Learn more about Berklee Online’s Songwriting courses at: http://bit.ly/yNSKgk Berklee Online hosted an online Open House with instructor Pat Pattison on Mar…
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That was amazing!ο»Ώ
Words of a lazy person , Rules or Tools I’ve lost count of the lazy writers
I have met who make this statement. Format alone is a rule or a tool
Variation of rhyme schemes, is a tool that great writers use. Repetition is
a Rule or a tool. Use of action Verbs is a Tool that sets great songs
apart, from millions of also rans. Stability and Instability , it’s a tool
and a rule use it Learn The Rules and then you can break them But you must
know them first
he looks like a way older version of seth green!!!!
I think what he was saying is thats where you should start but this type of
method he describes sounds like it’s a way to bring your lyrics to the next
level. The part where he talked about lyrical movement was very informative
in my opinion.
before this i was building the castle with my blistering hands
Just put Pat’s ‘tools’ to use and it worked! I’ve had a song that I haven’t
been able to finish for months but within 10 mins of watching this vid I’ve
finished it! Its daring to play about with rhyme schemes and can make songs
sound odd at first but actually they take on another dimension that I’ve
never really explored before but will be from now on. THANKS, PAT!!!!!!
then you mainly write songs for yourself, wich is fine, if that’s what you
want. i’d like to think about ‘who am I talking to?’ when i write a song
and when i perform I like to give people a great feeling, an emotion, a
good time, I feel released when I can touch an audience. When i play it on
my own it’s merely practice, no more.
please continue!
“Ahhhh let’s have a cigarette” Fantastic! Thank you.
Way to reference the Karate Kid! Wise words from Pat Miyagi!
saaaaweeeet… more more more… your body is a wonderland pat! btw FIRST!
that was a wonderful presentation, especially the part about composing the
melody around the flow of the words and not being afraid of writing crap, I
guess that is my biggest problem with writing lyrics.
Seriously…More, more!!!
The crap/fertilizer “greater chance of growing something spectacular” bit
blew my mind. Astounding mind, very helpful.
You are doing what a lot of us do, but The sub conscious can only expand on
what it has learned from you via books or others or study. Knowing the
rules is the way to go and then you can break them. Listening to Pattison
is a must for serious writers.
Pat Pattison, you are bloody amazing and brilliant. I don’t understand
everything yet, but at least you’ve opened up my imagery and imagination
again which I thought was deaed as I had too many mind blocks. Thankyou so
very much! I thought what I wrote was crap, but now I am going to enjoy
writing it because I know, somewhere deep inside myself, it is brilliant!
God bless you xxxxxxX
I totally agree
Best and most essential songwriter lesson I’ve experienced… Why didn’t I
choose this instead of a very expensive course in the UK??? GRRR
I don’t like to put too much thought into my writing process… i like to
write subconciously. i get a pen, some paper, and i just write… i don’t
stop for spelling, punctuation, grammar, or anything. i only stop once my
fingers are cramped up so bad that i can’t write another mark. i then take
pieces from it, and there’s a song. i feel that this gets my soul out. i
don’t even care what the words are, but i can tell you this, that everytime
i play the song, i feel an indescribable release…
The only rule in songwriting is that there are no rules ! π
That’s awesome, thank you for this video!
loooooooool
crap is the best fertilizer
Fuck Aristotle, but then again he was kinda cool. Although his hindering of
the periodic table was bullshit.
Ahh yes, but maybe these lessons are to get these things into your
sub-concious so that you can use them in your soulful writing to make it
better.
Absolutely love this video. ο»Ώ
Thank u for the tips they really help a lot π you are mi inspiration for
writte my own songs <3ο»Ώ
4:20
Aww, give me a hugο»Ώ
you look like a combination of scarlett johansson and the overly attached
girlfriend , laina :Pο»Ώ
This helped alot! Thanks Kelsey!! :)ο»Ώ
The Girl in the Video is So Pretty, I Love your eyes and you seem niceο»Ώ
your original songs are some of the best here on youtube, some famous
artists should learn from you π btw i like these kind of vlog videos π
You did a great job explain a lot of things. And your suggestions were
straight on! I don’t thinkο»Ώ I’d have the patients to make a video like
this. I’m sure you’ve helped a lot of people! π
aww yay! you should upload your song! π
I was writing right before watching this, I took your advices, and I
finished one of mu bests songs (brazilian, love your voice by the way)
Its hard to listen to what you say, because you are extremly beautiful π
No, sorry, like I said, I can’t write the song for you. I don’t have a
method, so it wouldn’t make sense to zero in on one part, and there’s no
way I could show myself writing that would be helpful. Sorry again, but the
best way to learn about songwriting is to just start writing, and allow
yourself time to develop as a songwriter.
I agree that not forcing you into a style it’s VERY important. A lot of
people that start with music try to follow very specific guidelines of what
they want to be… but you need to discover yourself first. Once you have a
clear mind and some experience you can automatize some things.
81st like π Woo no dislikes π
there are songs with less than that out there π
These tips were great. I agree with every single one of them and I actually
unknowingly and naturally do them all. Also, I find that it’s really
noticeable and easy to tell when someone has written a song that’s not
them, and I can tell it with my own songs too. I just stick to writing what
comes naturally and they’re always the songs that I love the most.
great video princess π i loved it !!
How do you edit your videos? I sing too.. I dont knowhow start posting
videos at youtube. I have my own songs too! Youre amazing π
Learn how to play 1? Look for some bandmates? π
I hope to do this sort of thing a little more π
I’m not sure anymore actually, i wrote it four months ago, so it’s a bit of
a blur haha. I know that flower crowns influenced the word flowers being in
the song, but the actual meaning itself…I guess it’s a combination of
things just due to relationships and me changing, stuff like that. Sorry, I
could explain it better, but I don’t want to explain my private life on
here haha
Definitely more vlogs π
great tips maybe I will try that some day
My next song: i had a shitty day man it was really shitty i want a nap but
i’m hungry I now have a pizza allright let’s do this…
Really i love your talent, so please we need your plus your voice π