To do this, you’ll want to first decide your scale and then have all the notes in your head (or as a list).įrom here, you simply roulette the notes (or chords), and you must use whatever note you land on.Īndrew Huang does this using a random number generator to decide the sequence or order of the chords you use (see this video at 02:40). There are seemingly endless options, but try to choose one that’s somewhat challenging (you know, because that’s our purpose here). Or you could play with the chord structure, style, melodies, instruments or words. Here, we’ll start by choosing and learning a cover song – and then simply changing it to suit our own style.įor example, you could switch up the chorus and make up your own different one, and just keep the verses the same (or vice versa). Rewriting a song as if it were your own is another fun challenge. You could even write the sequel to someone else’s song. The trick is to connect the two songs somehow – either musically or by story. What would the next part look like? It may be subtle changes to chord structures, or completely new melodies and styles (in the same scale). It can help to imagine your song as a story, or movie. What if one of your finished songs had a sequel? What would the next part be? So let’s kick things off with a nice and chill one, something I like to call The Sequel. Still, I think I’ve got some pretty solid ideas here. It tests our skills and exposes our strengths and our weaknesses.Ĭlarification about who you are as an artistġ0 Songwriting Challenges (Ordered From Beginner to Expert)įull disclaimer, although I’ve dabbled in most of these challenges, I haven’t tried all of them (especially number 10). It forces us to think outside the box and try new things. So I suppose this is one of the core benefits of songwriting challenges: they’re a challenge. So let’s skip the small talk and just jump right in, shall we? The Benefits of Songwriting Games + ChallengesĪs Fred DeVito said, “ If it doesn’t challenge you, it doesn’t change you.” But of course, it’s all pretty subjective here. I’ve also ordered them in a sort of beginner-to-expert listicle format. So I’ve done some digging and I put together this list of (mostly, I think) new and fresh ideas to try. Really, they’re pretty fun and more like songwriting games. They’re like a test of skill and can often force some unique creativity out of us – especially when we’re needing a spark of motivation.
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