{"id":3772,"date":"2017-03-10T17:56:59","date_gmt":"2017-03-10T22:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musikalessons.com\/blog\/?p=3772"},"modified":"2023-01-25T13:44:56","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T18:44:56","slug":"songwriting-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musikalessons.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/songwriting-process\/","title":{"rendered":"The Songwriting Process: Finding Your Voice"},"content":{"rendered":"

To non-musicians, the act of writing songs<\/a> sometimes can seem as challenging and foreign as designing an aircraft meant to fly through space. Songs are incredibly important to most people around the world, but an artist\u2019s songwriting process isn\u2019t always talked about because it changes so much from person to person. In this article we\u2019re going to talk about what the songwriting process looks like and we\u2019ll give you a few tips on writing your own music.<\/p>\n

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What\u2019s In a Song?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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In 2017, the lines between popular music and other forms of music are somewhat blurred. Captivating song forms, harmonies, and complex rhythms have wormed their way into popular music, and we largely have the influence of jazz to thank for that. At risk of oversimplifying the topic, we\u2019ll simply refer to the songs heard in popular music as any music with a basic verse-chorus form that you might hear on the radio. Songwriters in 2017 continue to expand the boundaries of their art form into new, challenging territories, but they still largely follow conventional rules as far as form, rhythm, and harmony goes.<\/p>\n

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Radiohead\u2019s 2016 song \u201cDaydreaming\u201d is an example of a song that blurs the line between popular music and art music due to its sophisticated approach to form, melody, and rhythm.<\/p>\n

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