Uploaded June 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago

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The first step to writing lyrics is coming up with song ideas. In this video I'll walk you through the biggest, but most subtle mistake so many songwriters make which is songWRITING. You want to move away from writing when coming up with ideas and actually record. More information on this in the next video.

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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:29 Lyrics or melody first?
1:04 First step to songwriting
1:45 How to come up with ideas, step 1
2:17 How to come up with ideas, step 2
2:34 How to come up with ideas, step 3
2:48 After idea
3:17 Why you get stuck when writing songs

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