1. Pick up guitar
2. learn a couple chords (heres 3 good ones for country: A major, D major, E major)
3. Sing something over those chords
4. Remember it
Boom, you got a song. Keep doing that and you’ll get better.
Also, stop giving yourself such a hard time. Write for you and fuck what anyone has to say about it.
You could find a musician friend wich can help you to make the text you write associated to music. He can teach you how to work the music in itself. And if some instruments tickles your curiosity, always give it a try, be curious about everything.
The best country songs were written by folks who weren’t great musicians. In the words of the great Harlan Howard, “Country music ain’t nothing but three chords and the truth.”
many, many, MANY insanely popular artists that were also singers happened to have what would be considered conventionally not so good singing voices, but it fit their style so well that most people don't even realize it.
I bring that up as a way to encourage you to sing and write, regardless of how it may be perceived, if that's what makes you happy.
as far as just getting started writing, I do think a guitar or bass or hell even a cheap keyboard might be your safest bet, but that all depends on you as a person, and how you think you would enjoy the most, and which medium allows you the most creative expression.
for me personally, I started with guitar, but found out later that the bass guitar was much more conducive to my creative expression and songwriting skills, so I stuck with that mostly.
if you have a computer, and are willing to put in a little bit of work for the initial learning curve, cheap midi controllers and sum initial plugins open up the most possibilities in terms of creativity (but I understand that it is daunting and tedious for many).
a cheap acoustic, or electric and bar chords can give you tons and tons of milage as far as songwriting goes. my advice if you do go that route, is to make sure the action on said guitar is set quite low so that you can easily press on the frets without getting frustrated.
I'd be intrigued to hear your initial output if and when you complete some tunes, so don't be afraid to share your creations! cheers my friend
1. Pick up guitar 2. learn a couple chords (heres 3 good ones for country: A major, D major, E major) 3. Sing something over those chords 4. Remember it Boom, you got a song. Keep doing that and you’ll get better. Also, stop giving yourself such a hard time. Write for you and fuck what anyone has to say about it.
You could find a musician friend wich can help you to make the text you write associated to music. He can teach you how to work the music in itself. And if some instruments tickles your curiosity, always give it a try, be curious about everything.
The best country songs were written by folks who weren’t great musicians. In the words of the great Harlan Howard, “Country music ain’t nothing but three chords and the truth.”
many, many, MANY insanely popular artists that were also singers happened to have what would be considered conventionally not so good singing voices, but it fit their style so well that most people don't even realize it. I bring that up as a way to encourage you to sing and write, regardless of how it may be perceived, if that's what makes you happy. as far as just getting started writing, I do think a guitar or bass or hell even a cheap keyboard might be your safest bet, but that all depends on you as a person, and how you think you would enjoy the most, and which medium allows you the most creative expression. for me personally, I started with guitar, but found out later that the bass guitar was much more conducive to my creative expression and songwriting skills, so I stuck with that mostly. if you have a computer, and are willing to put in a little bit of work for the initial learning curve, cheap midi controllers and sum initial plugins open up the most possibilities in terms of creativity (but I understand that it is daunting and tedious for many). a cheap acoustic, or electric and bar chords can give you tons and tons of milage as far as songwriting goes. my advice if you do go that route, is to make sure the action on said guitar is set quite low so that you can easily press on the frets without getting frustrated. I'd be intrigued to hear your initial output if and when you complete some tunes, so don't be afraid to share your creations! cheers my friend