How to come up with new hooks for a song?

Hey everyone! So today, I’m going to share with you all some techniques that I use in order to come up with new hooks for my songs. 

Let’s get into it. 

So what is a hook?

A hook is a musical phrase that catches the audiences ears. 

A good strong hook will be memorable. 

A good hook will get your audiences to sing your song over and over again. 

So first, let’s talk about some of the different types of hooks

Melodic hook

A melodic hook is literally a melody that hooks the audiences. 

So say for example if you sing, “Do-Re-Mi” that actually is a melodic hook. 

But it’s not just set to the words of the song. 

A melodic hook could also be the guitar doing something over and over again in the background. 

It could be the piano doing a phrase. 

Whatever has a melody and is going over and over again could be a melodic hook. 

This is probably my most favorite type of hook

Rhythmic hook

A rhythmic hook is where you repeat the pattern of a rhythm over and over again and it sounds hooky. 

A rhythm simplified is when you play the notes. 

So say for example if I sing, “Do-Re-Mi” and I sing those with 8th notes instead of quarter notes, and then I sing it with quarter notes instead of 8th notes, then those are different rhythmic hooks

Lyric hook

A good lyrical hook can captivate an audience. 

Right now I’m listening to “This is our God” by Hillsong, and he just said, “Freely you gave to all of us.”

And that lyrical hook gives goosebumps. 

That hook gave goosebumps and moves the audience in a way that is just too powerful. 

*Pro tip, if you could find a way to make a melodic hook and a lyrical hook together, then you have found a really good overall hook. 

So how do you make hooks?

So when you’re in a songwriting session, it’s actually a bad place to start coming out with hooks. 

Because what you really should be doing is that every day you should be making hooks and giving time to create hooks by yourself. 

This way you can be loaded with hooks when you get into the songwriting session. 

And there really isn’t a set rule as to how you should make hooks, but here are a few general rule of thumbs. 

1. Make the hook between 1 and 3 notes. 
2. Vary the songs rhythms, make some parts slow and make some parts fast. 
3. Try and make every musical phrase in the melody a hook
4. Repetitions is key
5. Simplicity is key
6. The verse chorus form is really good for the majority of your songs
7. Practice writing poetry for developing great lyrics

These are the best tips and advice that I could give to creating hooks.

Remember to use your ears, if you think something sounds good but it doesn’t fall within these guidelines, go with your ears. 

Listen to your ears and follow after what you’ve been making. 

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