How to Start a Song with Object Writing ✍🏼

Create your next favorite song with this easy 10 minute songwriting exercise. This technique is a modified version of Pat Pattison's "Object Writing" that I've used for nearly all of my released songs to create the initial building blocks.
Helpful links:
Object Writing (Original Style) - www.masterclass.com/articles/...
Random word generator - randomwordgenerator.com/
Thesaurus (for finding related words) - www.thesaurus.com/
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:12 What is Object Writing
01:13 Capture your "Gut Thought"
02:26 Interview Time
05:01 Freeform Association
06:31 Rhyme Schemes
07:26 10 Minutes Only
10:07 Why this exercise works
11:16 When you should object write
11:48 Who would benefit from this exercise
12:45 Outro
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[@jeremyrodriguez9828]

I love how calm this makes me.

[@sounds-sights]

my goal is to be bob ross for people who make music 😊

[@Indigoeyes]

Thank you for this video. I enjoyed the formula exercise ✌🏼

[@00Huey]

Great video id love to see more lyric writing content like this

[@gpelomundo]

I have the feeling you're going to mention "use somebody" by kings of leon. I had this epiphany yesterday. As a brazilian I only knew "use somebody" as manipulation and not "longing for somebody"

[@sounds-sights]

that's so interesting! yeah there are plenty of things especially in english that don't quite translate exactly and you've found a great example here haha

[@X.P.L.ORATION]

Wow, inspiring technique, inspiring video, thank u 🙏🏽

[@sounds-sights]

I'm so glad you enjoyed it! It's one of my most reliable tools for starting songs over the years so I'm just happy to share it with you!

[@LetArtsLive]

Music can heal your soul

[@sounds-sights]

AGREED

[@TheRussianGenius]

why is this a year old with 204 views. Gold!! Subscribed

[@humanchalk2835]

Bro what are you doing here? I remember blowing my cousins mind with one of your coin tricks

[@michaelsingletary9214]

Hi Nick, I really like your take on object writing. I have found the constraints of pure sensory words a bit limiting (I understand the concept, but lost interest). I’ll try again opening up the scope as you’ve suggested. Pedantic question: Do you start the 10 minute clock as you write your ‘gut thought’? Not sure I can interview, review the thesaurus, consult the rhyming dictionary without absorbing the whole time.

[@sounds-sights]

nothing is too pedantic for me - this is what I love! the standard preface for anything I say is "it depends" and the exact answer that works for you will vary. but to your question, as far as timing, the 10 minutes isn't a hard and fast rule but mostly a starting point. 10 minutes is easy to commit to, and the thing you commit to and do consistently is usually the best thing vs. writing two hours one day and not returning for a week. what happens for my in my real sessions is all of those different techniques are different tools in my toolbelt, but I don't use all of them in one sitting. I just choose one and go with it for 10-15 minutes. and if I'm really feeling inspired by the word / concept, I'll go straight into the studio and just do stuff else return to it later and expand a bit. over time you find your favorites and lean on them more and that becomes a part of your style. but the initial dumping of ideas I try to keep reasonable at 10-15 minutes so it's always a timeboxed routine that feels stable and safe. hope this helps!!

[@blok31092]

Amazing video man! Look forward to check out your other vids!

[@egbsessions8942]

great video

[@LetArtsLive]

Some people write the music first I don't. If I have an idea I write the top line on a piece of lined paper or anything. The best ones have to have a soul..... the best songs I ever heard paint a picture in your mind.... I'm not a pro like you or anything..... I don't have any words for the Woodstock 2 song.... I watched the Woodstock movie it gave me everything I needed.... I have no clue how I did it every song had to be 10 minutes. I can't make it shorter maybe I could take pieces of it.... it was the 40th anniversary of Woodstock and that is inspiration...... it does not have to be perfect I did not do more than one cut I did it to save it so I would not forget it.... I was thinking about the war 4 months when I made that one is the last one I made I got screwed up I have a mind block....... I remember my teacher when I was 6 years old........ I thought it was cool to play guitar in the 60s....... my parents couldn't afford lessons anymore man I should have kept that Harmony Guitar from the 60s...... but I think it helped me do you write the words first or the music I think you do the words....... my son makes hip hop music beats in Buffalo he says Play the song and he will make a beat I keep saying make the beat cuz I can't do it that's what I need the beat but eventually we will make a song..... I have to be open-minded even though I'm a child of the 60s I can do anything I learned the Blues lead I feel like everyone should learn that if you can do that you can do anything just speed it up on steroids 4 rock and roll LOL I like whatever camera you're using with the blown out background.... that is cool

[@lilocapitalT-ix4nz]

nice video. subed

[@howardowens721]

If you stop mid-flow, at 10 minutes, when do you come back to the idea? What about revisiting 10 minutes material that didn’t seem inspiring in the moment and just checking that impulse to see if you missed a gem?

[@KinkajusRevenge]

Whip out your phone's voice recorder app whenever it comes back. It could be while you're driving, or while ur in line waiting somewhere, or most likely, before you fall asleep. Record whatever melody or lyrics come into your head, then come back to it later.

[@darrenfromla]

I'm not clear on the actual 10 minute exercise. Are we suppossed choose a word and capture the orginal gut thought? Then what? 3 minutes of that and then "interview time?" Then a few minutes of "freeform association?" A minute or two of "rhyme schemes?" Not sure how to allot my time in these 10 minutes. Thanks

[@sounds-sights]

hey! great question - so if you're just starting off, I'd probably try 10 minutes of one technique to keep the focus since 10 minutes isn't a ton of time. try each of them maybe each day trying a different technique just to get a feel for which ones you like. for me, practically using this everyday, I kind of just go with the flow and whichever one kind of feels most natural in the moment is the one that I go to - or if I'm feeling like I'm running into a wall, will pivot to the other! don't worry there's no getting this "wrong" so whatever works for you is what you should do! but as a general guide, start simpler, and then as you get more comfortable with the different techniques, use them as you see fit. hope this helps! - nick

[@LetArtsLive]

Use makes me automatically think of all the people dying from Fentanyl

[@Dozjah]

This video gave me anxiety.

[@gpelomundo]

I came for the content and fell in love with the guy 😂❤