't get anything being lazy hehe...Raise your spirit, come on, raise on come on hehe...Did your spirit raised up with my effort lol...Good luck now...

Yeah,I think that I should learn playing around with guitar.But somehow,sometime I just lazy to learn...Zzzz...haha.I craete my first song after I involve in composing music.Influnce from my friend ^^.About the guitar pro,....well,I just simple add lol.just 1,2,3......and add some percussion....hehe

Hello kelpie!!! I too used Fruity loops some times. But I am not used to with using that software and still like it. Think I have to start adding drum beats through the fruity loops for my songs. I think piano is really good instrument for the compositions. Go on playing the piano with a mood, loose one self in the pleasantness of that music and we naturally get a nice melody that hangs up in head isn't it. Nice to hear that you end of making good songs even though you play the piano horrible. That means you play the piano less horribly than I do because I don't know how to play the piano at all lol... Thanks for your participation in this thread...Happy mylotting..