Listed here are some enjoyable songwriting workouts I do after I wish to sharpen my songwriting expertise and simply have time with it, placing no strain on myself.  Hope you take pleasure in!

Thumb by means of {a magazine} in search of track concepts.

Generally after I’m on an airplane, I decide up the inflight journal and problem myself to search out 5 track concepts.  I typically discover nice track concepts or titles in headlines and in ads.  On my final flight, I discovered a killer concept that I wrote later that day.

Write one thing goofy.

Not worrying in regards to the “high quality” of the track could be therapeutic. I’m nonetheless working my songwriting muscle groups, however simply giving myself the liberty to jot down one thing silly that can make individuals chuckle is absolutely gratifying.

Write one thing YOU love.

Each now and then, I stroll right into a co-write and simply request permission to easily write one thing that WE love with out giving a thought to who may report it.  A lot of these songs become very business, however we’re okay in the event that they don’t so long as we love them.

Open a dictionary and decide one phrase that pursuits you from the pages you opened to.

Write a track with that phrase within the title.  Or, much more difficult, write a track with that one phrase because the title.

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Take a track title you’ve been messing with and take 15 minutes to jot down down each phrase or phrase you’ll be able to consider that’s associated to that title.  You’ll be amazed on the attention-grabbing concepts you uncover. Don’t let songwriting ever begin to really feel like a job.  It ought to be enjoyable and it may be enjoyable in the event you proceed to search out playful methods to take pleasure in and sharpen your craft!   Write on!

Write on! ~MD

Marty Dodson

Marty Dodson is a multi-hit songwriter, co-founder of SongTown, and co-author of  The Songwriter’s Information To Mastering Cowriting and Music Constructing: Mastering Lyric Writing