Songwriting Exercises to Boost Your Creativity-Jack Hanson

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Songwriting Exercises to Boost Your Creativity
Jack Hanson
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Compose a 10-minute song
I once knew a music professor who composed and
wrote a page of music every day for 366 days. Of
course, he had an advantage over most of us
because his full-time job was to sit in a room
with a piano and a book of blank staff paper. In
addition, it takes more than 10 minutes to write
out a full page of sheet music. However, the
concept remains. Perhaps you'd like to try it for
a week, three days, or a month.
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Transform a non-lyric into a lyric
Some argue that the only distinction between
poetry and prose is the use of line breaks.
You'll be making that exact change for this
exercise. Find a short piece of writing (less
than 100 words) to begin. A letter to the editor
in a newspaper is an appropriate length. It could
also be the text on a bus stop flyer or the
instructions that are always printed on things
that don't need instructions, like a box of
macaroni and cheese or a bottle of shampoo. To
make the piece more poetic, change the line
breaks- Jack Hanson. Then, for your chorus, find
a key phrase or two and repeat it.
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Take apart a song
Begin with a short song that you enjoy and know
how to play. Write new lyrics for the entire
piece while keeping the same music. Remember that
you only have 10 minutes, so there's no time to
think about it just do it. It's impossible to
get the regular lyrics and melody out of your
head if you think about it. So don't think about
it. Take a moment now to forget about the music
you just wrote and look at the lyrics you just
wrote with new eyes.
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Allow your subconscious mind to do the work.
Consider a true event in your life. It could be
anything that feels significant or sticks out in
your mind, such as the time you fell in the
park's pond, your first kiss, or nearly getting
into a car accident. Write two or three
paragraphs describing the event in detail- Jack
Hanson. That's the end of your ten minutes
you're out of time.
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