Hook Writing Magic: The Secret Melody Writing Technique Pro Songwriters Use

This simple melody tip is an intuitive and creative way to bring melody and lyric together in an incredibly powerful way. We can apply to the melodies in our hooks and choruses, but equally to melodies throughout our songs and songwriting.

[nommige]

I WOULD LOVE a video on how to organize your notes. I have so many notes of random lyrics, song ideas, song titles, etc and I have been trying to figure out how to organize them. I don't even know where to begin, so a video on this would be amazing.

[billjqueen]

A video on organizing ideas would be great!

[Mister__Music]

Not sure this is the same thing, but 'Hallelujah' by Leonard Cohen (JB's best, though!) describes in the lyrics what's happening in the music - i.e. "It goes like this, the fourth, the fifth, the minor fall and the major lift" exactly matches the underlying chords.

[vanessalouzon]

Love the chandelier example! For the "mistake", you could also play an unexpected borrowed chord.

[DavidAnderson-gpgi]

Any topic on which you choose to focus regarding song writing is helpful and interesting. Keep the great content coming and thank you😀

[miscellaneousstuffandnonse]

When you misread the title as, "You're the best mistake I'll ever make, " I immediately thought of one of Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt's Oblique Strategies: "Honour thy error as a hidden intention." Maybe that's the song that your subconscious really wants to write 😂 Great video about a very interesting idea, thank you.

[Stophey]

I'd love to see a video on organizing songwriting ideas! Paper napkins and a random assortment of notebooks aren't cutting it!

[suefauziyah]

Yes on video on organizing songwriting notes. Thank you for all the helpful content you share.

[mickygee]

Yes a video on storing and organising misc ideas, potential titles, phrases etc would be much appreciated! Many thanks.

[TeeJayDeluxe]

Yes I'm interested in how you collect and store your ideas

[kcarter]

Yes, any help with organization will be most helpful. Ideas are chaotic

[reyfortea]

Ive also heard this concept called “text painting” where the melody and lyrics complement each other.

[mellyb]

Chandelier is such a moving song to me, tears well up in my eyes whenever I’ve heard it. This is such an eye-opening session. 🤘

[mikefunk]

Would love a video on organizing songwriting ideas!! Love your videos they’re always so helpful ❤

[freemansmith]

What you are describing is the paradox I start to spin my wheels...frustration. Either I begin with a super idea for the hook...but I can't think of a quality enough verse or an interesting series of verses present themselves but I can't come up with a suitable hook. Great video!,
super insights. Thanks, Marty

[summerwoodsmusic]

I was sure you would mention “Friends in Low Places”, the melody drops way down low on the word “low”! The opposite happens in “She’s So High” by Tal Bachman.

[gaz]

I’ve always been great at making up Melodie’s & hooks as long as I can remember.
I’d always get in trouble as a kid in school and make class mates laugh with daft songs I’d write.
And when I was in a bad as a bass player I’d come to the band with a melody and we would jam it and each musician would come up with their thing till we had a song.

My problem has always been joining parts together and writing serious lyrics.

I got devices, SD cards etc full of Melodie’s would love to have the skills to develop them into full songs.
Thanks for all your advice.

[CB]

When I notice these in songs it always makes me grin 😅

[LydiawithanN]

I would definitely love to see a video on notes and organizing them. It would be really helpful 😃

[ReinaWanheda]

Would LOVE to hear how to organize thoughts, song ideas, titles.. whatever.. I’m in!