To
make your song marketable, there are simple techniques that you just need to
do. Imagine, you have gone through the
effort of rehearsing and have been groomed. You have songs to sing, yet no one
is buying your songs. Imagine no one is downloading the song also and no one
cares to listen. Before I mention the simple trick you need to make your song
marketable, I need to point out that when a song is great, it can become viral.
Everyone wants to tell others.
If you are an independent artist, you want your songs to be hitting on all levels to give yourself the best chance for success. You want to have great lyrics, instrumentation and all of the other things that go into making a great track.
Make your song of great melody
Melody
is king. Arguably, writing simple songs with few words can make your song
marketable. Melodious songs are songs that can be remembered that is memorable
and can also be sung. As a result, they're usually fairly simple. Generally human
minds like simple things. In terms of music and melody writing, simple songs
are easily remembered and if there are a lot of repetitions, you have got the
eureka. A friend called it hook. One of the ways we overcomplicate our melodies
is by writing lyrics that are too wordy. Wordy lyrics can get in the way of
your melody and overcomplicate it enough so that it's barely even melodic
anymore. Most of the approach used in most songs that are hitting is that they don’t
focus on the lyrics as much as the melody. Think about it. What if you could
use simple one-syllable sounds instead of words? Then your wordy lyric problem
would go away, and you'd find yourself focusing ONLY on a melody. Plus if your
words are just simple sounds, your melodies become simple too, because simple
melodies plus simple words/sounds would go hand in hand.
But
as always, experiment with it and have fun.
