Justin, I haven't found any bob Dylan song tutorials from you. Would you mind doing some songs like, like a rolling stone, blowing in the wind, knocking on heavens door, tambourine man etc
I been learning guitar from you for about 8 months now. Studying for two hours a day. Never missing a day. My daughter is getting married in September and I’m writing a song for her for the wedding no one knows. They don’t even know I’m playing guitar. So this is going to be something. I been writing poems my whole life. Songs I never did. I’m picking out a strumming pattern. Wish me luck. I owe what happens all to you Justin!
To be fair, there's 50,000 songs per day uploaded to Spotify. And maybe 5 great songs per year. So a song must have something extra-special to break through the noise.
Dude!!!!! I’ve been writing down random lyrics for over a year now. I had no idea how put them to music. This is so inspirational. Thank you so much Justin
I've been songwriting for quite a while. Sometimes I get stuck in my usual rut but this is definitely a "rut buster". Thanks so much. I've got a great chorus based on the dicey chord progression method.
I hate those days. There have been times I’ve literally destroyed multiple compositions that I’ve written down thinking nothing I can make is good. A day or two later and I’m writing a composition every hour if I needed that many. lol
This was the perfect lesson, and I'm no beginner guitarist. (maybe a beginner in terms of songwriting) This might make less sense to complete beginners, but it's one of those things which resolves a lot of your earlier learning and combines it into something new. This is the beginning of the end-game for a musician. Love, LD
I'm an amateur composer and have been writing songs/instrumentals since school days (a long time ago :-)). I have been asked to do a workshop for some teenagers and your video has been an inspiration, thank you. Cheers Dave
Hi! i have just started to learn guitar, i don't even have a guitar yet XD I was looking at tutorials and have come accross you and i am in love with your teaching technique, i have learn more in your videos than in two years worth of music lessons at school!!! thank you so much x
Ha! Haha! got stuck in a song for a while, or more precisely with the chorus that should follow the two finished verses. wasn ´t happy with any chorus part i came up with. now i did "the diceman" and it gave me a direction! thank you so much for coming up with this, Justin! By the way: I hope I will win in the lottery soon, so i can pay you off for everything you did for evolving me and my guitar skills and my (because of you) still growing love for this instrument!🙂 thx a lot
an instead of wayting for the never coming jackpot i decided to donate for you and your work! Just did it, not much but something, i can spare right now. thats something i wanted to do a long time. felt good!😁 thx again and good night!
There's a new way to decide which chords to use. I've been composing my own songs but only during when im in the mood to do so. Because that's the time lyrics comes flowing. And what ever chords i strum and found pleasing to hear that's what i use to make the song. Maybe I'll try this roll the dice thing next time. Cheers!
Cannot wait to watch this one!!! Started using your lessons 4 months ago in quarantine so I could finally play my own music!! Your content has been so effective and feeling like I'm really making progress (2-3 hours of practice a day!!)
about 4 minutes in, I realized I have been over complicating things for like 30 years because I never learned theory. I intuitively know lots of stuff, can jam with anyone... but I don't understand what I am doing. Being able to box things like this is mind-blowingly simple. (slaps forehead)
Have u watched the Beatles doc? They mostly focused on melody and then filled in the lyrics. Honestly, very few songs have great lyrics, so many just are flowery filler.
Super helpful and fun! I’m a music instructor and we are starting a songwriting class and trying to get some ideas on teaching the class to make it fun.
Hey Justin, thanks so much for what you do. I can't count how many students I've referred to your site and excellent teaching. Your style is so warm and approachable, and always so encouraging with creativity at the core. I'm a huge fan!
I will take this song over the crap media trying to force on us any given day…. There is more work and collab in this song than most of the albums full of cheap music out there….! Great job, enjoyed every minute…!
Incredible lesson, Justin. Hilarious and helpful at the same time. Gonna have "Illuminous Skies and Sad Goodbyes" in my head for the day (great name for a song btw!) CHEERS
Add another dice for bar length as in how many chords per measure, will give options and may lead to different rhythm patterns. As for lyrics, look no further than McCarthur's park, a set of separate lines that are seemingly meaningless. Neil Finn also has many lyrics that are similar in having either very deep context, or are possibly just a set of loosely related lines tied by good melody and harmonic structure.
Weird... Ive been doing this for a couple of months with a bunch of dice I bought on eBay. It will get you started and does throw up some interesting variations you might not have played. You still have to make all the 'musical decisions' and use your ears to find what does it for you. I approve, lol. for what its worth. +1
Dear Justin, thank you so much for sharing your knowledge, experience, ideas and insights. I've been learning to play the guitar for more than 20 years and failed, because I quited all the time. But your lessons and your course gives inspiration to move on, to grow and to enjoy every new skill. Now I see, that I can learn, I see the progress every day, and thanks to your systematic approach, I always know what to do further. And your songwriting ideas are so great! Many many thanks and all the best wishes to you!
This is quite brilliant. I mean I was skeptical when I just heard you read out the lines from your Instagram feed, but then you put it all together and funny enough, it works! Thanks for the laughs and song writing inspiration.
I added a like as soon as you said "there are no rules, the best songs break the rules". I've seen too many videos telling you to follow the rules of song writing.
Name of song - The Armchair Metaphysicist The chorus so far - Looking out through the universe Through all of space and time Breaking the fourth dimension In search of the meaning of life Then snapped back to reality With a half baked answer Happenstance and luck There is no higher power
Justin I absolutely loved this tutorial , it’s exactly what I was looking for , fun being creative and enjoying the process , song structure and how things can work etc exploring ones self with music , loved it , liked and subscribed , really really enjoyed this heaps. 🙏👍
Justin Justin.......wow this lesson is exactly what the doctor ordered for me...... Justin your a top bloke...... Been struggling how to fit words in to s song.... Syalables ....bingo...on my knees head bowed ...I thank you ❤️
You may just have a hit song there, dude. I really like the catchy chorus "the end of silence". I wish I had seen your lesson when I was struggling with song writing a year ago. I've figured things out but it too me a painful long time.
Thanks Justin - excellent advice - I am a designer so used to challenging the creative and thinking outside the box and wanting to expand my creativity into song writing - Thanks for your great advice and enthusiasm with guitar and now songwriting. Superb :-))
Justin, this is extremely helpful!! Thank you. I have been making efforts to write some blues songs and always had questions like, "should the guitar chord progressions and strumming pattern need to be nailed down first and later on write the lyrics or should the song be composed first and put to music"? From this video, it appears that the guitar part precedes the lyrics; is that (one of) the take home messages?
Society puts rules everywhere... while music is just art and expression .. the only rule is whether people like it or not.. and wheter you like it or not
I had this video on and I was not listening for a second and doing something else and then he starts whispering so I immediately stop what I am doing a listen then he says "Playing more quietly is a good way to get people listening because when you talk quiet people start to listen if they are distracted." I am like well I guess it works made me laugh so hard.
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thank u for providing free couse when i become a song writer and i start earning money i will surely donate and recommend it to my friends .Sorry i cant pay now because i am still a student
That was the most fun educational thing ever. I can use that. And I am going to learn this tune. I have watched you for a long time now, and I've learned a ton, and its been fun ( that's a song ) , lol, I recommend you to anyone learning. Thank you from Canada.
Easily learn the fingerpicking technique here! th-cam.com/video/2WB8otOcz78/w-d-xo.html
Justin, I haven't found any bob Dylan song tutorials from you. Would you mind doing some songs like, like a rolling stone, blowing in the wind, knocking on heavens door, tambourine man etc
Which affordable guitar do you recommend for a beginner adult?
I been learning guitar from you for about 8 months now. Studying for two hours a day. Never missing a day. My daughter is getting married in September and I’m writing a song for her for the wedding no one knows. They don’t even know I’m playing guitar. So this is going to be something. I been writing poems my whole life. Songs I never did. I’m picking out a strumming pattern. Wish me luck. I owe what happens all to you Justin!
good luck!!
good luck bro
Beautiful story. Good luck
How are you getting on?
This is so cute omg good luck!!!
You’ve revealed either the brilliance of pop music writing or that we humans are quite easily entertained.
OR, a little bit of both....!
We want to be related to, we want to know that somebody has got thought what we’re going through
No I say it is both. 👍🏻
To be fair, there's 50,000 songs per day uploaded to Spotify. And maybe 5 great songs per year. So a song must have something extra-special to break through the noise.
Dude!!!!! I’ve been writing down random lyrics for over a year now. I had no idea how put them to music. This is so inspirational. Thank you so much Justin
Hey! That's my line! "Cause every watermelon heart is red!" ;) It's gold, ha ha!!! Cheers mate !
Haha. Yeah man it stole the show
Brilliant 💜🎼
What about yellow ones?
5 minutes in and I'm loving this! Can't wait to see where this goes!
I've been songwriting for quite a while. Sometimes I get stuck in my usual rut but this is definitely a "rut buster". Thanks so much. I've got a great chorus based on the dicey chord progression method.
I hate those days. There have been times I’ve literally destroyed multiple compositions that I’ve written down thinking nothing I can make is good. A day or two later and I’m writing a composition every hour if I needed that many. lol
This was the perfect lesson, and I'm no beginner guitarist. (maybe a beginner in terms of songwriting)
This might make less sense to complete beginners, but it's one of those things which resolves a lot of your earlier learning and combines it into something new.
This is the beginning of the end-game for a musician.
Love,
LD
Used to spend hours on Justin’s website as a kid. Thank you for teaching us for all these years bro
One of the best episodes all around, Fun, Interesting, helpful and really inspiring... Thanks Justin
It gave a great idea of the basic s of songwriting.. unlike other people who only share tips...
Good work keeping a straight face on “I like the smell of new chairs”. I would have cracked up.
This is brilliant I can't describe how amazed Iam, I guess we need more songwriting lesson for beginners JUST WOW WOW WOW ! THANK YOU SO MUCH JUSTIN.
I'm an amateur composer and have been writing songs/instrumentals since school days (a long time ago :-)). I have been asked to do a workshop for some teenagers and your video has been an inspiration, thank you. Cheers Dave
Hi! i have just started to learn guitar, i don't even have a guitar yet XD I was looking at tutorials and have come accross you and i am in love with your teaching technique, i have learn more in your videos than in two years worth of music lessons at school!!! thank you so much x
'The end of silence. Pretty relevant right now actually'. Amen brother!!!
Ha! Haha! got stuck in a song for a while, or more precisely with the chorus that should follow the two finished verses. wasn ´t happy with any chorus part i came up with. now i did "the diceman" and it gave me a direction! thank you so much for coming up with this, Justin!
By the way: I hope I will win in the lottery soon, so i can pay you off for everything you did for evolving me and my guitar skills and my (because of you) still growing love for this instrument!🙂
thx a lot
an instead of wayting for the never coming jackpot i decided to donate for you and your work! Just did it, not much but something, i can spare right now.
thats something i wanted to do a long time. felt good!😁
thx again and good night!
I always wanted to learn about music structure. Thanks! What about another lesson without the dice? Explaining a bit of your choices and feeling, :)
There's a new way to decide which chords to use. I've been composing my own songs but only during when im in the mood to do so. Because that's the time lyrics comes flowing. And what ever chords i strum and found pleasing to hear that's what i use to make the song. Maybe I'll try this roll the dice thing next time. Cheers!
Cannot wait to watch this one!!! Started using your lessons 4 months ago in quarantine so I could finally play my own music!! Your content has been so effective and feeling like I'm really making progress (2-3 hours of practice a day!!)
3 years later. How did you get along?
about 4 minutes in, I realized I have been over complicating things for like 30 years because I never learned theory. I intuitively know lots of stuff, can jam with anyone... but I don't understand what I am doing. Being able to box things like this is mind-blowingly simple. (slaps forehead)
Lol you can do it . 👍
Have u watched the Beatles doc? They mostly focused on melody and then filled in the lyrics. Honestly, very few songs have great lyrics, so many just are flowery filler.
Lyrical analysis:
Man decides to end it all after wife gives him cold shoulder while decorating beach house
Damn dude
“Slap a naked chicken, ugh, that might have some weird connotation” 18:14 had me dying 😂
Super helpful and fun! I’m a music instructor and we are starting a songwriting class and trying to get some ideas on teaching the class to make it fun.
Hey Justin, thanks so much for what you do. I can't count how many students I've referred to your site and excellent teaching. Your style is so warm and approachable, and always so encouraging with creativity at the core. I'm a huge fan!
Wow, thanks!
😊
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I love this man. Thank God! Someone has a good talent like this who loves to share things like this ;)
I will take this song over the crap media trying to force on us any given day…. There is more work and collab in this song than most of the albums full of cheap music out there….! Great job, enjoyed every minute…!
You are such an encouraging teacher! I seriously feel so much braver to try songwriting after watching your video. Thank you for posting this! 💕
Incredible lesson, Justin. Hilarious and helpful at the same time. Gonna have "Illuminous Skies and Sad Goodbyes" in my head for the day (great name for a song btw!) CHEERS
Add another dice for bar length as in how many chords per measure, will give options and may lead to different rhythm patterns.
As for lyrics, look no further than McCarthur's park, a set of separate lines that are seemingly meaningless. Neil Finn also has many lyrics that are similar in having either very deep context, or are possibly just a set of loosely related lines tied by good melody and harmonic structure.
Haha, that's really nice, it's easier than I thought and works very well, a fun way to get creative and write down your first songs, awesome!
This was so helpful! Thank you! So glad to have found your channel! 👏👏👏
Weird... Ive been doing this for a couple of months with a bunch of dice I bought on eBay. It will get you started and does throw up some interesting variations you might not have played. You still have to make all the 'musical decisions' and use your ears to find what does it for you.
I approve, lol. for what its worth. +1
Dear Justin, thank you so much for sharing your knowledge, experience, ideas and insights. I've been learning to play the guitar for more than 20 years and failed, because I quited all the time. But your lessons and your course gives inspiration to move on, to grow and to enjoy every new skill. Now I see, that I can learn, I see the progress every day, and thanks to your systematic approach, I always know what to do further. And your songwriting ideas are so great! Many many thanks and all the best wishes to you!
You didn't pick "I love my midnight toast." Because it's too silly but you did pick "I like the smell of new chairs."😂
Great video!
Yes your right , smell of new chairs , goodness knows who has sat and farted on them 😂
@@fishmut lol
Hah, a Diceman fan! Loved that book, great to see someone else who knows it
I was prepared to be lectured about intervals and key signature but this one's pretty simple for everyone including those who don't know music theory
Im just getting started with songwriting and this was extremely helpful and entertaining thanks
Awesome Justin! Great fun way to learn how to write a song. You were really getting into it!!
Great as always. This was a really fun approach. I only watched the video through, cant wait to try it and dive in. Inspiring! thank you!
Great video. Definitely going to try this for fun
Love this idea thanks Justin!
Also "slap a naked chicken" had me rolling whether you used it or not.
This is quite brilliant. I mean I was skeptical when I just heard you read out the lines from your Instagram feed, but then you put it all together and funny enough, it works! Thanks for the laughs and song writing inspiration.
I added a like as soon as you said "there are no rules, the best songs break the rules". I've seen too many videos telling you to follow the rules of song writing.
Record it & release it ASAP! I got some really good chuckles from this even though it was extremely helpful, yet so freakin' entertaining!
Name of song - The Armchair Metaphysicist
The chorus so far -
Looking out through the universe
Through all of space and time
Breaking the fourth dimension
In search of the meaning of life
Then snapped back to reality
With a half baked answer
Happenstance and luck
There is no higher power
Justin I absolutely loved this tutorial , it’s exactly what I was looking for , fun being creative and enjoying the process , song structure and how things can work etc exploring ones self with music , loved it , liked and subscribed , really really enjoyed this heaps. 🙏👍
Thank you Justin.. invaluable information that I needed.. you've inspired me to work on my songs
It’s “The sun whispers it’s gentle scream, the end of silence” for me. Haha.
An inspiring lesson Justin, can't wait to write my first song now!
This was very cool and a novel idea for me. I'm not a song writer but this may spur me on to attempt it.
Thank you for the video Justin!!
Brilliant. One of the best song writing exercises I have ever come across. Thank you.
Justin Justin.......wow this lesson is exactly what the doctor ordered for me......
Justin your a top bloke......
Been struggling how to fit words in to s song....
Syalables ....bingo...on my knees head bowed ...I thank you ❤️
Love the triad work, the accents n most omportantly.... the smiles!... before, n after
So THIS is how Lennon wrote "Come Together"!!
This is such a brilliant idea...definitely going to try this
This is such an awesome video! Thanks so much Justin, much love
Great. Learnt a lot from you this year 🎸
That’s what I was talking about! Great lesson
Thank you. I just has a “wonder” moment.
Thanks Justin another great lesson.
This is so helpful, been struggling with writers block for ages, great technique for getting ideas flowing again:)
Sounds great, chorus is brilliant:)
You may just have a hit song there, dude. I really like the catchy chorus "the end of silence". I wish I had seen your lesson when I was struggling with song writing a year ago. I've figured things out but it too me a painful long time.
This is such a fun video, thank you so much Justin!
you re a great man.period
perfect, as ever! thanks Justin!❤
Great lesson👏🏾 Just what I’ve been looking for!!
Thanks Justin - excellent advice - I am a designer so used to challenging the creative and thinking outside the box and wanting to expand my creativity into song writing - Thanks for your great advice and enthusiasm with guitar and now songwriting. Superb :-))
this is so great i was actually thinking about songs/raps thank you this video will help me i feel it. :)
Justin, this is extremely helpful!! Thank you. I have been making efforts to write some blues songs and always had questions like, "should the guitar chord progressions and strumming pattern need to be nailed down first and later on write the lyrics or should the song be composed first and put to music"? From this video, it appears that the guitar part precedes the lyrics; is that (one of) the take home messages?
Love this idea
Society puts rules everywhere... while music is just art and expression .. the only rule is whether people like it or not.. and wheter you like it or not
Oh man, Seriously!!! The most interesting and thrilling experience. Awesome Sir 👍🏻
you missed your opportunity to use "Slap a naked chicken"
Now I'll use it in mine.
Brilliant progress Justin very interesting 👍🎶
Thank you Justin, very fun and inspiring!
Fascinating and helpful - thanks!!
I had this video on and I was not listening for a second and doing something else and then he starts whispering so I immediately stop what I am doing a listen then he says "Playing more quietly is a good way to get people listening because when you talk quiet people start to listen if they are distracted." I am like well I guess it works made me laugh so hard.
This is soooo cool. Thanks.
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Brilliant video thanks Justin.
Wel done man ! Thank you very much.😊
Thanks for making these videos :)
Great Video! So Much Fun. :)
Thank you. This lesson is a great help for an amatuer like me.
That was a really good lesson. I really liked the bridge though, most interesting part IMHO!
Best part is ....the intro hey hey....
this is actually really really cool!
I wrote my first and only song for my wife before we got married. 25 years later and we're still married. Want to start songwriting again. Thanks
Super fun episode, love it
Diggin’ that dragonforce reference 😂.
thank u for providing free couse when i become a song writer and i start earning money i will surely donate and recommend it to my friends .Sorry i cant pay now because i am still a student
That was the most fun educational thing ever. I can use that. And I am going to learn this tune. I have watched you for a long time now, and I've learned a ton, and its been fun ( that's a song ) , lol, I recommend you to anyone learning. Thank you from Canada.
Great video, so helpful!
Really learned a lot Justin. Thank you so much......Sal : )
Good tips. U explain so well thks😀
you should make a music video of "the end of silence"
great video loved it
awesome just made many of us song writers......THANK U...
Can't wait for lesson 10 and 11!!! How long do we have to wait? :)
Great idea. Very interesting!