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Being a songwriter now days is about writing a song that is radio friendly. But that can be a difficult if all you know is what you hear on the radio.
Using free songwriting software to write songs is as easy as singing in the shower, but for most people, songwriting is harder than singing. With songwriting software, there’s no guarantee that you’ll come out with a hit song unless you understand the psychology of how to use free songwriting software to your advantage.
I’ll explain three reasons why a singer/songwriter would use free songwriting software. But first let me explain why you should think twice before even trying to download software to help you write songs. It may not be worth your time to try writing songs unless you’re committed to doing a good job. Here’s why.
The best songwriters have a keen sense of arranging ideas/emotions/feelings in ways that most of us could never imagine, but ways that everybody understands when they hear the song. Good songwriting captures your attention and makes you feel an emotion.
Hopefully you’re interested in using free songwriting software to publish your music as a commercial success. Otherwise, it’s not worth it to get into songwriting for the music industry. If you think you’re interested in writing radio-ready songs, keep reading so I can give you the three reasons to use free songwriting software.
First of all, it will help you improve songwriting and write your songs faster. These songwriting tools take the guess work out of writing a radio quality song that packs enough bang to stand up against the songs on Billboard Top 100.
Secondly, from a songwriting point of view, you need songwriting tools that allow you to become a master wordsmith. You not only need to have a large vocabulary of words, but you need to know the language of what’s current and hot today. Very few free songwriting software applications can help you with this, but you should find one that will help you achieve this goal.
Third, from a music production point of view, you need software that helps you prepare to work with competent singer/songwriters who are currently getting songwriting placements. If your songwriting software is any good, you will be able to achieve all three.
And as an extra tip, A&Rs would encourage singers and songwriters to use free songwriting software if they want to get their songwriting to the level that could get them you signed to a publishing deal.
If you’re a songwriter and you want to write songs for Major Record Labels or hear your music on the latest Britney Spears, Coldplay, or Jordin Sparks album then please remember this songwriting tip. Your song needs to sound like “what’s hot” and current on the radio, but it still has to be unique enough to stand out from the crowd.
When you think about all this it makes perfect sense. When you write a song exclusively on a project that sells 10,000 copies, you can expect to get a check for at least $910 bucks. Not bad for a day, or week of hard work.
The secret is to use the songwriting software to save time, improve your songwriting in all genres, and use your strengthened songwriting muscle to blend ideas from the country genre with the pop genre, or blend an idea from the pop genre with the country genre. It doesn’t matter how much software you download, you’ll have to be creative in order to blend these two worlds together. That’s the part that can drive you insane—seriously.
Think about rhythms, harmonies that you can mix and match to bring a unique sound to a familiar trend and you will easily have a hit song. Remember if you work hard enough with your songwriting software, you can always come up with something the world wants to hear, even though your songwriting software is free.
And remember, it isn’t always easy – but you can do it if you stick with it. Nobody has the right to tell you that you can’t be a songwriter and use free songwriting software to write the world’s next biggest hit.