Thursday, March 15, 2012

How to Write Songs for a Specific Artist

Sometimes it's inspiring to write songs with a specific artist in mind. It often makes our creations even better and different from our usual style. How do you do it?


✓ Decide which artist would record your song in your wildest fantasies (an artist whose career you've followed closely so you know a lot about them: their life, taste and style…).

✓ Close your eyes and imagine the artist perform your song. Listen to the crowd's loud cheer when they hear the first chords and recognize what song it is.

✓ Visualize the details of the performance: the mood, what the artist is wearing, the colors, the moves, etc.

✓ Listen to the artist perform the song (in your mind). Try not to think and analyze. Just write down whatever comes to you, whatever your hear.


This exercise comes handy

• when you really want to write for a certain artist
• when you're stuck, when you want to write something "different"
• or when you just feel like daydreaming.


Try it and let me know about the results!

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