Website design By BotEap.comThere are many factors in writing a hit song. First, you have to focus on writing a good song. Once you’ve done that, you won’t be far from writing a hit.

Website design By BotEap.comLike most things in life, it takes persistence, patience, drive, knowledge, belief, and maybe some luck.

Website design By BotEap.comStop and think about your favorite songs. Really analyze them and find out what you like about those songs.

Website design By BotEap.comDifferent factors can come into play here. Maybe it’s the good beat, a lyric that hits home with you, a beautiful melody, something spiritual or patriotic, or maybe even humorous.

Website design By BotEap.comIf you include one of these elements in your composition, you are on the right track. If you combine two or more of these items, you might just have a hit.

Website design By BotEap.coma good rhythm

Website design By BotEap.comRhythm is important in music. I have to laugh and think of Jerry Van Dyke on “The Dick Van Dyke Show” years ago trying to play the banjo and sing, “I got rhy-rhy-thm, I got mah-mah-music… .”

Website design By BotEap.comBut unless you’re really funny like Jerry Van Dyke, your audience is unlikely to stick with you.

Website design By BotEap.comYour music not only needs to have a good beat, but it needs to fit the genre of music you’re trying to write. A Metallica beat on a George Strait type song might not get you very far. A song with a good enough rhythm can be a hit even without melody and lyrics. Do you remember “Green Onions”?

Website design By BotEap.comAlong with rhythm is tempo. Country music is easy to write (I didn’t say easy to write well) because it’s about people’s everyday life and experiences. Yet too often people write slow songs for country music, when in reality the industry is starving for upbeat country stuff like “Country Roads” and “Rocky Top.” It’s a lot harder to write a good up-tempo country song than a tearjerker.

Website design By BotEap.comPopular music lyrics can range from broken relationships to political issues, and almost anywhere in between. The ones that tend to be the most popular are about situations that you and I may encounter in our everyday lives; “Workin’ 9 to 5,” “I Just Call to Say I Love You,” “Your Cheatin’ Heart,” “God Bless The USA” (artfully incorporating spiritual, political, and patriotic views).

Website design By BotEap.comA beautiful or interesting melody can land you in the ranks of successful songwriters without the need for lyrics. Going back in time to prove a point about beautiful melodies, you might consider songs like “Last Date” and “Sleepwalk.”

Website design By BotEap.comIt’s very easy to find songs with great melody lines on many hit TV show songs like “Peter Gunn,” “Hawaii 5-0,” along with many of the ’60s surf songs like “Wipe Out.”

Website design By BotEap.comWell-done humorous songs often find an audience, like Ray Stevens’ “The Streak” and Jerry Reeds’ “She Got The Goldmine, I Got The Shaft.” If you have a flair for humor and music, you could make a fortune.

Website design By BotEap.comSpiritual and patriotic songs, if done well and come out at the right time, are easy hits. Whenever the US gets involved in any kind of global conflict, songwriters express their thoughts.

Website design By BotEap.comKeep your ears and eyes open, and have a shoebox to put your song ideas in. Every time you think of a song idea or song title, write it down and put it in the box. It could be your first big hit or your next.