Songwriting 101. Part 1

hm sounds ok..

My interest is officially piqued...

Nice! Songwriting is the most exciting thing in music for me. I hope this will cover things that I don't know yet. This could be a great series.

Yah I'm for this so we got basic guitar (pick) advanced (kris) and songwriting (you)

Sounds interesting :O

hmm souns good for me, i think im gonna enjoy this =D

(but that room reverb is kind of anoying =P)

so uhhh... i like how the video is called song writing lessons but contains no actual lessons (still kind of excited though)

This guy sounds REALLY enthusiastic

My interest is sparked, but I'm somewhat disappointed that there wasn't a lesson in this video =(

Black Star wrote: My interest is sparked, but I'm somewhat disappointed that there wasn't a lesson in this video =(

agreed. and where did you record that, your garage? lols

manutd4lyf wrote: This guy sounds REALLY enthusiastic

lol

Watch at like 1:26. His expression and hand motion when he says, "Heavy metal," is priceless.

kinda pointless video

this guy has a lisp, talks with his hands, and sounds like a pretentious dick in this pointless video.

horrible

what the hell was that

It sounds like it will be an interesting series. I will look out for it...

my god,
you must be nominated for douche of the year
you say you're a professional musician yet in all sincerity ... you suck ... hard!

Well, he seems to know what he's doing, lets hope that when he ACTUALLY POSTS A LESSON it'll be good.

Soring wrote: my god, you must be nominated for douche of the year you say you're a professional musician yet in all sincerity ... you suck ... hard!

Maybe he does suck hard, I dunno, I don't know the man in real life; but this guy knows what he's talking about, more so than you probably do. Go find his lessons.

... oh-kay... The guy can write lyrics? Prove me wrong.

you never cease to intrigue me Kole, I think this will be a mega helpful video series and I'm definetly looking forward to see some more talking-with-hands.

Sounds interesting, worth checking out. I will look out for it....

well, im all for learnign new things since im pretty afuwl, maby you could get a little more enthusiastic, but if you teach well then i certainly wont complian

A songwriter with a speech impediment named kole, with a 'k'. Sounds like a made for TV movie on lifetime.

Heh, but in all seriousness, this guys sounds like the real deal and I'm excited for what he has to offer. I'd rather be 10 times better at songwriting than even know how to play guitar.

Hello Everyone,

Thanks for checking out the video and all of your comments. I appreciate it.

Black Star wrote: My interest is sparked, but I'm somewhat disappointed that there wasn't a lesson in this video =(

No worries, I'll make sure the first video is worth your time.

Take care everyone and feel free to contact me at my profile if you have any questions or concerns.

-Kole
-www.KoleMusician.com

Kole is the guy to go to for songwriting advice! Great video bro, can't wait for the next part.

Mike Philippov

Mike_Philippov wrote: Kole is the guy to go to for songwriting advice!

He certainly is!!

I'm sure your videos will help many people, just like your articles. Bring on the next part, Kole!

Bill

This should be educational. I've been wanting to expand my musical abilities into the realm of songwriting. Can't wait to see what you've got, Kole.

i have read some of his articles and think his videos will be helpful. i am looking forward to them.

advice: hopefully they will be less echoey though!

KillerShroom wrote: My interest is officially piqued...

same here bro

i really need tips on riff connecting

myfreezingmoon wrote: i really need tips on riff connecting

MyFreezingMoon,

I find this is a common "issue" with many Songwriters (Including myself sometimes) and I will definately create a video on how to connect sections of music to each other.

Take care.

-Kole
-www.KoleMusician.com

interesting, bring on the rest of the series!

i think basically that it would be nice to know about songwriting from another guys mind og method. I dont think calling him Douce helps anything or not call him pro musician, just backoff and try to let him post his first video before being so negative

ive never written a song before, ive always lacked the inspiration, but maybe after watching these ill have a go.

ive never written a song before, ive always lacked the inspiration, but maybe after watching these ill have a go.

i know the problem maybe this guys got what we need.
this is either gona be great or really bad and at the moment i think its gona be real helpful.... i hope

^I totally agree, I never really ahd the inspiration but I'll give this guy a go.

song writing is not that hard that you need a vidio lesson

songs come from the heart and personal exp as well as your environment and song structure is not that dificult too just look at how other artist do it yourself and the lyrics come before the music its easyer that way does anyone agree that these vids are almost pointless

The_Logan : Watch at like 1:26. His expression and hand motion when he says, "Heavy metal," is priceless.

definately

Gooze wrote: this guy has a lisp, talks with his hands, and sounds like a pretentious dick in this pointless video.

you know, i dont think these skilled musicians give up their precious time to be insulted about mild speech problems from losers like you.

I'm looking forward to seeing your videos, since I (like a lot of guys) am self taught as far as songwriting goes. I'm always looking to learn more and I am sure that these videos will be killer. Thanks for taking the time to do this.

will be interesting i spose i might even learn a trick or two give him a chance

im actually working on how to write songs this helps alot

Fuck Yeah I Need Fucking Inspiration i got ux2 great n all but no inspiration lol

when is the 1st one coming out???

Sounds interesting, but he's not so good in front of the camera. I'll be checking it out.

Sounds good!

...I cannot really believe that theres any need to learn how to write songs. You can't learn it, you can't learn your own style, your own sounds, techniques and the most important you can't learn your own musical world, you allready got it...seems like a factory for zombie-musicians...

wtf. Why is this under song LESSON when I didn't learn anything from it. Sounds alright though.

Couldn't you make the introduction to your first actual lesson? That was interesting, but seemed pointless...

ok...

There needs to be a set of vid lessons designed to take someone from low intermediate level up closer to advanced. Kris' lessons blew me away, and I couldn't hardly keep up, but picks were a little too basic.

This is what we need!
Songwriting may come from the soul ^^ but creating an actual composition or a great structured song is very difficult.
One can have style and nice licks but it is very difficult to create a song with it.
I disagree, melody BEFORE lyrics!

metalguy001 wrote: when is the 1st one coming out???

Metalguy001,

You can all expect to see the first Songwriting Video in November. I can't give you a specific date as of now (a few different reasons why), but I will tell you that it's on a topic that many of you have mentioned in the comments section here.

Take care.

-Kole
-www.KoleMusician.com

sounds cool. cant wait for the vids

sounds great. although he sounds like an evil genius. the slight echo doesn't help much either.

this will be great... when the videos finally get posted. :-/

looking forward to it! though you should have called the video something else, a lot of people got disapointed thinking they would get to learn songwriting ^^,

wow, this dude should be a cheerleader... be depressive, B-E depressive...

This guy pisses me off for some reason. Something to do with the facial expressions, his tone, and the way he talks.

The_Logan wrote: Watch at like 1:26. His expression and hand motion when he says, "Heavy metal," is priceless.

Haha, quite so.

Looking forward to this series though.

The_Logan wrote: Watch at like 1:26. His expression and hand motion when he says, "Heavy metal," is priceless.

Lmao

stuartstratford wrote: song writing is not that hard that you need a vidio lesson songs come from the heart and personal exp as well as your environment and song structure is not that dificult too just look at how other artist do it yourself and the lyrics come before the music its easyer that way does anyone agree that these vids are almost pointless

Songwriting is not that hard for some people...but other people like me need a way to organize all of their thoughts...so in your mind pointless and in mine helpful...

Let's sum it up...inspiration; chicks;I,IV,V..lots of distortion; intro,verse,chorus,verse,chorus,bridge,lead,chorus, end; lyrics;"baby,baby,blah,blah,blah,baby..." I think we have a winner!

this guy's a joke, you can't teach someone how to write a song, at least not a good one anyway

I like this guy, he seems friendly and passionate.