Welcome to our channel, HOW TO WRITE SONGS. We are Keppie Coutts, and Ben Romalis, two professional songwriters, performing artists and teachers with over 40 years of collective experience in the music industry.
We have studied and taught at some of the best contemporary music colleges in the world including Berklee College of Music, Sydney Conservatorium, the Australian College of the Arts, the Australian Institute of Music, the LA School of Songwriting and JMC Academy.
Our goal is to help people write better songs! Our belief, having worked with thousands of songwriters (many going on to find careers and success in music), is that your songwriting, like all things, can get better with meaningful and deliberate practice. Our intention is to share the skills, knowledge and ideas that we've had the privilege of gathering with others who embrace the art and craft of songwriting.
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"Whinge-guitar riff- whinge" or "chopped up audio-whinge- chopped up audio with synths and light drums" bravo
Watching The Wheels is my favourite Lennon Song.
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savage stuff. youre amazing! Thanks.
I’m so grateful that these songwriting techniques have always come naturally to me 🦋☀️🎶✌🏽 thank you spirit for moving through me and making me a vessel.
Your imagines of the asshole and guide on your shoulders made me think of that self-talk called "Hi Ren," which really amplifies this idea. Thank you for your amazing videos. I've watched a handful so far and feel I learned 20 years of wisdom in 3 days! My next stop is your courses...
Cocaine, alcohol and prostituts.
The pecking order for rhyme is perfect rhyme is best, slant rhyme is second best and no rhyme is third best. Any great songwriter(which Taylor Swift sure isn't) will tell you that. The idea that perfect rhyme is now passe or outdated and that slant rhyme is better is ridiculous. This video was made by some who teaches songwriting? What a joke!
Happines is a warm gun has time changes, but great video👌
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thank you
Fantastic tip! Thanks.
Love this! Really clear guidance and I’m looking forward to getting back to my writing with a clearer idea of what I want to say and how. Thanks 🙏🏽
You know that first one reminds me of the first song I ever wrote for a girl and I’d say she thru the verse and then at the end of the pre chorus I had a lyric “and she said” or and “I said” and in the chorus it switched to you instead and I never realized it 😂 but I kind of like it
Thank you madam ❤
In the world of AI here we are working hard to be the best artists ❤
so nice
I'm impressed
Since getting a dog, my creative juices have soared. I’m convinced that the rhythm of walking and “zoning out” are amazing exercises for songwriting.
Do you think these concepts can apply to instrumental music? Specifically post rock?
"Very easy"... You said???? 😂😂 Alright... So, how many Grammys have you won so far??? 😉 Remember: to Albert Einstein, traveling at the speed of light was "easy" too.... Be humble.... *** Great video!!! Namaste 🙏🏻
All I hear is Sgt. Pepper with the 1-2-4-1. Used a variation there as well.
It's the devil
So much of the inspirational music of the day was derived from the interaction of key individuals period
I feel like this video is going to change my life. Abselutely golden tips. So thankful your channel exists! Many many thanks
Imagine someone going over to one of Yoko's mansions and helping themselves to some of John's stuff because he meant what he said.
Ffs more bs
As a songwriter, how much should we master the groove and how much should that be left to the instrumentalists? How can I develop my sense of groove?
You are a wonderful instructor and present the material in an impeccable way. Having said that, how can that be a bridge in Yesterday? It repeats more than once; can we consider it a chorus instead?
I always thought Johns best song..and closest to Paul's "yesterday" was " "In my life"
Great video. Thanks for putting this together.
You are approaching this all wrong, I heard an actual Lennon interview , and he described trying and trying to write and couldn’t come up with anything. Then lay down on his bed and thoughtlessly strummed his guitar and came out nowhere man, it’s always the same, get out of your own way and let it flow.
Songwriting is just a stream of consciousness. The ideas you get before you go to sleep, during the day when you get an idea, and some can just tap into it through working.
More! Thanks
From an old music industry saying , IT'S NOT THE SONG , IT'S THE SINGER . Only one in so many million people are lucky enough to be born with Magic Tone Qualitys in their voice . This is what makes John Lennon and all the other successful songwriters great , not the fancy lyrics .
Thanks a lot for your amazing analysis ♥️
There’s so much content on youtube about how to write the music, but so little about how to write the lyrics. That’s what makes this channel so useful to me. I’ve grown so much as a music maker but I struggle with making a system for writing lyrics in a structured manner
I am putting your formula to use and I would love to see it being used by you guys for an actual song sometime.
Wonderful
I loved lyrics by Marillion so will share the lyrics of their biggest hit. This one has some different rhymes the whole Misplaced Childhood album has some amazing lyrics in it. But here is their biggest hit Kayleigh. Do you remember? Chalk hearts melting on a playground wall Do you remember? Dawn escapes from moon washed college halls Do you remember? The cherry blossom in the market square Do you remember? I thought it was confetti in our hair By the way, didn't I break your heart? Please excuse me, I never meant to break your heart So sorry, I never meant to break your heart But you broke mine Kayleigh, is it too late to say I'm sorry? And, Kayleigh, could we get it together again? I just can't go on pretending That it came to a natural end Kayleigh, oh I never thought I'd miss you And, Kayleigh, I thought that we'd always be friends We said our love would last forever So how did it come to this bitter end? (Oh, yeah) Do you remember? Barefoot on the lawn with shooting stars Do you remember? The loving on the floor in Belsize Park Do you remember? Dancing in stilettoes in the snow Do you remember? You never understood I had to go By the way, didn't I break your heart? Please excuse me, I never meant to break your heart So sorry, I never meant to break your heart But you broke mine Kayleigh, I just want to say I'm sorry But, Kayleigh, I'm too scared to pick up the phone To hear you've found another lover To patch up our broken home Kayleigh, I'm still trying to write that love song Kayleigh, it's more important to me, now you're gone Maybe it will prove that we were right Or it'll prove that I was wrong
You are an excellent teacher - thank you!
Nice songwriting video. One of John's astounding songwriting talents were his melodies. Who'd like to make a video about that? how to write the most melodious of melodies? He could rhyme just 2 words in a song and it would still be brilliant
Great video, I like it a lot but I disagree with 18:28 -- the part that comes around again and again is not the most important part. I've come to think of songwriting like this: CHORUS: the part that comes around again and again, is recognizable, enjoyable. The 'hook' that makes the song memorable. VERSE: the story, telling the tale, the part that draws you in, gets you thinking about ways you relate to what you're hearing. BRIDGE: the part that comes around only once. "Hey, now that I've got your attention, here's what I really want to tell you..." The real message of the song. The most important part. Try listening to songs you admire, and see how many of them follow this format.
I have a hard time believing this only cost $800.
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