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[0:03] I've been on a songwriting kick lately.
[0:06] I've been writing songs. That's been
[0:08] like my hobby for the last couple weeks.
[0:11] When I was younger, I wrote songs
[0:13] constantly. And then when I was less
[0:15] younger, I wrote songs all the time. And
[0:18] then I kind of like took a step back.
[0:20] But now writing a lot of songs, guys.
[0:23] And here's what I've discovered. I've
[0:25] always known this, but I've like
[0:27] re-established it for myself. This is a
[0:30] tiny Tuesday
[0:36] tip. I've always known that you're
[0:39] supposed to leave a lot of space in your
[0:41] melody. You're supposed to leave a lot
[0:43] of empty space. Everybody knows that.
[0:45] You've heard it a thousand times. It's
[0:46] not the notes, it's the space between
[0:48] the notes. Yeah, great. Okay, you leave
[0:50] space. Leave space. Perfect. Even when
[0:52] you're thinking, "Okay, I have to leave
[0:54] empty space." I bet you're still not
[0:57] leaving enough empty space. Listen to
[1:00] any of the bands that you like other
[1:02] than Arctic Monkeys. Arctic Monkeys
[1:04] don't count. He Alex Turner leaves no
[1:06] space and he makes it work somehow. But
[1:09] everybody else leaves twice as much
[1:13] space as you are leaving. So here's my
[1:15] tip. When you're writing lyrics and you
[1:17] write like blinkity blinky blinky blow
[1:20] and then okay, there's going to be a
[1:21] little space and then it goes blinky
[1:23] blinky blinky blah. Great. And then a
[1:26] little bit of space. Blinky blinky
[1:27] blinky blue. Little bit of space. Blinky
[1:30] blinky blinky ble. Little bit of space.
[1:33] Great. Oh man, you're off to such a good
[1:35] start. You want to leave so much more
[1:37] space than that. So, what you actually
[1:40] want to do is go blinky blinky blinky
[1:42] blah. Leave a little bit of space. Keep
[1:46] leaving space where you thought you were
[1:48] going to put the next line. Then blinky
[1:52] blinky blah. You put the next line right
[1:54] there. Here's what I'm trying to say.
[1:56] You're writing out lyrics. I have a
[1:57] lyric book around here somewhere. Hang
[2:03] on. Okay, look. I've written lyrics
[2:07] right here. Right here. There's lyrics.
[2:10] And another line, then another line,
[2:11] another line. Guys, here's what I'm
[2:14] saying. Don't do this first line and
[2:17] then have a moment and then go to the
[2:18] next line. Do the first line, then leave
[2:22] space for an entire another line of
[2:25] lyrics, but don't sing anything, and
[2:29] then go to the second line of lyrics.
[2:32] You're thinking, "Uncle Stewart, this is
[2:33] crazy. That's way too much empty space."
[2:36] Unless it's Arctic Monkeys or like um
[2:39] just like mainstream pop pop pop pop
[2:43] song, you want that extra space in
[2:45] there. It's going to make your song so
[2:48] much cooler. you're going to be way less
[2:50] embarrassed to show it to your friends
[2:52] and family and uh me. You show show me
[2:55] your songs. I want to hear your songs
[2:56] that you've written. Um I don't know.
[2:59] That's my tip. It's h gosh darn it. I'm
[3:02] I like am in the mood to make these tiny
[3:05] tips today, but I'm not I'm not feeling
[3:08] very tipular. I'm feeling
[3:11] just I'm feeling very Steuart today is I
[3:15] think the best way to put it.
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