How to write the best Christian song you’ve ever made from start to finish

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Hey guys! So today, I’m going to give you guys a little insight on how to write a Christian song from start to finish. 

But before we get into that, let’s have our moment of silence.

At this time, I would like all of us to take a moment of silence and pray to God to help us to become the best possible people that we were meant to be. Ask God to make us holy and to bless our hands with work all the days of our lives. Take a minimum of 5 minutes and pray for these things.

Now back to the show

How to write a Christian song from start to finish

1. The start: It really depends on how you write songs and also that particular song. I know for sure that some people like to start off with the lyrics of a song and then write music to those lyrics. The reason for that is that with the lyrics, you know what the song is about and can tell if it is going to be happy or sad. Other people like to start off with the music. They like to start off with the music because it gives them a particular mood and then they can write music based off of that mood. I personally do both. Sometimes I start off with the lyrics and sometimes I start off with the music. It really depends on how inspirational I’m feeling or if I’ve already been working on some lyrics. If I start lyrics, it usually starts off with a theme or topic that’s easy to write about and as the song develops, I will write about different themes or topics. The final product can be completely different than what you started off with. 
2. The verse, chorus, or intro: After you’ve decided how or where you’re going to start, then it’s time to write down chords and lyrics. As I said above, I pick a theme or a topic that’s easy to write about and then as the song develops, I’ll write about different themes and topics. Ultimately, you want the same topic on a song because it’s really a big mess if you write about different topics on a song. People will notice that. So for the sake of this song, let’s say we write about love. Some people like to start off with the chorus or hook first because it gives a sort of backbone in order to write the rest of the song. Actually a lot of people write the chorus or hook first because it’s powerful and can tell you where to go in a song. I sometimes will start off with the hook or chorus, but sometimes I start with the verse or intro. So we’re talking about love, now it’s time to narrow that down. What are we talking about? Are we talking about forbidden love? Are we talking about the love of God? Are we talking about the love of our friends and families? What are we talking about? I know that forbidden love is not biblical, I was just giving an example. Let’s say we talk about the love of God? We could start off by explaining things. For example:
   1. The love of God is like the ocean

Deep, strong, and filled with emotion

It sustains all kinds of life

And without it, everyone would die

You see how I rhymed those lines? Rhyming is a big part of songwriting. I know what you’re thinking, “But German, there are plenty of songs out there that don’t rhyme and are Billboard top 100s.” I know, I know, but you’re going to have to trust me on this, it’s going to sound really good if you can rhyme while describing imagery. 

3. Next chords: Now I’m writing this blog post as if though we created the lyrics first, but you can start with the chords first. So now we write the chords. For this song, I want it to sound inspirational. So, I’m going to give it a slow to moderate BPM and a chord progression of I-V-vi-IV. I’m going to repeat that chord progression 2 times with two bars on each chord in a random rhythm. However, you can do it however you want, I’m just saying that this is how I would write a simple song. 
4. Build upon the lyrics: Now that we’ve written some lyrics down, let’s write some more. I’m not going to write the rest of the lyrics down but you come up with your own lyrics. Remember to use imagery, rhythm, and rhyme to your advantage. 
5. Now it’s time for the chorus: Ahh the chorus, what everyone wants to hear. So for the verse, I would have kept it on the lower side of the octave that I’m writing in. Keep in mind that most pop songs are written within 1 octave and two notes away. So it’s not like we’re writing for an opera, we’re writing for the masses. So like I said, I would have kept the verses on the lower side of the octave and now for the chorus, we go high. So we go to the chorus and we repeat the melodic parts of the chorus while changing the lyrics. That sounds so cool! Keep in mind rhythm and rhyme have to be in-sync in order to sound good. 
6. 2nd verse: So we made it to the 2nd verse. If it were me, I would repeat the song melodically to the first verse. I would also change the lyrics but keep it on the same topic. And repeat the chords from the first verse. Of course you can change the chords in the chorus, but we’re making a simple pop song right now so for the sake of this blog post, let’s keep the same chords that we found in the first verse in the chorus. And then repeat it in the 2nd verse. It just sounds good, I don’t know why, but it does. 
7. 2nd Chorus: It’s the same as the first chorus except that some people like to change it A LITTLE BIT. don’t change drastically the lyrics or the melody. Say for example if we are talking about God’s love and the chorus is, “God loves us, God loves us, God loves us, God loves us.” repeated twice, then what I would do is take out the last, “us” , because that would lead to a great introduction to the bridge. Which is what we’ll talk about next. Some people like to change up the chorus’ A LITTLE BIT each time because it builds upon the rest of the song. 
8. Bridge: Now is the time to change. Say for example if we’re playing a I-V-vi-IV chord progression in the verses and the chorus’,  then it’s time to change that to a vi-V-vi-V chord progression. It just adds a dynamic to the song that sounds great. It gives the listener a break in the song in order to feel comfortable and different. It can also build up to the last chorus.
9. The last chorus: The last chorus is the granddaddy of chorus’ You have to make an impact in the last chorus. It has to be big. It has to have everything that you did in the song all combined in there. Except maybe the chords of the bridge. But you can repeat the lyrics and even the melody of the bridge in the chorus. You could overdub it on top of that last chorus, or you could literally sing it all the way at the end of the last chorus. It really just depends on you and how you’re feeling. 

That’s personally how I would write a song. I know for sure that some rappers out there like to produce their beats first because it will give them a rhythm in their song. I know for sure that’s how I would write a rap song. Why? Because you don’t know the space of your music before you start to write it. So like, you could do things faster or slower depending on the song. You could feel a certain way or you could not. It really just depends on what you want. Some rappers like to rap their chorus’ and others like to sing it. However, I think singing the chorus sounds really good.

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I sure hope that I have been an inspiration and a hope to you all. Please remember to pray, read your bible, go to church, and love God above all else. Like, comment, share, subscribe, and I will see you all next time. 

If you want to go to heaven, then believe in Jesus and you will go to heaven. (John 3:16)

Thank you all for listening in on this blog post. 

German Gonzalez, signing out!

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