It is easy to write any song… but who are you writing for? If you want to be successful at songwriting, it helps to have a target in mind. You certainly can just write random songs and throw them out there for anyone to listen… or you can have a target to aim toward. If you want to make songwriting a career, you are going to want to have a target. Here are 3 common targets for your songwriting.

1. Making a hit song. Get ready to spend some money… yep, I didn’t start off with anything having to do with songwriting. Making a hit is more about marketing than songwriting (sorry to say). However, you’re going to need a catchy hook for this to happen.
2. Making the sing-along. Depending on what genre of music you’re writing for, you may want to make sure people can sing along with your song. In most genre’s this is one of the most important parts of a song. you will need to consider things like; melody range, rhythm, and song structure for this to work.
3. Making the instrumental. There are a lot of factors that go into making a great instrumental segment or album. Just like making a sing-along, you’re going to need to have a great melody that is going to get stuck in people’s heads. Additionally, now that there are no words to take the attention, your also going to need to create a great sense of atmosphere… get ready for some serious production.

Check back next week on Monday for our How to make a hit song blog post.