BrandonH
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I've been struggling with this for years.
I've been playing guitar since I was in 3rd Grade. Around the 8th grade or so, improvisation, along with riff and chord progression writing, all struck me at once. I have albums worth of pretty good musical material stored away on all my old hard drives.
When it comes to lyrics, I draw blank. Writing music clicked when I saw musical theory click. I can't get this with lyrics. I'm one of those guys who sings EVERY song that comes on the radio or CD in his car, regardless of what it is. I can match pitch really well. I practice all that a lot. But, for one I'm very very critical of my singing voice. My band thinks I'm alright when I do the two songs I'm allowed to sing lead on.
I've hit a dilemma lately, where I'm being held back by lack of writing on my singer's part. I'm genuinely considering doing a duo-career with my drummer, who I think would be down with it (we've been friends since we were literally born).
This comes into my problem. I can't write good lyrics for shit.
My problem is that, every time I write any lyrics, I give it a 24 hour period before I read them, and I immediately cringe. Historically, every single time, I literally, not figuratively, burn them.
How do I get past this hump? Just write a lot?
A lot of the lyrics I write aren't to a particular chord progression. I wonder if I wrote them, recorded the general melody, and guitar riff, on my portable recorder, I might feel better. It's hard to say though. I hate lyrics I write. They feel almost TOO honest, sad, and introspective.
I've been playing guitar since I was in 3rd Grade. Around the 8th grade or so, improvisation, along with riff and chord progression writing, all struck me at once. I have albums worth of pretty good musical material stored away on all my old hard drives.
When it comes to lyrics, I draw blank. Writing music clicked when I saw musical theory click. I can't get this with lyrics. I'm one of those guys who sings EVERY song that comes on the radio or CD in his car, regardless of what it is. I can match pitch really well. I practice all that a lot. But, for one I'm very very critical of my singing voice. My band thinks I'm alright when I do the two songs I'm allowed to sing lead on.
I've hit a dilemma lately, where I'm being held back by lack of writing on my singer's part. I'm genuinely considering doing a duo-career with my drummer, who I think would be down with it (we've been friends since we were literally born).
This comes into my problem. I can't write good lyrics for shit.
My problem is that, every time I write any lyrics, I give it a 24 hour period before I read them, and I immediately cringe. Historically, every single time, I literally, not figuratively, burn them.
How do I get past this hump? Just write a lot?
A lot of the lyrics I write aren't to a particular chord progression. I wonder if I wrote them, recorded the general melody, and guitar riff, on my portable recorder, I might feel better. It's hard to say though. I hate lyrics I write. They feel almost TOO honest, sad, and introspective.