How to write songs and make music in The Sims 4

As games go, there isn’t one that offers an experience like The Sims 4. It’s a life-sim sandbox game that is almost too expansive. You can do almost anything you can think of doing in life and then some. If you want to give your Sim some new hobbies, why not start playing a musical instrument! You can even write your own songs in The Sims 4 and here’s how you do it.

How to Write Songs in The Sims 4

As always, there’s a few basic steps you’ll need to follow if you want to do something in The Sims 4, writing songs or otherwise.

Firstly, you’ll need to purchase any musical instrument. The Sims 4 offers players the chance to play the Guitar, Piano, or Violin in the base game. If you own the Vampires expansion, you can also play the Pipe Organ. If you want to sing, instead, you’ll need the City Living expansion.

Next, you’re going to need to play your instrument. A lot. You need to reach level eight of that instrument’s skill to unlock the Songwriting option when interacting with it.

From here, when you have unlocked it, you just select “Write Song” when you want to interact with your chosen instrument. There should be a few options that pop up that you can choose from; The higher your instrument level the more options there are available.

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Once you’ve finished the song, just type in a name and click “Ok”. From now on, you can find this song under the “Play” option when interacting with the relevant instrument.

You can License your song, too!

If you want to make a bit of money from songwriting in The Sims 4, then you’ll need to reach level nine in your chosen instrument’s skill. From here, you will need to select your Sim’s Mailbox and select “License Song” and select the suggested song.

From here on in, you should start getting royalties from your song. The payments only last for a week, and you can’t write more songs on the same instrument during this time, but it’s a fun little feature that can get your Sim a few extra bucks when needed.

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If you have the Get Famous expansion pack, you can take this a step further and send your songs to a Record Label to get fame. You’ll need to level up your Media Production skill to level five and then release your song to Radio Stations. From here on in, you’re on the up. Each song released will gain you fame and you’ll be able to eventually sign with a label and write songs every day! Sounds like a dream, right?