One of the deceptively difficult parts of lyric writing is finding the right words.
It’s so easy to gravitate back to the most simplistic words, resulting in uninspired-sounding,...
Of the 3 major pieces of a song (Harmony [aka Chords], melody, and lyrics), the clear weak spot for the vast majority of songwriters is lyric writing.
I think that’s because most ...
Have you ever thought of a great song idea, said to yourself “I’ll have to work on that later!” and then totally forgot about it?
Or have you ever gone to bed, gotten a song...
A common piece of advice in the world of storytelling is “Show, don’t tell”.
This is perhaps some of the most powerful, important advice a new novelist or short story writer can...
It can be overwhelming to go straight from a song idea to writing lyrics.
The good news is that there are steps we can make to develop our song ideas before we try to write the lyrics.
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I’ve talked about the importance of not waiting for or relying on the muse.
As songwriters, we need to learn to somewhat jumpstart our creativity.
That being said, we can’t always...
I’ve been a new songwriter.
Everyone has.
And I’ve heard a lot of songs from different new songwriters.
Overall, there are 7 mistakes I see new songwriters making repeatedly.
In...
Last week we talked about how to write songs in 2021.
This week we’re talking about the technological tools we can utilize in our songwriting in 2021.
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2021 is almost here.
So it’s time to celebrate all the awesome songs we’ve written over the last year.
But it’s also time to turn a new page and think about how we can do even...
It’s one of the oldest debates in songwriting: Should I write the music or the lyrics first?
I’ve written songs I’m proud of with both methods, but there are definitely some...
It’s easy to get lazy about practicing your instruments when you start songwriting.
I get it. Songwriting is amazingly fun. Much more fun than practicing scales and forcing yourself to...
Direct Address is the most intimate point of view.
Not only that, but it’s also the most popular songwriting point of view.
Why? Well, one reason is it’s the most ...
