Writing Better Lyrics with the LYRIC CANVAS | Holistic Songwriting
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The Lyric Canvas can be used to come up with unique ideas, to figure out how to structure your sections, to build drama, to prepare for a co-writing session and having a couple of these filled out will make sure you never get writer’s block again.
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How bout you make an app of the lyric canvas? Like there’ll be a canvas per song, and we’ll be able to input stuff on the boxes and attach an audio file on each canvas. That’ll be really helpful. And really awesome.
Hope you notice this. Thanks :)
Make it. Get rich.
Why doesn't this have more likes? This is the winner!
Yea, I think that is a brilliant idea! It would make life so much easier! I hope he still looks at his older videos because you gave him a hit idea!
Its so rare to find a Passionate Teacher Keep up the good work shouting out from South africa
From SA too😂
@@ingridgoosen3372 same!
I said oo girl, shock me like an electric eel, baby girl, turn me on with your electric feel.
I miss my sister, miss my father, miss my dog and my home. Yeah I miss the boredom and the freedom and the time spent alone
@@aidand.7911 you should use this one dude!
It's so easy to lose track of where you are in the lyric writing process. Your Lyric Canvas is a great way to stay on point and not get muddled up!
lyricpdx thanks :) I use it all the time and it really does help!
I Love the canvas! It also looks like you spent some time on Video Editing. It looks great and very "Professional" I think this will help to increase awareness of Holistic Songwriting. I would use this style again on future videos maybe, with different backgrounds but the "solid background" helps people stay focused on what you are saying instead of looking around the room.
What you are saying is way too important for someone to miss because they like the furniture in that room! Great Job!
Great! Will definitely keep that in mind :) So far, feedback has been overwhelmingly positive, so I will keep doing this :) Thanks, Jeff!
OH MY GOSH THANK YOU SO MUCH I have been songwriting for years and years and I NEVER REALIZED I did some of the things in your lyric canvas video - I also think it's so important that you don't get lost with what your song means and get off track - this canvas helps to make sure you stick to your point and carry out your message. Artists need to suscribe to your channel , tbh
Agree fully with sticking to an idea! Thanks :)
My problem when I write is being too direct with lyrics. I can’t seem to write in a more transparent way that leaves some room for imagination with listeners...
I would say to maybe explore more similes and metaphors by looking at poetry :,)
Mee too
Yeah, I am like that as well. So mix it up with imagery language. Let’s say I want to write about a breakup. So everything i’ve written is pretty literal: I loved you, I gave you every ounce of me, you ghosted me, you broke my heart, what an ass. Imagine it in nice poetic language. So that’s ok but very literal.
Now we have to add the “scenery of the lines/of the song”.
Scenery is always visual or sensorial. So like: wind whipping my hair, no helmet on, if I crank the throttle any higher I’ll spin straight out of the road. All of a sudden our broken love is now “like” an out of control motorcycle; a situation for each person to imagine (which gives gig much fodder for non-direct lyrics).
So for every direct lyrical part write also a sensorial situational moment. Just like I did in a few quick non-worked lines. And then when you find the visuals/sensory ideas you like work on the actual words and rhyme structure. It’s good if you have experienced the image you are trying to evoque.
Maybe the love is not an exiting one, maybe they break up with you in the corner of Lafayette by the Corner Bistrot. So your imagery has to come from that scene. The pavement, the tourists, the rain or the honk of the cab 🚕 that wakes you up from seeing your ex love on the other side of the street. It’s not him, it never is.
So that imagery now gives us a completely different flavor of the same situation. And it’s related through visual and sensorial language and situations rather than the exact literal feelings and thoughts.
Then finally from all you have (direct and sensorial) choose the best and you’ll have a mixture of direct and imaginative that will be really nice 🍀
@@Alpha-Andromeda thanks
@@Alpha-Andromeda well that was awesome... 😦🤯
Dude... you're just rad for doing this. Thanks for making this available.
This is my third time this year searching for songwriting videos and ending up in one of your videos. I only realize it by the time I try to hit the already greyed-out subscribe button.
This is the best educational music video I've ever seen! I watch a lot of lyric and song writing videos, but this one is still my favorite after all these years. Thank you for your hard work! I really appreciate how you represented it in a simple, visual way.
I gotta say, you did an incredible job of laying down concepts I've been applying to writing lyrics for years that I never quite put my finger on. Now I've much clearer picture of what "works". Awesome video!
Thanks :) Glad the Lyric Canvas is getting some love!
You're the definition of being a real human. Shout out for your work and sharing this gift with the world. Beyond thankful for this.
I just start off with an image in my head and write around what I see as the scene progresses. The number one rule is no erasing what I've written no matter how bad or how corny it sounds. Basically like an outline and rough draft from school.
I appreciate this channel,this deserves more views instead of the other videos of people just talking in front of a camera and bullshit for 10mins
Wow, I really love the idea of picking a type of progression. The second verse is where I always get stuck so hopefully this will help!
Hope it does :) Good luck!
Everytime I watch one of your videos I feel so pumped I need to write on the spot, that's exactly how good you are at inspiring people. Please never stop :)
You've resumed in a single sheet of paper my process to writing song lyrics. And it works everytime. Though, I'm very glad I found this as it really allows to have another perspective on it. It's a very well explained approach I'll bring to my students! Thanks so much for this!
Just tried this. I wrote my best song yet! This is absolute gold dust.
Not a terrible idea if you're trying to brainstorm to come up with material, or hit a block, but usually a song writes itself when you simplify everything and utilize what is already there, just record everything and chances are you have more than enough material
Got to 2:05 into this video... and BOOM... there the idea!
Thank you SOOOOO friggin' much for your time and effort to post these video's online!
A lot of work has gone in to these.. really appreciated!
I've been looking for something like this for the better part of my life! Absolutely brilliant.
I usually use other methods to write lyrics, but it's good to change things up from time to time. So yeah, gonna try this approach and see how it goes. Great presentation! cheers- Pat
Thanks Pat!
Pat Meruseye
ITS SO SIMPLE BUT MIND BLOWING AS WELL
Thanks to people like you, the world still walking. You the people who shares its knowledge for free are saints. Thanks
I hope this works, writing music has never been hard for me just the lyrics that I just cant do consistently, thanks man.
great video! i want to see the part you cut out when you were thinking of the first line for the verse :) would be interesting to see your thought process! great lyric, by the way, paints a vivid picture
I literally use this everyday now thank you so much bro
I started to do a lot of the boxes naturally while writing a song
This video definitely helped me
You'r a LEGEND bro😱❤️👊🏼
This is brilliant!! You share such an amazing resource for free? Truly sir, you are an amazing man!
Shhh! That's my secret super hero name.
Holistic Songwriting huh, and here I always believed it was “lé artist”
Awesome songwriting ideas yet again! I can't fully convey how much these videos have helped me move my music forward. Almost done with the Bridge I've been stuck on, then starting a new song tonight I hope - maybe I will try this Canvas out!
This is such a helpful tool! Thank you so much! Please keep creating more awesome songwriting content like this, I love your "How ... Writes A Melody", those videos honestly blew my mind, particularly the Ed Sheeran and Twenty One Pilots videos, it's crazy how their choice of intervals / melodic structures reflect their image. Mind-blowing stuff that I've never considered before!
Once again, please keep creating this awesome content. You've got a new hardcore follower on your channel now :)
Hey Tom, thanks so much, made my day :) Already working on the next episode!
My problem is having like a 'log jam' of ideas, there are lots waiting to come out and I just need something to kick off the flow! This looks amazing, thanks so much!
I've only watched 2 videos and I can tell you you're pretty amazing for this.
Very clever lyric canvas. I have shared your video with friends who may enjoy it as well. Thank you for the help and inspiration! Write Dangerously.
This is amazing thank you! It will be much easier to remember song ideas now, as opposed to writing notes in my phone lol
I have started to create by writing down what is in my head playing it then changing it along the way of playing it through
Thanks again, Friedmann. Yet another helpful video.
Glad it helped - the nice comments on the last video helped :)
1:39 We're gonna rock down to ELECTRIC AVENUE!
Incredible idea! Thank you so much for this! 😃
Thanks these are amazing resources
Throwing together brainstormed clichés into song form isn't what I call good lyrical practice, but if your happy with the result that is all that matters I guess. I do the exact opposite. I work from the ideas back to the title and root out clichés every time they appear. Trust your inner voice and your topics will appear from within the lyrics themselves with the added benefit of a greater chance of a novel and original work
Blah blah blah 😑
This is so awesome, thank you!
thanks for the help!!!.......this is so friking awsome
you have helped me a lot my friend
Thanks! Helps a Lot❤️
Thank you! This is amazing!!!
Trying to get the download but it keeps saying "invalid request" (:
Very very interesting and useful, as usual. And nice editing !!! :)
Thanks Pierre :)
Great idea but I'm going create my own version, cus I can put different concepts on each canvas, I have a pad at home, but I think this is a cool way to learn how to structure and bring out ideas at the same time, 🙂👍
the insiders kit is not working for me :( cant download it from the website. greatwork btw, thanks!
Thanks Capt!
Tolles video! du hast da viel mühe reingesteckt und ich kann als 18jähriger viel über deine Erfahrung lernen:) TOP
Danke dir Vincent!
saw like 30 seconds of vedio and subscribed . great stuff man ....
Cool :) Good to hear!
Hi Friedemann! I tend to trust your experience. I have a songwriting problem, that, I believe, other people might have too. The problem is that I feel like I have to say about to this world. That's why I'm m stuck writing a song. On the other hand, there plenty of songs that touch me deep. It makes me suspect that I actually have something deep inside me as well and just need to find a way to "unpack" it. Do you have a video related to this problem?
the link seems to be dead. can you fix that?
Why can’t I download the lyric canvas. I click the link and it takes me to sign up. I sign up and go to the lyric canvas and it takes me back to the sign up page. There is a pic of it there but it’s too grainy to read.
What is the "powe word means" or where i can flund the video with the meaning
Are you sure you used this layout all the time or did ya just make something up for the video?
i tried to download it but i never received it in my email
Neither did i
@@avibar-gad3205 late on answering but it's possible it went to a spam folder. I always check there first when I didn't get something I was supposed to.
Great video! really helpful
Hi I provided what is needed for the lyrics canvas but I was unable to download thanks
Thank you sooooo, SO much for this!!!... I can't tell you how much this is going to help me finishing my first song lyrics!!! __/|\__
So i sighned up and subscribed but the website doesnt let me download any pdfs or anything?
I noticed on your site you have the master bundle with lyric writing and lyric writing as a course in it self. Are those the same courses or two totally different courses?
dope !!! I love music theory
great video man!! the link doesn´t work, what can I do??
Is there a problem with the purchase and registration system? I bought the 7 day Hit Program which said I would get an instant download. Nothing has come through on email (nor Junk). Does it actually take a few hours? Thanks. Sorry to write here but there is no contact or support page that I can find on the website. It also won't let me sign up and claim the welcome package and just comes up with 'Invalid request. Please refresh previous page and try again' Not worried about losing the money and this is more for feedback in case others have the same issues and it can be fixed. Thanks
Ugh, sorry to hear that. We've been having some problems with that lately, but we're working on fixing it. Could you contact me@holistic-songwriting.com? Robert will help you out with your purchase.
Hey - just wanted to let you know that your website is currently down and I can't follow the link to download the Lyric Canvas! I really wanted to try it out :) let me know if you get it fixed!
Ι cant receive the subscription mail!!!! :-(
You should put a main feeling at the end of the lyric canvas. What's the feeling this song is conveying? You reference it pretty hard in your courses!
Your accent is mysterious
I only got the lyric canvas as a pdf file.
How does it work?
Which program to open the file?
I tried to tick the boxes and tried to type in text, but nothing works
I'm on a macbook.
What can’t Steve Rodgers do. Good job
your sign up for the welcome package is not working.
I'm gonna try this
Holistic Songwriting I'm having similar trouble to Kayster. Just an endless loop of sign up here, see how to use it, for access sign up here, product page with no actual download links, for access sign up here, again and again. Confirmed email, still no better. Where are the PDFs????
Hm that shouldn't happen :/ sorry about that we're currently still moving servers. If you send me an email I'll send you all the files!:)
Great video, great stuff, great channel! I'm in.
Trying to Download the Lyric Canvas but its not available ...Help !?
Every time I try to sign up for the newsletter and get the welcome package including the lyrics canvas... I get redirected to a page that says "Invalid request. Please refresh previous page and try again."
same did u fix it
I signed up but still haven't gotten a confirmation email
Hi, I'm having trouble signing up to your website to get the lyric canvas. Has anyone else had trouble? Thanks
same
This still available for download ?
So a problem I have with developing the idea or concept of the song is that I tend to stray away by throwing random info. Any tips on staying on the right lane and developing the idea?
killing it
I can't download it?
Hey, I'd like to try out the Lyric canvas and put it in my songwriting vlog this week. Is that cool with ya'll?
Hey Kelsey, as long as you use our download page (blog.holistic-songwriting.com/download-lyric-canvas/), absolutely :) And thanks for sharing!
great thanks! Tried it out today and it was super helpful!
Cool :) Glad to hear it!
Doesnt seem to be working. Cant download the canvas...
Hi I’ve tried downloading the Ulimate Songwriting Kit and the file keeps crashing. My friend also tried on his phone and keep crashing.. ?
Very nice video editing and conception Friedemann, you nailed on the the progression idea! Can I translate it to portuguese? (I will credit you). I have a channel about songwriting as well (Hi from Brazil ; ). As a suggestion, maybe adding some flavor of BPMs can help the songwriter to set the mood. Lower BPMs, can give a state of intimacy (like R&B songs), and higher BPMs can provide more good vibes/good time. In your "Music Electric" example, 112 BPM and higher could be a great start in order to help to unblock the creativity. Keep up the good work!
Hey Thiago! Thanks for the nice comment. :) I'm sure we could work something out for a translation, thanks for asking and not just stealing the video! I really appreciate that. Wanna PM me what you were thinking about exactly?
I haven´t thought of anything specifically now, but nothing related to the video but the canvas itself, to translate it to Portuguese and explain your concept...you could provide a link from your blog...so everyone could access your content as well...suggestion
Sure! As long as you point to the download page (blog.holistic-songwriting.com/download-lyric-canvas) and mention Holistic Songwriting along the way do as you please :) Could you send me a link to the finished video to greenlight it? I'm sure it will be fine, I just want to make sure you're not strangling cats while you're explaining the canvas :)
I haven’t received my CANVA on my e-mail box to songwriting process. The download is simply unavailable
Gustav Braga just sent it to you :)
Hey I've been having that same issue. Will you send me the file also?
Thank you
Can I write songs without knowing how to read sheets?
give this man a shield..
SO HELPFUL
Hi, I subscribed to receive the material but it didn't work.
I haven't received anything. :'(
why are you so awesome
Does this apply to writing rap music?
Guys I have enough subjects and metaphores but I can nto think of words, how do you all do it?
Double like from me 👍