Spicing Up Your SUBDOMINANT CHORDS | How To Make Your IV CHORDS More Interesting

It's all too easy to continue to gravitate to the same basic chords in our songs. So, in this video, we're taking a...

DON'T Start Writing Your Song with a CHORD PROGRESSION | Unpopular Songwriting Opinions

It seems to me that songwriters default to starting their song off with a chord progression. Often, they wil...

Goals For Your 3RD VERSE | What Your Song's Third Verse Should Accomplish

It's hard to figure out if you have a good verse, chorus, guitar hook, bass line, or piano riff if you don't have some goa...

Spicing Up Your DOMINANT CHORDS | How To Make Your V CHORDS More Interesting

Dominant chords are arguably the most common chord of all- yes, even over the tonic. 

So, if there's any chord that mi...

Spicing Up Your TONIC CHORDS | How To Make Your I CHORDS More Interesting

The tonic chord plays a very important role in your songs. The tonic chord is the most powerful and resolved sounding chor...

Seinfeld Knows How To Write Songs? Songwriting Tips from... Jerry Seinfeld?

I've always thought that Artists can learn a lot from artists of different art forms. And yet, usually songwriters just ...

How To Write MORE INTERESTING CHORUSES | 3 Tips to Write a Better Chorus for your Song

Ultimately, the single most important part of your song is the chorus. If your chorus isn't interesting, your...

CODA vs. FINALE | Is a Coda a True Song Section? What is a Finale?

What is a Coda? And, is it a true song section or more of a sheet music concept? What about a Finale? Do I mean a grand finale? D...

It can be a good idea to write your song's chorus first.

So many times, creators just assume the way to go is to write something in the order it ends up being consumed. 

But, just like films are ...

We don't talk in poetry. We speak utilizing prose - largely basic and non-poetic language. 

So sometimes the transition to writing poetic lyrics can be a non-trivial one. 

So, if we don't have a ...

Often, the terms Chorus and Refrain are used interchangeably. 

But are a Chorus and a Refrain really the same thing?

And, if not, how can we utilize a Refrain in our songwriting?

That's what we'...

Was your 2021 a successful year? Was it a good year for your goals? Was it an effective year for you?

You wouldn't know if you didn't have goals for that year.

In the same way, it can be super he...