How to come about writing songs

[Metalfreak198]

I am curious to know when any of you start to write a song what is the first thing that comes to mind?

[charlestp7]

For me.. It's meaning!!!

I think to be a good song writer, we also need to be a good poetic reader.
The more we read the beautiful poets, the more easily we can frame a song.

I think it's the "mood", that brings out a song from within(not always).

[Brad Litton]

I usually start with the music. Just because that's how my brain works, lol. But the times that I start with the lyrics and feeling and know exactly what I'm going to write about, it turns out a lot better :)

[Landark]

i usually write a good riff and just build the rest of the music and then wright the lyrics

[Axel0108]

I make small pieces of music. Fx. a Guitar riff, a bass riff, a piano riff, some chords that fit, some small rhymes, a rythm, or just an idea.
Then i put them together. Pieces with the same feeling. I think about the structure. What is the song about? Should the chorus come 2 or 3 times?
Then i often make some kind of intro. Then the soli (Guitar or keyboard), and then the outro. Then i play the song on a terrible mic or something, and listen to it, andsee if there is something missing. Then i introduce it to my friends or band-mates.

[Ed Jalowiecki]

I've started writing songs in different ways, writing lyrics first, coming up with a chord progression then singing a melody, or one of my favorites is coming up with a catchy "hook" first and then building the rest of the song around it.

[Spooky953]

I enjoy collaborating with the rest of my band when I write songs. I usually walk in to practice with a new riff, and they expand on it. It is always fun to see where they will go with it.

[Vijay Fernandes]

I've primarily written lyrics or rather thoughts so far on different themes. Of course there will be a lot of edits, rewrites but I'd like to capture my mood, thoughts as best as possible before I put music to it.

[Lauen Bateman]

For me, I usually start out with a nice chord progression. I'll then keep playing that progression until I get overwhelmed with some sort of emotion. I'll then just start singing whatever comes to mind. I don't always keep all of it, but most of the times I do.

Very rarely have I written from lyrics first.