How often do you experience writer's block?

@Kn1ghtborne

4 жыл бұрын

Every time When I talk about something my writing feels prosaic to me

@TheEvolvingMan317

4 жыл бұрын

All the time

@dns1671

4 жыл бұрын

As soon as I try to write

@venusianshadow

4 жыл бұрын

After writing so many verses.

@samboykin3152

4 жыл бұрын

I used to have it a lot but as I started to write more I’ve had it less and less

Sometimes ill go days to weeks without writing any bars. Then all of a sudden ill just start flowin with bars

@DanielLeaf

2 жыл бұрын

I go months… but DAMN I ain’t ever read something online that wasn’t true for me!

@DanielLeaf

2 жыл бұрын

@cashhflow BROOOOO

@DanielLeaf

2 жыл бұрын

@cashhflow more like freestyle the entire or like 50% of the song…. And never write it down right after. Bro so many songs gone lmaoooo

@Jabready63

2 жыл бұрын

@@DanielLeaf bro istg

@aadesh2222

Жыл бұрын

bro so true

Ive wrote song a day for 6 years now(fun fact, when i started i watched his videos daily ✌) Everytime i have, "writers block" its me improving. Everytime i have a few day period where i can't even freestyle i always come back better then i was when i fell off. Dont do it in any order, there are no rules. It can have 2 hooks. A lot of songs do, dont set the rule for yourself of once hook. Some songs are mostly hooks. Good music is good music, let it come out. The only rule is no rule, only guidelines

Hopefully we can all reach our dreams bf ww3 start😂🤨😐

@pisceswoman1925

4 жыл бұрын

😂lol fr fr

@dannyreid5199

4 жыл бұрын

Your really a whackjob ! Ww3 seriously?

@grimyboyp3549

4 жыл бұрын

Danny Reid yea that’s def a push

@HowToRapOfficial

4 жыл бұрын

Haha

@Gameking92888

4 жыл бұрын

Stfu bout ww3

I experience writers block whenever I’m in the process of writing a song. Thinking of something to write is a challenge. However, free-styling as the beat is the way I’m starting off going.

I usually always write the hook first, or sometimes the hook will be just partially finished, then I'll start the verses.

Generally, I'll have writers block for several months and just make beats, and then suddenly I get really inspired and write a full project 😂 Not an efficient system, but it works

@7sneves

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂 I do that all the time.... Like there's a project I completed like 2hrs ago...... I did the verse like 5months ago😂😂😂

@elmuchoofficial82

4 жыл бұрын

@@7sneves Ay, congratulations on finishing a project though. I'm attempting to get another one done. It's been almost a year since my last 😂

@iss.idk.brando

4 жыл бұрын

Hey your profile picture is the cover art for my new song, it’s really good you should check it out! @ElMucho Official

@iss.idk.brando

4 жыл бұрын

ElMucho Official Hey your profile picture is the cover art for my new song, it’s really good you should check it out!

@HowToRapOfficial

4 жыл бұрын

Consistency is key

Thanks I'm a active writer and I'm always getting writers block. Great advice man. I put too much pressure on myself when I write. I'm always trying to write a hit or something really great without enjoying the writing part.

@HowToRapOfficial

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Raey I'm glad it helps!

You use a wicked beat if you don’t want writers block

juice WRLD mastered this .

Big Homie Drew is the real thing! You have real teaching qualities! Thanks for keeping it 💯

The recording as soon as done with the writing technique is really helpful and will help me allot the guy always has a solution to me problem

I love it man everything your saying is 100% real you think you need vocals in places where a good mute could go or just anything else

Sometimes when I get writers block and I'm close to finishing up a verse, I just do the best I can to finish it. But writers block can be tough

Man your channel is really helping.. In this case, I usually come up with the title first, because for me the title is what gives me the inspiration and after that I'd just fool around with beats a Lil bit..if nothing hits, I start listening to some dope music that Really fits the thing I wanna make and start writing from there.. It's not really a good way but it works for me

@HowToRapOfficial

4 жыл бұрын

Glad to help

Most of the times I write the verse first coz it gives me a better idea of what the chorus should be like(even tho I obviously know what the song should be about).

Every time I go to write, but i don’t know why because I have so many thoughts in my mind everyday.

That’s why I write and when I do I try to use complex bars and lines cause I try to avoid using real simple words and I don’t freestyle either

Thanks Drew bro!

@HowToRapOfficial

4 жыл бұрын

No doubt Lil' Amiri!

First thing first don't follow rules when it comes to writing... I write what I'm feeling at the time... Be it hook verse or bridge.... I even stated that in the last video.... Following the structure can be very stressful at times y'all

Great tips!

@HowToRapOfficial

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

This literally just changed my entire outlook on writing songs

@HowToRapOfficial

4 жыл бұрын

That's dope Oreo!

You’re so right I’ve had songs I immediately found a chorus for and took forever on the lyrics hell I rewrote verses in the studio one thing I also learned is some hot songs start as skeletons and or reference recordings 2 pac had songs that took years to be released on wax but started off as demo recordings that later became hits

@HowToRapOfficial

4 жыл бұрын

💪🏽💪🏽

I experience it everytime damn near. 8/10.. so grateful for this video. Going to pull up some beats now and practice.

@HowToRapOfficial

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks FTL! Glad it helped

I started of writing by hook first and going back and forth. I’m now in the habit of writing in order

@AngelGonzalez-qw4oj

4 жыл бұрын

ITS BECAUSE I FREESTYLE SONGS NOW. found the solution

very informative my guy!

@HowToRapOfficial

4 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped!

I'm very guilty of writing songs just like how I hear it. Hook is the hardest part to come up with but the first verse is usually the easiest. I had writer's block off and on for a long time but last night I was so proud of myself that I written the song in less than an hour. Mainly because of what you had mentioned @4:47 the beat is already made with the hook in it or an indication where the hook should be in the song. you can kind of hear it building up to where the hook should be and then I learn how to time my rap so that it can fit. The hook kind of made itself apparent to me because I decided to repeat the last two lines and it just so happened to sound good as a hook. for this song I didn't really write a second verse because I was out of creative juices I can't lie. So I wrote like a short 8 bars and then jumped back to the hook, then said the few bars for the first verse, then do the hook and freestyle it til the music faded out. That was honestly the best that I could do last night but it did come out good though. Listen to Whiskey & Water by Sankofa-AhShae' #PoeticRapBruja on #SoundCloud soundcloud.com/poeticrapbruja/whiskey-water If you have any suggestions I'm open to hear. I'm just trying to get better. I felt bad that I didn't really put myself out there musically last year so I'm going to try my best to do it this year. Even if I gotta record with my phone app while I save up for studio time. Anyways thanks for tips I always go to your videos to help me when I'm frustrated. I'm gonna only use beats that have clear chorus and verse identifiers from now on. It provides structure and a direction in my songwriting process.

@youngsoldierinchrist.4903

Ай бұрын

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Basically I experience writers block at the point I’ve decided I don’t like what I’ve written and go to replace it.

one of my issues is writing hooks. i can go on and on with lyrics but the hook part always frustrates me 🤦🏽‍♂️

I JUST STARTED EXPERIENCING WRITERS BLOCK BUT THANKS FOR THE MAJOR TIPS💯

@HowToRapOfficial

4 жыл бұрын

💪🏽

Just listen to different tracks and you will find one that will cure your writers block. It works try it out..also take a breather and come back to it later.

Thanks

@HowToRapOfficial

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks ✊🏽

Thank you this helped alot

@HowToRapOfficial

4 жыл бұрын

Glad that it helped you VERK!

Thanks man

@HowToRapOfficial

4 жыл бұрын

I appreciate it!

I have a problem collecting thoughts for my themes. For example, if I’m writing a song about depression I have problems collecting relative ideas and being creative within that theme. Or if I’m making a song flexing lyrical ability i have problems being creative with punchlines which I know comes with experience but it does kinda put me down.

@reecestrelecki-boyd3946

4 жыл бұрын

Keith Jackson it’s c00l bruh it come with time so times u feel it sometimes u don’t!

I used to piece songs together daily... Now that I'm trying to clean my act up and go to school for sound engineering... I haven't written a complete verse in over a year... It's like mental blueballs and it's depressing lol

@jeremylittlemars

3 жыл бұрын

I feel that it’s like the more access I have to the tools I need the less hungry I get maybe it’s because I realize how far behind I am

@sifatahmedx

2 жыл бұрын

Any improvement mate?

This may help with writers block. What i do, is i find a beat and i freestyle to it with high quality headphones, because hearing all the pieces to a beat helps you engage yourself to the beat, different beats personally give me different ideas depending on the flow, the speed, and the instruments used. It really helps to record your freestyle, then pause when you stop, then when you have the next verse, you then keep going, free styling to a beat is like training wheels, its near impossible to have bad flow when your engaged, also Sub to my channel and support me.

Like every three songs

The weird thing when I’m writing my rap I have nothing. But when I’m not doing my rap, I be getting bars out of nowhere.

Good Job

@HowToRapOfficial

4 жыл бұрын

Appreciate it!

Ur vids are real helpful bro

@dannyreid5199

4 жыл бұрын

Facts bro 💯 Drew is sooo influential ! I'll always remember him when I make it big

@jordyntaylor9022

4 жыл бұрын

@Danny reid same kuz, hes a legend aye

@HowToRapOfficial

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jordyn!

@HowToRapOfficial

4 жыл бұрын

I appreciate that Danny!

My problem is I'll hear about 10 melodies all at the same time for a chorus and wont be able to decide on which to use and then during the actual verse my flow switches arent in good alignment I'll either end too early, it shoots beyond where the chorus starts, theres either too many words, too little words or my word choice will literally not allow me to sonically sound right to myself All jokes aside I miss when it was just boom bap beats and only being required to tell a story that rhymed cuz now my shit dont feel valid unless I have like 30 double entendres, a few triples, like 7 flow switches, 5 rhyme schemes per bar, compound rhymes for the whole song, the decrease and increase of syllables per line per word, leaving room for ad libs, planning my stops and go's, planning my facial expressions, planning my body language, planning my videos, planning features, making sure I have free written's to spit anywhere, making sure I can freestyle, makin sure the punchlines I made werent already said This shit is exhausting Like Goddamn

@armandharris100

4 жыл бұрын

I relate to this so much my nigga 💯 this shit is tuff

@dannyreid5199

4 жыл бұрын

Try to relax a bit , always make your creative juices flow naturally , try not to rush and bare in mind there no fixed rules in writing keep expanding with an open mind and take plentiful inspiration walks

@jaeeofficial1542

4 жыл бұрын

This is why juice was a legend at freestyling damn 😔

@masaaguilar8126

4 жыл бұрын

Kaiygei Vibes Boi no he not even top 100 at freestyling

@jaeeofficial1542

4 жыл бұрын

Mochicho Aguilar bro are you seriously gunna say he not top 100

Pretty often

Big love and respect from India 💜

@HowToRapOfficial

4 жыл бұрын

✊🏽✊🏽

I experience writers block about every song.... it's not that I dont know what to write it's that sometimes I worry more about what sounds better and I get stuck on how to Express my words into a verse

Most of the time

Yo drew I'm just starting and don't know what to work on first also I tried to get that home studio book but it didn't work I just got the big rap book

Much love Drew! Been watching your videos for about 8 months now, building my abilities, my team, my following and I've got nothing but gratitude for the work you do that's allowed me to accomplish this. Just had a question I thought might be applicable; I've had a track on the back burner for a few months waiting on a feature, dude flaked so we're replacing him. Now that I'm looking at my old verse I see bars that I look at now and think they're a little wack. I think I might be comparing my writing now to then and really they aren't as bad as I think they are. So my question is this: do I trust my gut from when I wrote it and finish out the track with that verse, or trust my gut now and make changes to it?

@HowToRapOfficial

4 жыл бұрын

I'd say don't be precious either one. It's just one songs of hundreds you'll make if you're on your grind. Don't over think it.

To be honest I actually don’t experience it that much, maybe that’s just a reflection of me being a lazy songwriter or something, or maybe I’m thinking too far, but in most cases I can think of a full song relatively well and I can usually finish writing it in under 1 hour, all I do then is go over it and practice it, then, if needed I edit a few things, but hey I intend to write longer and more complex-ish songs

Can you plz do a vid when you explain high eminem level rhyme scheme maybe even give a 16 bar verse example

@HowToRapOfficial

4 жыл бұрын

Already there: kzread.info/dash/bejne/d5qimbVuc66ydM4.html

It happens a lot, I usually get the course first, then the verse r a problem

I’ve been getting a lot of writers blocks lately and I’ve been trying to read to maybe help myself get out of them it’s not working. What can I do

I often get writer's block while finishing a kind of section. Most of the time I find myself getting stuck at the 7-8th bar or 15th-16th bar. I don't know why... maybe it's because subconsciously I try to make a fucking dope ending and I fail to do it at times or doesn't feel the thoughts are good enough and I give up after stressing my mind to level 9000

@HowToRapOfficial

4 жыл бұрын

Great comment, we'll develop videos on this during 2020

@raeymuney3386

4 жыл бұрын

Sometimes most needing verse r the most memorable part of the song. The beginning of a verse is tough as well because that's the first part that kicks off the song

💯💯

Cause I be watching your other videos how to rhyme infinite and how to rhyme like eminem

I get writers block a lot

So the more we write words and rhymes down well multi syllable rhymes the better it be?

What's that beat round 4:30

How to write a chorus give me example please and verse

With no wip

I always have the hook its just the verse i can't think of

@91Definite

3 жыл бұрын

How I do it is...Ima be real it took me two months to write a verse. It all depends on the impact you want the verse to be. You can write little by little. It works! I remember in high school I could write a song in a week. Maybe in 2 days, as a grown man it gets more difficult but I don’t wanna give up on it cause writing music save my life at a dark time in my life

i started trynna write a rap to this beat i was sitting on for a few weeks and nothing was coming to mind for like 15 mins so i jus said fuck it and closed the beat usually my writers block stops me from writing for days and sometimes weeks and then ill just start again when i get a lightbulb moment. ion like forcing it cause if i try writing whilst uninspired I'll hate it later on

I write the hook first .. that way I stay on topic

How do you write a melody to a beat (without the lyrics like da da DAH or scatting) to see the melody visually in stressed/ unstressed syllable format?

@HowToRapOfficial

4 жыл бұрын

I don't worry about "stressed / unstressed" stuff too much that's overthinking

@sobe8017

4 жыл бұрын

@@HowToRapOfficial but isn't that what makes the flow?

@qwedqwe12

4 жыл бұрын

Sobe 801 you should remember it or record whatever melody you improvised

When I finish both chorus and verse 1 then I have to do a bridge and I get angry

I can’t stay on topic or chance topic. My transitions are horrible.

@HowToRapOfficial

4 жыл бұрын

Hmm we'll cook up some videos for you

You really helped with this video and im glad i watched it i wrote half of a song and mixed it within 15 minutes of watching this thank you

I constantly freestyle but when I try to write I end up getting writers block

I use a lot of wordplay for example in a Eminem song he said "even a ninja turtle wouldnt come toward us /tortoise" I like using wordplay like that but is it normal to have some wordplay already set and know a word that you can make a punchline out of and then punching the rymes in after

@implayatone

2 жыл бұрын

Same that’s how my word play be . “I’m the best of both worlds & you ain’t neither . “

I came up with chorus very easily but it becomes hard to write verse related chorus.what should i do?

@dannyreid5199

4 жыл бұрын

Use writing aids like a story board , write about personal experiences , keep your verses genuine and meaningful to you soo it flows in an interesting way that you can relate to your life better !

@7sneves

4 жыл бұрын

Stick to the story And you can play around with bars.. Like before you start talking about the topic start by talking about how everything happened before you got where you at(the song)

@HowToRapOfficial

4 жыл бұрын

Check out the songwriting course we discuss that

Can u breakdown song structure and the four bar theory

@dannyreid5199

4 жыл бұрын

He already did , go check out his older videos plz

@LeoLeo-yi5yx

4 жыл бұрын

Another guy did,he said every 4 bar the rap changes for example Put the key in my car Jump in the seat like a star Pressing on the gas cause I'm going so far Later that day I pull up to the bar Then it changes to another scene

@HowToRapOfficial

4 жыл бұрын

Check out the song structure course mentioned for more on this

Drew would you say that a good way to write is to repeatedly listen to the beat, and just come up with the lyrics as you go, or am I over complicating the process by doing that?

@HowToRapOfficial

4 жыл бұрын

Hmm I listen to the beat many times when I write personally

@evilteddybear121

4 жыл бұрын

I figured it would be a good way to write. That way I could eventually get down the beat and try to find ways to make the words flow well

Wuss gud drew I watch your channel all the time. Can you shoot a video on being a rapper with a kid and a full time job? I’m 25 years old, I’ve been writing and practicing my craft for 7 yrs now, ppl told me I’m outstanding at what I do but it seems like to me I’m just in a stand still and don’t know what to do. I have a lot of songs written but only recorded 3. Reason being I have songs I don’t want to record bc I end up writing something better and opening up new worlds of flow. I just want to reach my goals and dreams but I feel time is being wasted. Oh and I’m still having trouble finding my voice. Thank you and God bless

@HowToRapOfficial

4 жыл бұрын

I can't speak to being a parent or having a full-time job much because I don't have kids and have been doing music full-time for more than a decade, but what I CAN say is that if you have only recorded 3 songs out of many written, that's not going to get anywhere and if you are continuously writing new things without recording, you are not really a "recording artist" you are a writer. So to be considered a real RAPPER in my estimation you gotta start recording, that's like 75% of the battle in this day and age. Thanks for viewing and commenting my G!

@HueyMusicTV

4 жыл бұрын

I understand exactly what you’re saying I’m also a musician so I been building up my home studio slowly but surely I have a laptop, mic, and interface. I have my own sound so I’ve just been going straight towards to writing and producing my own music. I appreciate the advice and I will do anything I can and need to do to be a recording artist. Much luv

@HueyMusicTV

4 жыл бұрын

Do you have any books or classes that teach how to be a full time recording artist?

How do u even come up with what to talk about without falling in cliche like i can make my own beats but when i go to write on them my mind goes blank, how can i fix this(i also started writing 16 bars for 16 days today)

@HowToRapOfficial

4 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/lYCJrZqokpCtfbQ.html

My problem is that I think it had to make sense or I go off topic

Woah

2

What’s a hook

@HowToRapOfficial

4 жыл бұрын

It’s a chorus

Not something I get tbf Keep your lyrics short as possible and deliver the style blurred to just go alongside beat as then the substance don't matter as much, but one warning you need a sick af beat to carry it off its what I do and its what youth are vibing too now

For me its on and off

🤯

U should react to your fans raps instead, like that we could learn more so we know what we doing wrong and right, u could start off with my new music video if u want😂

I have writers block way too often. its bad

@trino5184

2 ай бұрын

same i had it almost for 2 years lol

Can you do a how to rap like MF Doom vid?

@dannyreid5199

4 жыл бұрын

Just go listen to his album religiously and study it like a book worm simple

@fencefirst2722

4 жыл бұрын

How to rap like the 🐐? HEe doesn't know

@jacobwertheimer1525

4 жыл бұрын

Sam Boykin you gotta learn how to spell the mans name first

@HowToRapOfficial

4 жыл бұрын

Lol

@zacharybailey2146

4 жыл бұрын

@@jacobwertheimer1525 WITH ALL CAPS? LOL

Point of break off with you and all connected persons.

How i login ( RAPTYCOON )

@HowToRapOfficial

4 жыл бұрын

Email drew@howtoraplikeapro.com for technical issues on the course please :)

half the time. my wife and kids always come in to my studio and interrupt

how do i make sure my lyrics don't sound weird and boring

its 50/50 depends how the beat feels

your video doesn't have sub so it's very hard for me to understand what u have talked in video :((

First

Not much at all

Your mic is hurting my deaf brother ears

why you look like walter the dog

@shadxh

Жыл бұрын

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