There is this great blog in Guitar World, where a blogger gives you advice, on how to write better songs is to sing them a cappella first.

Read the blog, here.

Sounds like a good idea! I’ve never thought of that! I’ve always written the music first and then sang the vocals like the way most musicians do it.

If you sing the vocal melody in your head, then you can figure out the guitar parts from there, after you record the vocal only parts first. It’ll also help you give you a better ear and get good at improvising that way.

I get so many song ideas spinning in my head all the time and it’s tricky to get them out of me. Plus, doing it this way will help get you out of your writers block.

I’m going to give this a try, the next time I write an original song.

Kev