Are you an acoustic guitarist?

Good, because we’re going to talk about the 3 main advantages of songwriting with an acoustic guitar.

If you’re not a guitarist, hopefully this post will...

I have to be honest.

My songwriting instrument of choice is the piano.

I like writing with acoustic and electric guitars, but the piano is my most powerful tool.

Let’s talk about the 3 main...

I can’t seem to find it now, but I once heard a quote about players that make it in the NFL.

It was something like this: “No one makes it to the NFL without being at least a little...

We all want to write more interesting melodies.

Without an interesting melody, most songs are going to be sunk. So what is something we can do to take our melodies to the next level?

In this post,...

Tattoo lyric? What on this honestly-more-blue-than-green earth is that? Do you mean a lyric tattoo?

I can see why you would think that, but no.

A tattoo lyric is a concept I came up with in order...

Every song is a story. 

Whether you are taking the listener on a journey that goes through the life of a person, their story of redemption, or just a journey that takes you through the mind...

Sometimes, as songwriters, we aren’t as creative as we’d like. It’s common to have ebbs and flows in creativity, but we want to address any hindrances to our creativity when they...

It’s so easy to get stuck while writing a song.

Especially if you care deeply about the quality of your lyrics, getting stuck can easily become the norm.

In this post, we’re going to go...

Have you ever been stuck in your songwriting?

Maybe you wrote your entire chorus, but you still don’t have a verse melody.

Maybe you have a melody you love, but can’t figure out a...

What is a funnel?

Well, according to Google: 

“A funnel is a tube or pipe that is wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, used for guiding liquid or powder into a small opening.”...

Instrument improvisation is important. 

I would go so far as to say it is the single most important skill to my songwriting.

If you can always come up with a joke in real time, I bet you can...

Don’t write chord progressions.

What do I mean by writing chord progressions?

I mean writing from a “G, A, C” or “V, vi, I” standpoint.

There’s a difference...