Ballad Songwriting
Nazgul
Sep 17 2008, 06:36 PM
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Hi there!

I have got a question about about writing a ballad: Is there any structure of how to make a ballad, like Intro, Vers, Refrain ... ? I know a good ballad can be worked out with lots of tries, I just want to know if there are any "advices", how ballads are structured normally.

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Eat-Sleep-andJam
Sep 19 2008, 12:29 PM
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Another thing about ballad lyrics that might help you write, is try to write something from the heart. Sure we can all piece together some random lines and have some cheesy lyrics, but In the end.... People relate to whats from the heart. Whether thats good or evil. So my advice would be, listen to some Ballad songs that you like. Read the lyrics, get in touch with the artist, then try to understand where all that raw emotion is coming from. Then maybe you can take yourself back to a time where you felt very emotional and start writing and composing some Amazing Ballads smile.gif

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Nemanja Filipovi...
Sep 19 2008, 12:36 PM
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QUOTE (Eat-Sleep-andJam @ Sep 19 2008, 01:29 PM) *
Another thing about ballad lyrics that might help you write, is try to write something from the heart. Sure we can all piece together some random lines and have some cheesy lyrics, but In the end.... People relate to whats from the heart. Whether thats good or evil. So my advice would be, listen to some Ballad songs that you like. Read the lyrics, get in touch with the artist, then try to understand where all that raw emotion is coming from. Then maybe you can take yourself back to a time where you felt very emotional and start writing and composing some Amazing Ballads smile.gif

I agree,one of the most important things is saying the story of the song.Good way to extract words from the heart is form me the best when I emagine the story in my head,like a movie.And then I just set markers(begininng,middle,end)and say what I feel.

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