My personal record is 28. Do you think writing music of 28 songs in one day is incredible for an inexperienced songwriter?

[Anonymous]

[MrOracle]

That's certainly an awful lot. And even if only a couple are good, that's still impressive.

Dolly Parton wrote the two songs that made her career on the same afternoon: "Jolene" and "I Will Always Love You." A very large portion of her 60+ year career is a result of those two songs.

A number of other songwriters have told stories of how they were struggling to write, and then something happened in their lives - days, weeks, months, or even years after not being able to write anything - and suddenly ideas poured out of them and became some of their best-known work.

Being creative is very often NOT a M-F 8am-5pm kind of job - but you still have to work that hard much of the time, even if you get nothing out of it directly, because that's what will hone your skills and brain for those days when ideas just come pouring out.

[Asker]

Modern songs sounds like the writers didn't even think what to write lol. Neither melodies are beautiful nor the lyrics make sense. They don't sound like they were written in the storms of emotions or deep thinking.

[Asker]

In my case when I am very emotional or very impressed by some idea I write songs that I can't get enough of. But if I feel no emotion I write average songs that deserve to get deleted right away.

[MrOracle]

That's because they weren't. Most are built on a laptop with lots of cutting and pasting, and 72 different kinds of reverb to mask the stark lack of talent. But such music is cheap to record, and so record companies prefer these "groups" because they get product at a very low price. Doesn't much matter to them if it's any good - payola will ensure it gets played.

[Asker]

Billie Eilish, Ariana Grande, etc make low quality songs but they are very popular.
Not speaking about Cardi B lol

[MrOracle]

Ariana Grande sings, but she's got half of Sweden making her songs. And the less said about Cardi B, the better.

[Asker]

Yes Ariana sings lol. I agree. She doesn't whisper. But I meant her songs are not good.
Cardi B's songs are pure trash.

[MrOracle]

Oh, I agree - I just didn't think she should get writing credit when she, AT MOST, occasionally contributes some lyrics. She has multiple production teams writing her music - most of whom are connected to Max Martin, who is one of the two men most responsible for the majority of pop music for the last 20 years (the other being Dr. Luke and his minions).

[Asker]

I always thought that some singers get credit for their songs when in reality they might write one line lol
For example "I just woke up"
Boom. She is a songwriter lol
Max Martin is my favorite songwriter.

[patois]

`It doesn't really matter how many songs you write, it only matters if you can make good songs. You can fill books with songs that suck and you'd still be unskilled.

[Asker]

I know.

[Nikki1989]

Depends. A lot of rap and pop songs need 5 songwriters or more to write a song that could have been written in 5 minutes, so in that context, yes it is good.

[Asker]

Lol yes. I have thought the same.
Yet singer/songwriters who make up one song with bunch of other songwriters say "I wrote" instead of "I cowrote". Lol
I agree that their songs especially the meaningless lyrics can be written within 5 minutes.

[CrabCakes11]

No. They probably are not good. Quality of quantity

[Asker]

40% of them are good or very good.

[JackBnymble]

How many have made the charts?

When you hear one played on the radio, that's the one that matters. The other 27 are just practice. I got a buddy that I pick with who writes songs. One of his got to #2 on the Bluegrass charts. Sirius Radio plays it regularly on Bluegrass Junction. He claims he wrote it in 20 minutes, so you're not unreasonable with your time frame. It all depends on the quality, not the quantity.

He never would tell me how much royalties he makes off that one song every month. He did show up in a new red GMC pickup and told me the royalties off that song made the down payment.

Good luck. Keep at it.

[NathanDavis]

good songs or bad songs?

I could write a 100 bad songs in half a day...

[Asker]

Lol. So true. I thought the same thing too.
I said at any time I can write 100s of bad songs. But it takes too intense feelings inside of me to write aweome melodies.
Every 4 out of 10 of my songs have beautiful melodies. As for lyrics 10 out of 10 have good lyrics

[NathanDavis]

if you're thinking about melodies as you write a song... then they must be good

[Asker]

There have been times that I could listen to. the same small part (20 sec lasting) for more than half hour beacuse I couldn't get enough. This never happened to me in the last 10 years from listening to others songs

[FunkyMonkee]

There was a day back in the mid to late `80's where I wrote about 26 songs in one day. I forget what the record was but I DO recall writing quite a few in one day. I know I've got well over 100 songs, so far.

[Anonymous]

Kinda depends entirely on how good they are.

[Asker]

I agree with you.
There are millions of songs in the internet. They are available. So it's not the number of songs but the quality.

[TommyMountainFigure]

Is that just the lyrics though or full composition?

[Asker]

I have written lyrics for 64 and music for more than 200 songs.
Some of them are complete songs but I haven't counted the number of them.

[TommyMountainFigure]

Then colour me VERY impressed.. My hobby is in mastering tracks.

[Grond21]

I have never written music for myself really so I don't know. But it sounds impressive

[Massageman]

Depends on if you are just writing new melody lines for the same chord structures, or completely new songs.

[Asker]

Completely new songs. Almost all of my melodies don't have resemble others' songs

[Massageman]

Good job.

[Asker]

Don't resemble*

[Asker]

Thanks

[motownplayer2000]

There is nothing new under the sun.. you music will resemble someone other type of music in some way.

[handsomelad70]

It's incredible for an EXPERIENCED songwriter, let alone a newbie.

[motownplayer2000]

So you wrote the melodic lines, the cord progressions, the rhythmic elements.. and everything in one day?

[Asker]

I recorded me singing the complete music of each song but without lyrics lol

[motownplayer2000]

Ok…? Not sure how that works but cool

[Staximus]

Songs like Ralph Vaughn Williams or Wesley Willis?

[SweetDripp]

Impressive if they are good

[MikeTheBartender]

Absolutely. In 15 years I wrote maybe 10.

[rachel776]

I just posted a MyTake about this.

[rachel776]

which is

I (Don't) Write the Songs ↗

[Asker]

It's so amazing to see your wrote a whole mytake after reading my question. It was a very fast response considering how profound your mytake is

[Friendlybro79]

That sounds amazing

[RedInnocent69]

Yes. But are they any good?

[Anonymous]

You are showing off. That's a red flag

[Asker]

I have been hiding my talents for all my life. Nothing good came from it.

[strateguy632]

it is