Lyrics are often the most difficult element of songwriting. 

I think a part of the reason for this is that the vast majority of songwriters were musicians first and foremost who eventually...

I see so much obsession with "Hit songs" and "How to write a hit song?".

Some people take advantage this by creating content that tells you there's some formula. 

There isn't.

If there was a...

Quantizing can help make the music recording process much faster and much more painless! 

In this video, we break down how to handle quantizing in Reaper.

In most songs, the chorus and bridge operate as the highlights. But most songs are about 50% verses! 

So in this video we're talking about how to keep our verses interesting!

In this video, we talk about how to do automations in Reaper.

Automations are super easy to do and can make a huge difference in making strings, brass, and woodwind VSTs and plugins sound much...

You don't have to have fancy chord progressions to make your chord progressions interesting. 

In fact, making subtle and small changes such as changing your basic major or minor triad to a...

What is the Phrygian mode? And how is it useful to us as songwriters?

If you're looking for a sound that's darker than a regular minor key, the Phrygian mode might be the mode for you. 

Let's...

I think there are 4 important things we as songwriters can learn from authors.

In fact, I'm of the opinion that artists can learn quite a lot from artists of different forms.

Authors can learn...

What is the Dorian mode? Specifically, how do we figure out the notes and use it as songwriters?

In this video, we talk about how to get to the Dorian mode with keeping the same key...

In this video, we're going to talk about 3 more reasons that your song might suck. 

Sometimes we end up underwhelmed with our final song. Sometimes it's worse and we hate it or resent it for...

What is the Mixolydian Mode? The short answer is that it is the "darkest" of the 3 modes that are based on a Major Tonic chord. 

If you want a song that's mostly Major in sound, but not ...

Do you find yourself underwhelmed with your song after you've finished?

Or maybe you haven't finished many songs because you throw them in the metaphorical trash before even finishing them.

If...