Q&A for How to Write Your Own Lyrics

Play your song for friends and family and ask them to do the same for their contacts. Share it on social media and get your local media sources and bloggers to cover it.

Probably not. If people hear your song and recognize those stolen lyrics, you could get a copyright strike.

Record it using audio software. That way you'll have it archived.

In this case, you could use a program such as Garage Band to replace physical instruments. The free version is a great place to start and if you find it works well for you, you can pay to expand it later.

Most songs are personal to the singer. Try writing down something that is memorable or special to you. You can also draw inspiration from something you saw or heard, such as a childhood friend, an old photograph, or even a big event on the news.

You could take voice lessons, so you could do a better job singing your song, or you could fin somebody else to sing it. There are many famous songwriters who don't sing.

Use chords. Use a guitar or piano to start finding chords that sound good with the lyrics. Play any instrument you like and start a beat and a melody. If you don't have an instrument, humming can be helpful. When you put all the pieces together for your new song, try to sing it! You will see if something is missing or needs to be changed.

Most songs are usually three to four minutes but depending on how slow or fast it is, this can vary. Sometimes is good to start with a simple one minute song.

Generally, they do, though you can take some liberties as to what rhyme scheme to use, how frequently to rhyme, and how precisely to rhyme; e.g., sometimes rhyming words that don't rhyme *exactly* but have a somewhat similar sound can be acceptable, or sometimes, repetition of a certain line can help make up for a shortage of rhyme. But you will pretty much always want to aim for *some* amount of rhyme. It's very hard for a song to sound coherent and have a good rhythm otherwise, unless you are a very sophisticated musician and can find a way to make it work.

You can write any music for your song, but it must be original. You can't use music that belongs to someone else without permission.

When I write songs, I normally just sit and thinking about anything and everything. As I think, I write down whatever comes to mind. Then I try to piece together those thoughts into some kind of rhythmic set of lyrics. That usually takes an hour or two, so I would recommend trying that method.

You can try writing a small poem on your own and then slowly expanding it over time into a song. That way you can be sure that your song is completely unique to you.

Look online or around your town for lessons. Learning theory while studying an instrument will help you create songs.

Well, you can take one small tune, but copying the whole song can get you a copyright strike. You may even get copyright infringement for using a small portion of the tune.

You can try just playing random notes on an instrument, or humming random notes, and then putting some together.

This varies. It can take half an hour or two months. You need to find lyrics that fit together and find the right rhythm and more, so it can take a while, especially if you're a beginner. Don't give up!

You can take inspiration from them, but this is about creating lyrics of your own.

You can download Garage Band on your phone or something like it or just hum it, or save up for a keyboard. There are many options that will cost nothing or very little.

Think about how many syllables each word has and make a pattern out of them. Then, just read it and sing it however it makes you feel.

You can write lyrics using any kind of writing or blogging software or websites. You could use Word, Pages, Notepad, etc.

Yes, you can use Pandora and Spotify.

Write what you are feeling. Choose something you have a strong feeling about.

You should use a regular, that way you can go back to other lyrics at any time.