Does anyone here write songs? I've tried all my life. But I've never composed anything that sounded good.
I would like to ask: how do you go about writing one?
I think Paul McCartney seemed to just pull songs out of thin air. I also think he could just start humming and it would turn into something. I think George got his songs from plunking on the guitar all day long. I'm not sure how John got his but I think he kind of riffed off of other people's songs and made them his own.
Elton John and Billy Joel were really good song writers. But I assume, because they're both piano players, that they derived their songs from their piano experiments. Something would sound good to them and they'd remember it and then turn it into something unique and original.
Anyway, I think all you need is a melody and a theme that repeats throughout the song.
What do you guys think about songwriting?