does anyone know how to write a country song? why am I asking... I have the talent to sing but that is just my opinion, no one has really ever heard me sing so this is why I'm asking. Also I like music a lot that's another reason why I'm asking the question (does anyone know how to write a country song)

hmmm.... this topic is boring because no one is answering

You just have to know the basic themes (Link):

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It helps to have a dog and a truck in there.

NSAI

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WebbPA wrote on Jan 6^th, 2010 at 11:05pm:

Nothing wrong with country music. Without it there would be no Rock 'n Roll, no Beatles, no Stones & no rock music as we know it today.

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I don't understand why you need to write it yourself. Most people start off by singing other people's songs. There's literally 1,000s to choose from.

Well I'm not claiming to be an expert on songwriting, because frankly I'm not. However, my friend and I are working on a few songs, and we've found that a lot of it is life experience and emotions felt...sometimes it helps to "just write" and see what comes out.

Hagar wrote on Jan 7^th, 2010 at 5:47am:


Most of my music I play is based on the sequence of notes written by the Masters...J. S. Bach and his forebears....which is now converted into (Western) Rock Music, etc... ...!

Pachebel's "Canon"...."Hotel California"!......!

Paul..."...you can check out any time...but you can never leave..."... ...!

American "Country Songs", I avoid...trust me... .. ...!

Including the Cowboy hats the and spurs...and the Yee-Haaa!... ...!

..... ....!

Hagar wrote on Jan 7^th, 2010 at 6:10am:


It it is interesting that the Chord sequence used in Pachebel's "Canon" appears in much of today's Western music.....I hear it all the time...the old; "Four beats to the Bar"... ...!

Paul....after me..... ...!

In my opinion there is good music & bad music. If you restrict yourself to one style you're missing out on a lot. I never liked the idea of categories or that awful word genres everyone uses nowadays.

PS. I was never a great fan of Elvis Presley but I quite like some of his earlier stuff. A lot of that is pure country.

Hagar wrote on Jan 7^th, 2010 at 6:53am:

Oh yeah, back to the topic, how to write a tune.  It does help if you can play either guitar or keyboards, you didn't say.

Tune composition 101:

Lyrics and melody line thereof.  That's what a tune is.  Rhythm is contained within the melody line.  Either the lyrics or the melody line can come first.  They have to be co-ordinated of course, and some adjustments may have to be made to do so, for example, the lyrics usually need to be properly syllabilized to get them 'melody correct', or the melody may have to be adjusted to the lyrics. 

Lyrics are usually easier to compose than melody.  Sit around with a notebook handy, either at work, school, or just watching TV, and jot down lyrics ideas when they come to you.  They can be either complete lines or partials.  You can splice the partials together later.  With computer word processing, this notation and splicing process would be quite easy today.

The melody line is totally another story.  Good luck there.  Exactly how they do it, or how I did it long ago, I really don't know.  It's also difficult to hold an original tune in your head, maybe you could hum it into a recording device of some kind.  I've always marveled at the originality of good tune melodies, whether it be "Danny Boy" or a Black Sabbath tune.

It's just difficult, period, with the main problem being the coordination of lyrics and melody.  And selling country tunes even more so.  Friend of mine wrote a couple a few years ago, hired studio musicians to record them, they were pure country and sounded OK, but couldn't sell them.  The country music industry is more driven by on-going established groups (I think), and there's your main competion.

My composing credentials:  1972, single handedly wrote a 45 minute long rock album (5 tunes only) for my group back then in what could be called the 'British' genre as it was influenced by Jethro Tull and King Crimson.  A most difficult and mentally draining project. 

I got an 8 point bucks head on my living room wall.
My house is on wheels and we're having a ball.
8 point buck.
8 point buck.
I hitched the house to my pickup truck.
I drove away, house and all,
me and my 8 point buck.   
 

Apex wrote on Jan 7^th, 2010 at 10:49am:


I found this step was much easier when I was an angry teenager with a lot to complain about.

The older I get, the less I seem to be angry enough to write about things.

Music on the other hand, flows from me like water.  I have too many songs, and not enough words. 

I like that addition to the song keep coming up with some ideas.

I forgot to mention this but the song has to fit the redneck theme

Fozzer wrote on Jan 8^th, 2010 at 1:22pm:


what does that mean?

okay then, that question was answered

A-10 wrote on Jan 15^th, 2010 at 10:22pm:



Constantly asking for replies makes you look like an attention whore.

If anyone has something to add , they will. There is no need to ask for replies.

life is like a pain in the neck
it's kind of like a drunken redneck that don't know how to shut up when he's said to much

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the above | is par of a new song i'm writing.

opinions needed on it

I know it isn't all redneck, I just like the redneck theme, also I'm not sure what type of country George Straight sings.

when you find out let me know.

Other than writing lyrics do you have any understanding of theory, composition, or meter?

Without at least a fundamental grounding in these concepts I'm afraid your music career will be short lived.

Do you know what a I-IV-V progression is or a VII Vii? 12 bar blues, a turn around or a bridge, etc?

What instruments do you play? Can you record? And I don't mean on a consumer based sound card with one input on one channel with a Radio Shack mic.

I'm afraid I can't add anything to your song, but I think the poster who finished it did a great dity with it. Sounds like something the Yoopers would write.

Do some internet research on song & lyric writing, producing, and recording. There are hundreds of dedicated music boards to peruse as well.