Brainstorm. Take a blank piece of paper and title it with the topic of your choice, then write down as many thoughts, lines, words and ideas that come to mind. A really important aspect to brainstorming for writing an indie song is to think of metaphors. Interesting, thought provoking and obscure metaphors will do. The good thing about writing an indie song is that the verses don’t need a concrete structure to be considered good. They don’t even have to rhyme. Have a thesaurus handy to find interesting words you can use that have a nice ring to them. Instead of focusing on having a catchy chorus like in pop, make the chorus
Another cool thing about indie music is that you can get away with using those $2 mini instruments that are most likely intended for a child. So feel free to use kazoo’s, those little egg shakers, and even recorders to accompany the main tracks. And if your budget is especially low, go on ahead and just whistle the main melody of your song, it works just fine.
You don’t even have to have a good voice, as long as your lyric structure is O. K. and as long as it sounds unique. You should also have some back up vocals to accompany your voice. Something a lot of artists do is record their voice twice on two different tracks.
