5 Lyric Writing Tips - Songwriting Lessons with Stuart!

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5 Lyric Writing Tips for Immediate Results - Songwriting Lessons with Stuart!
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@Orla-sc2ml 3 ай бұрын

If you constantly write lyrics down, interesting thoughts you have, stories you come up with, words that sound nice melodically you’ll honestly never struggle to write lyrics again

@marinmusic 3 ай бұрын

👍👍

@_Jackkv4 3 ай бұрын

seems to be true is what i recently discovered in my journeys of being a musician. it’s very intriguing the whole process.

@Ryjins 3 ай бұрын

Stuart please don’t ever stop teaching😭

@virgiww 3 ай бұрын

We love you stuart

@AartiKapur777 3 ай бұрын

Yeah!!!

@alejandrabarrios1554 3 ай бұрын

Tip 1: Avoid obvious rhymes Tip 2: use other songs as templates! Tip 3: Dont tell how you feel, use metaphors!!!! describe the things that i feel and see when i feel that certain emotion; pick something specific to you Tip 4: The 5 word challenge... write down the overall message of the song in 5 words Tip 5: make a list of phrases youre not allowed to start with Bonus tip: hey yeah no ooh; use those words generously, those words go a long way!!!

@leopoldbode8509 3 ай бұрын

🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥Ouh ouh ouh im still here ouh ouh still here 🔥 🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥

@AmattEUR 3 ай бұрын

"My world is too small" hit me as well Stu 🤔

@marinmusic 3 ай бұрын

😅

@noah_wav1452 3 ай бұрын

stuart the best teacher on yt

@marinmusic 3 ай бұрын

🥰

@OscarSchaffer-et1uy 24 күн бұрын

This guy actually made my day so good. Forget the music part, he’s so happy and fun and it’s really cheered me up. Thank you

@B.moon. 3 ай бұрын

i love that the color of your shirt fits the color of your eyes

@filipneculai155 3 ай бұрын

I really needed this!! Thanks unc! 😘

@danielcarvalho1599 3 ай бұрын

Love you stuart!! you are amazing

@greasebag7032 3 ай бұрын

Needed this!! Thank you!

@tt0kii 3 ай бұрын

I absolutely love ur vids stu , this made my songwriting skills better :)

@freakpetux4452 3 ай бұрын

That's exactly what I'm currently struggling with 😔. Thank you a lot, Stu!❤❤

@eddiejoseph. 3 ай бұрын

The songwriting tutorials/help/tip videos are the best, thank you

@abdulrahman-cf4sk 3 ай бұрын

STURAT YOU'RE MY FAV TEACHER OF ALL TIMEEEEEEE

@alejandrabarrios1554 3 ай бұрын

stuart i am literally so thankful you make these videos i love you

@Mid_Mountain_Cucumber 3 ай бұрын

Stewart you're awesome! I dont even own a guitar but i can't stop watching your videos lol You always manage to make my day, keep it up bud :)

@skiper129 3 ай бұрын

Thank you Stuart I really liked your green pencil

@lestat.. 3 ай бұрын

Great tips Stuart ! 🕺👏🏼

@kraz000 3 ай бұрын

i love you sm i’ve been wanted this recently

@marinmusic 3 ай бұрын

Yay!

@verysuperkoolepicperson9790 3 ай бұрын

this is the beginning of something great. a series of tips by the one and only. Guitar and Other tips and lessons would be amazing by Stuart. Like how to sing while playing guitar and so on

@beeg8979 3 ай бұрын

W this helps I’ve been writing a ton of lyrics at work but I tend to just drift out of a song and start on another when they start sounding repetitive

@St4rgzer 3 ай бұрын

Stuart is the best music teacher I’ve ever had. ❤️

@peterfalc9989 3 ай бұрын

Like the song writing tutorials. Keep them going please! 🙏

@freakpetux4452 3 ай бұрын

Thank you Stuart

@grinningcheshire7695 3 ай бұрын

Thank you, Stuart xx

@whiteboywednesday1265 3 ай бұрын

This and the song writing video were helpful a lot THANK YOU FATHER STUART 🙏

@marinmusic 3 ай бұрын

Yay!!

@laketoriver 3 ай бұрын

Saw this at midnight but knew I had to sleep so i’ve been excited since.. Thanks for your wisdom music man 🙏

@marinmusic 3 ай бұрын

My pleasure!

@SnuggeSnugge Ай бұрын

You crack me up man, you are very funny and I like your style! ❤

@progamerkevin3946 3 ай бұрын

I will use this in my first song

@feliciteebimina226 3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much stu ive been trying with no succes… i hope these tips help

@melt3215 9 күн бұрын

Youre awesome man

@rileymooneyham8051 3 ай бұрын

These are actually really great tips 👍

@marinmusic 3 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

@FrogeFella 3 ай бұрын

very good practical advice 👍

@ronaldbean3355 3 ай бұрын

another thing that helped me a lot is to be more willing to stretch out words for longer than youre usually comfortable with, give em a few bars. also something that makes lyrics feel more natural and impactful at times is to give them more space, for a verse, instead of doing line after line of lyrics, throw some bars of just instrumental between them to let them breathe. excellent video stuart, (though i fear you may be lonely and or sad based on very hidden contextual clues)

@lauryv1e 18 күн бұрын

I love you pls dont die

@camillessimo 3 ай бұрын

I can’t imagine Stuart without a guitar under the arm

@marinmusic 3 ай бұрын

Did I even play it at all in this vid?

@camillessimo 3 ай бұрын

@@marinmusic not a single time but I’m sure holding it the secret tip for songwriting

@user-gj6rl7po9q 3 ай бұрын

Very awesome video.

@nottheaverageperson7428 3 ай бұрын

We Love You Uncle Stuart

@hrrrtshapedbox129 3 ай бұрын

I LOVE U MAN!!

@steven4969 8 күн бұрын

thank u bro

@richardmartinez9284 3 ай бұрын

We love you stort

@marinmusic 3 ай бұрын

My new favorite nickname 😍

@aasara4 3 ай бұрын

Youre the best

@jakekilemade3313 3 ай бұрын

Stuart you are too good

@LQ2DARESQ 3 ай бұрын

This man is a national treasure

@lukitess2176 3 ай бұрын

Stuart you are the best🥰🥰

@marinmusic 3 ай бұрын

😍🥰😍

@adelaide5437 3 ай бұрын

best teacher

@aysnothingmore 3 ай бұрын

stuart can you make a tutorial on that "disneyland rules" song? i really need that

@danielcarvalho1599 3 ай бұрын

For the bonus tips, I think Hey by Pixies is the best example, because they use Hey, Woo and Yeah in the same phrase

@OWIEEE123 3 ай бұрын

Stuart, how do you keep reading my mind like this. I wanted to learn Chop suey and saw that you just uploaded it, same thing with apple cider and now just when I want to write a song, you upload this.

@chelseathomas4275 3 ай бұрын

Love your vids!!! Do you have a video on how to start learning barre chords?

@laketoriver 3 ай бұрын

They’ll get easier over time, sometimes at the beginning they might feel to “stretchy” or might not be clean. You can do this!❤

@marinmusic 3 ай бұрын

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@christiansanders1 3 ай бұрын

I really needed to hear tip #2. I’ve been writing lyrics for years and I was always embarrassed by the fact that I had to use existing songs as a template for my own

@marinmusic 3 ай бұрын

It’s the best. It gets you started immediately!

@brandonstrauss5228 3 ай бұрын

Thanks Stuart! Can you do a tutorial of Run by Snow Patrol, I’d be forever grateful.

@sy-ik8xm 3 ай бұрын

we want to learn your songs too stuart

@mitch5944 3 ай бұрын

Have fun in Colorado tommorow

@marinmusic 3 ай бұрын

Thanks I actually already got back and I got sick there. But I played fortnight for the first time

@celobisicchia8544 3 ай бұрын

Stuart the GOAT

@sanjeevraysome3043 22 күн бұрын

Stuart ! Its too art 🎶 😂❤

@user-gw4ze1gq4t 3 ай бұрын

Thank you

@marinmusic 3 ай бұрын

Welcome!

@user-gw4ze1gq4t 3 ай бұрын

@@marinmusic we need more music theory, you’re a good teacher, whether it being chromatic scales or explaining music theory, I know it’s boring… but you’d break it down well for your followers

@mitch5944 3 ай бұрын

Songwriting vids=best vids :)

@marinmusic 3 ай бұрын

Oh good, I’m glad you like them. I’ll keep doing song tutorials for sure, but I really like making these.

@michalterplyvec4044 3 ай бұрын

Hi stuart I love your energy and I was thinking if you could teach this song called dont know how to love by band caled ever thanks so much

@lolsucks3599 2 ай бұрын

I only have a keyboard but I need an acoustic guitar aswell but no money rn 😭

@marinmusic 2 ай бұрын

Steal one?

@moon-nm9rd 3 ай бұрын

Hey stuart!! Do you think you'd be able to do a tutorial on The Beginning by Flawed Mangoes?

@Dusk_til-Dawn- 3 ай бұрын

STUART CAN YOU TEACH US HOW TO PLAY ROSEMARY BY DEFTONES!!!

@osifoeke 3 ай бұрын

can you do a modern baseball song tutorial next pls

@marinmusic 3 ай бұрын

Added to the list- thanks!

@swazybaby2490 3 ай бұрын

thank you Stuart also can you please make a tutorial on space oddity by David Bowie 🙏🙏

@elikurtz3602 3 ай бұрын

i was wondering if you could do a tutorial for scott pilgrim vs my gpa by mom jeans?

@Nick-qj7ym 23 күн бұрын

You are HALARIOUS! 9:30 & 10:15 & 14:35😂🤣Love your sense of humor🙌

@psychostick555 3 ай бұрын

You’re the best uncle Stu 😭

@JamesMarriottenjoyer 2 ай бұрын

the only guitar teacher ever

@mitch5944 3 ай бұрын

💯💯💯

@flynnjones6503 3 ай бұрын

stuart, where can i hear some of the songs you have written?

@The1mpeccable 3 ай бұрын

uncle stuart pls make a tutorial on faust arp by radiohead pls pls pls

@BrainRotVideos-gv1pp 3 ай бұрын

I'm begging for some kings of leon... 😭 especially their classics, first five albums, maybe a little pyro pwetty pwease. Luh u big dawg

@zrpyker 3 ай бұрын

always

@ThePhoenixSlayer 3 ай бұрын

Hey Stuart, I have a question: Do you recommend starting with the lyric-writing, or starting with a melody, and writing lyrics to fit that. Because when I start with lyrics, I always find it hard to think of a unique melody to fit with it, and the exact problem arises the other way round: when I start with a melody, I struggle thinking of lyrics that fit into that tune. A question to add to this is: how do you recommend trying to think of a unique melody. As a huge consumer of music, I sometimes sporadically start humming something unique, but as soon as I realize I'm doing it, my brain automatically just reverts to some random song that sounds kinda similar, and the idea is just lost. Hope you're having a good day (I guess your trip was good as well?)

@marinmusic 3 ай бұрын

This is such a big question. Answer #1: every approach is a totally legit approach- lyrics first, melody first, both at the same time… Answer #2: I’ll dive into that in some upcoming vids 😉

@marinmusic 3 ай бұрын

Answer #3: I usually write lyrics first, but change them quite a bit as I’m writing the melody.

@ThePhoenixSlayer 3 ай бұрын

@@marinmusic Thanks Stuart!

@dickrichard626 15 күн бұрын

It's easier to make a great piece of music without lyrics. If you write lyrics first then the music gets forced to comfort to them somehow and the actual creating of the music suffers as a result because it's much more difficult where as if you create the music and have basically the entire song worked out it can be used as inspiration for the lyrics because the music should have some kind of vibe already to base your ideas off of. People that write lyrics and then put music to them usually don't make music that is very creative or complex. Many famous bands do the music first, then vocalist goe's to work for reasons that I just described.

@kalvino67 3 ай бұрын

Too many lyrics? It works for Taylor Swift! 😂 Love your vids btw…and your Martin guitars!

@dannychainsaw8615 3 ай бұрын

thank u Stuart, this is exactly what I needed

@galaxywolf4034 24 күн бұрын

I have a big question I already have the guitar part written down but struggling to find lyrics that go with that is hard I don't know anything about singing or writing lyrics any tips

@biggestAlexGfan 3 ай бұрын

I LOEV YOU 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

@Amonguspankvids 3 ай бұрын

Can you do poor Aileen by superheaven

@green_squash 3 ай бұрын

stewart super duper pretty please make a tutorial for the new hozier release Be (acoustic) 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

@Itslao. 2 ай бұрын

Stuart supremacy

@confirmingselection 3 ай бұрын

a tutorial for this song one day please: tiptoe hybs

@marinmusic 3 ай бұрын

Added to the list - thank you!

@confirmingselection 3 ай бұрын

@@marinmusic TYSM😍😍

@liamcollie2913 Ай бұрын

Careless whisper starts with i

@glow_silents.07 Ай бұрын

I beg of u pls do a tutorial for devil town by cavetown🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

@marinmusic Ай бұрын

👍👍

@glow_silents.07 Ай бұрын

@@marinmusic TYYYY🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

@gpelomundo Ай бұрын

First tip is the best one. I feel exposed 😂 I already noticed the rhymes sound cringe af but I didn't know a better way to do it

@tajiiiii Ай бұрын

hello stuart

@IlIvl 3 ай бұрын

Can you do Engine no. 9 by deftones🎸

@marinmusic 3 ай бұрын

Added to the list- thanks!

@rylieisborin 3 ай бұрын

@konosev434 3 ай бұрын

Day 1 of asking Mr. Stuart for a tutorial on Pasilyo by Sunkissed Lola.

@marinmusic 3 ай бұрын

Added to the list - thank you!

@leoozuni87 3 ай бұрын

Tip 1: Avoid Complete, perfect rhymes ; Use imperfect rhymes more often. Tip 2: Use an existing song as a template (regarding the rhyme scheme, syllables in each line, rhythm etc) Tip 3: Try to be concise with expressing your feelings, thoughts ( add metaphors ) Tip 4: Sum up the songs meaning, main theme in 5 words (or so) Tip 5: Write down clichéd phrases used to express your songs' meaning; Try to be more creative while avoiding those. !Extra tip! : Frequent the use of these words -> hey, ooo, yeah, no.