2022-05-05 23:27
It’s fun to listen to The Beatles Abbey Road album, but even more fun to listen to Paul’s isolated bass tracks for every song.
Again, this just vindicates how much of a bass pla… Read More
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2022-05-04 01:12
How can you accomplish this? Through active listening – a process of deciphering what you hear, learning from it, and incorporating that technique into your own songwriting style in o… Read More
2022-04-30 01:00
Here are some ways to judge whether you are writing “better” commercial songs. No one of these measures alone determines “writing better,” but putting all of them to… Read More
2022-04-30 00:56
If you’re like most songwriters out there, you’re probably dealing a lot with your “inner critic.” That term simply refers to your tendency to be your own toughest j… Read More
2022-04-29 00:16
Some of the best music in the world has come from collaboration, but creating with partners doesn’t come naturally to some songwriters.
You know what they say… “Two (or m… Read More
2022-04-27 23:46
I have been primarily a lyricist for almost 25 years. To survive that long in the music business, I have had to stretch my boundaries to come up with ways to evolve my lyric writing along w… Read More
2022-04-27 02:31
Paul McCartney’s development as a bass player provides a textbook case for today’s songwriters and music producers on how a little creativity can go a long way to help ma… Read More
2022-04-09 01:02
From French electronic and Japanese indie to K-pop and Spanish jazz, it’s common for people to listen to songs they don’t necessarily understand. N… Read More
2022-01-20 19:24
Why, then, do some songwriters seem to have an over abundance of fans buying their music while others struggle to sell the first song? Why do recording artists record every song writer X wr… Read More
2021-12-09 23:04
I am a great believer that the creation and the maintenance of a songwriting process is the number one thing a songwriter needs to do in order to be consistent and productive in their songw… Read More
2021-12-09 13:06
In songwriting, creating a lasting impression in the listener in the shortest space of time is essential for making your songs heard. Robin Frederick in her article “Hit Songwriting:… Read More
2021-11-16 23:38
Martin Child of Oxfordshire band The August List shares his five tips on how to keep those creative juices flowing
These are some pretty good songwriting tips here all reflecting on the ele… Read More
2021-11-15 21:56
A listening journal is a tool that will help transform your music listening habits into a source of knowledge and inspiration. Though you can use an actual journal for this purpose, single… Read More
2021-11-15 21:44
My opinion has always been this: there is no particular best way to write a song. That’s true in all of the creative arts: there is no process that is necessarily better than any othe… Read More
2021-10-23 05:10
There are going to be times as a songwriter when your motivation towards your craft is going to be low. You just can’t be motivated all of the time.
In the article 4 Motivation Tips F… Read More
2021-09-25 00:51
My firm belief is that inspiration for writing and producing music is everywhere if you allow yourself to receive the information needed.
This article demonstrates some ways to create the ri… Read More
2021-09-22 23:17
The quote below sums up beautifully how great lyrics can be written. You need to really care about the subject you’re writing the song about…
Some artists say they have trouble… Read More
2021-09-22 23:11
This is a great article essentially outlining 15 tips to get great (song) writing ideas derived from Zen philosophy.
I really do believe that a lot of Zen and Buddhist philosophy in general… Read More
2021-08-16 05:09
My name is Corey Stewart and I’m a singer, songwriter, musician and blogger from Australia and for me, songwriting is a craft, an art-form, a process, an emotional outlet and (most imp… Read More
2020-12-12 23:56
One of the largest growing sections of the live music industry in Australia and around the world today is the Open Mic scene.
For those of you unfamiliar with the term, an “Ope… Read More
2020-12-10 23:51
“We live in a world of infinite songwriting idea possibilities. All we have to do is go out there and find them.”
I outlined in my last posts “Songwriting Process &ndash&hell…Read More
2020-12-08 23:48
We have so much information around us these days yet I still hear so many songwriters complain that they can’t find anything to write about.
The way that I look at it, there’s… Read More
2020-12-07 00:44
“Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new” – Og Mandino
The above quote beautifully sums up what I w… Read More
2020-12-05 00:36
You know, a song demo can be used for many things.
It can be the basis of what you introduce to your band at a rehearsal, it can be the means in which you secure the gig or the song place… Read More
2020-12-03 07:59
In order to master the craft of songwriting you must first embrace the fact that there’s always something to learn about it.
The more you know the more you need to learn.
I know… Read More
2020-12-01 07:51
This post was directly inspired by a recent Bobby Owsinski article called “Six Traits Of A Badly Written Song.”
The six traits that constitutes a “badly written song&rdq&hell…Read More
2020-11-29 06:20
Songwriters Block… Every songwriter gets it at least once in their career.
It’s easy to find yourself in the midst of it and very difficult to get yourself out of the grips o… Read More
2020-11-27 06:15
“Everyone has at least five great albums in them” – Chris Martin, Coldplay
I remember seeing an interview with Chris Martin and Will Champion from Coldplay on the TV a l… Read More
2020-11-25 06:15
Recently, I was chatting to a songwriter friend of mine about the pain he experiences while writing songs.
He said that he’s great at starting songs but lousy at finishing them (wel… Read More
2020-11-23 00:30
Let me make one thing very clear… By saying that, as songwriters, we should be learning our craft by studying the songs of other songwriters, I’m not saying that you should be c… Read More
2020-11-21 00:30
I ask this question because it seems to me that we, as songwriters are real experts at naming which one of our creations are bad, so much in fact that for some songwriters, it stops them fro… Read More
2020-11-18 23:26
At the end of the day, writing songs can be as easy or as hard as you want to make it.
One of the main reasons why songwriters find the songwriting process difficult is that they get in t… Read More
2020-11-14 23:16
It’s a known fact that winning the conversations that you have with your inner voice on a daily basis is one of the main keys to getting the most out of your songwriting process.
Fo… Read More
2020-11-13 00:30
Your goal as a songwriter is to keep your songwriting ideas alive at all times and at the same time, developing ways to capture those ideas at any given opportunity.
With that being said… Read More
2020-11-11 11:14
Sometimes songs come from the most amazing places.
I was once asked to facilitate a songwriting workshop with the topic being how to capture songwriting ideas, and in my research for the… Read More
2020-11-09 00:04
Quotations are those little gems of wisdom that people come up with regarding any topic that you can think of.
I love them.
I’ve always thought of quotations as condensed forms o… Read More
2020-11-07 00:06
I hear from a lot of beginner songwriters bemoaning the fact that they have little or no musical theory knowledge and therefore will not be able to write ‘good’ songs.
For me… Read More
2020-11-05 00:32
Why are some songs embraced by the general public and some are not?
Does it have anything to do with talent? Or how much money is thrown at it? Or its production values?
Maybe.
Howe… Read More
2020-11-03 00:40
Any songwriting process needs to breathe, it needs to organically grow and develop so it can eventually gain its own momentum and function under its own steam.
The creation and maintenanc… Read More
2020-11-01 10:16
I reckon the capo is one of the most overlooked songwriting tools that there is.
Recently, I went out and bought myself another capo as my old one finally snapped its spring after 12 year… Read More
2020-10-31 10:08
I’m a firm believer that when it comes to songwriting, the originality in your songs comes from the fact that you wrote it in the first place, not from any external source.
To reinf… Read More
2020-10-29 01:50
Oblique Strategies (with the subtitle “over 100 worthwhile dilemmas”) is a set of published cards first created in 1975 by ambient music pioneer and music producer to the stars… Read More
2020-10-25 05:22
One of my favourite songwriting websites that I visit regularly is called TAXI.
I really like the articles and helpful tips that they provide on the site as well as the son… Read More
2020-10-23 23:24
Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start writing! Read More
2020-10-21 06:44
Finding that spark that starts off your songwriting process can be pretty difficult at times so when I came across an article called 10 Places To Find Inspiration For Songwriting, I was real… Read More
2020-10-15 05:24
Here are some ideas I’ve picked up lately on how you can improve your overall songwriting ability because it’s amazing how the smallest changes to your routine can make the bigge… Read More
2020-06-01 12:51
I’ve always been really fascinated with the songwriting process and how there seems to be many roads that can lead to a completed song.
You can approach writing a song in a number o… Read More
2020-06-01 06:48
A song is a pleasing way of expressing one’s thoughts and feelings. Words stringing together, dancing with each other forming a note, a tune, that one can go on listening to it on loop… Read More
2020-05-30 07:56
Benjamin describes his latest project as a continuation of what he’s always done throughout his career: to try and write the best songs that he can with lyrics that are honest and from… Read More
2020-05-29 08:35
If you’re trying to develop an innovative songwriting style, a major impediment is one that’s often unnoticeable: you’re listening only to music from your own genre of choi… Read More
2020-05-28 13:11
Songs talk about “The Beat” all the time. There are so many references that I couldn’t fit them all here, but I’m sure you’ve heard a band or artist mention a b… Read More
2020-05-27 13:15
“To live a creative life we must lose our fear of being wrong” – Joseph Chilton Pierce
Today I want to share with you my personal thoughts on fear in songwriting.
You… Read More
2020-05-26 09:46
Perhaps the most challenging aspect of being an independent songwriter-artist in modern times is the need to be your own champion. To be the one to write the emails, create a social media pr… Read More
2020-05-25 08:04
To celebrate Bob Dylan’s 79th birthday today, we are bringing you several Dylan-centric stories. This is one in the words of Tom Petty, Dylan’s pal and collaborator.
Tom Petty… Read More
2020-05-24 07:31
Bernie Taupin, Elton John’s songwriting partner, turned 70 yesterday, some fifty-three years after he and Elton first responded to an NME advert which ultimately linked the pair for fu… Read More
2020-05-23 10:34
In his cell, where Jassy used his keyboard to make beats, he invited the men to perform rap freestyles and taught them about songwriting and music production
In prison, producer finds new… Read More
2020-05-22 08:58
In my own composing of music, I would far rather work out a melody first, and then add the chords as a second step. That’s because melodies are what people hum to themselves; it’… Read More
2020-05-21 08:25
People often use the words “process” and “workflow” synonymously. But that’s not quite accurate.
Process vs. Workflow – What’s the Difference and… Read More
2020-05-20 10:54
Steely Dan was a band formed around a songwriting collaboration, that of Becker & Fagen – Walter Becker & Donald Fagen.
The Secret Soul of Steely Dan – Walter Becker… Read More
2020-05-19 09:34
Seven-time GRAMMY® winner John Mayer joins award-winning guitarist/producer Eric Krasno on his new podcast series.
John Mayer Discusses The Rules Of Songwriting, Discovering New Music… Read More
2020-05-18 11:01
I can’t count the times that I’ve heard a songwriter blame their lack of success on the radio, publishers, a “closed circle in the music business”, A&R people who… Read More
2020-05-17 10:46
Songwriters are the heartbeat of Nashville and as the city continues to expand, so do the creatives and the way in which they make music.
Evolution Of The Nashville Songwriter: From Solo… Read More
2020-05-16 09:42
British collection society PRS for Music collected a record £810.8m (approximately $990m) on behalf of its 145,000 songwriter, composer and music publisher members in 2019, a year-on-y… Read More
2020-05-15 07:05
Forward motion, or momentum, is an important characteristic of songs. Simply put, momentum makes one moment of a song lead naturally — sometimes almost impatiently — to the next… Read More
2020-05-14 07:07
The crisis is slowing the music business down, but publishers are still sending out deal offers — in some cases, more than before
‘It’s Completely Eye-Opening’ &nd&hell…Read More
2020-05-13 10:50
As a songwriter, what’s a good place to start once you have a title or an idea of what you’re going to write about? Prose. But, instead of jumping right in, try closing your eyes… Read More
2020-05-12 08:55
There is a decades-old myth in the pop music world that asserts that the more you understand music theory, the more it stunts your creative abilities.
Can Music Theory Increase Your Creat… Read More
2020-05-11 06:07
Grammy Award-winning, Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame member, Little Richard, the mastermind behind legendary hits “Long Tall Sally,” “Rip It Up,” “Good… Read More
2020-05-10 10:26
Should you write (a song) today? YES! Here’s 16 reasons why you should.
16 Reasons You Should Definitely Write Today (No Matter What)
One of the biggest challenges in writing goo… Read More
2020-05-08 09:23
The truth is… Anything and everything can be used as a lyric writing prompt. But these 15 writing prompts are guaranteed to get your creative juices flowing.
15 Of The Most Tried-a… Read More
2020-05-07 07:47
Most songwriters don’t try do anything new. They’re busy enough just trying to write a good song. Stretching the form itself – that is something rarely tried mostly.
Beh… Read More
2020-05-06 08:19
Suspended chords offer more than just a frilly little something to add to your music. They work as substitution chords, they can smooth out chord progressions, and they can add tension to yo… Read More
2020-05-05 07:58
The musician is forced to promote her new memoir, Resistance, from home, but she’s got some help from other artists and Richard Dawkins.
The “Tiny Ways” Tori Amos Is Get… Read More
2020-05-04 06:57
Everyone (hopefully) goes to sleep, and sometimes we remember the dreams that we have during that time.
How dreams can inspire your songwriting
Let’s say you’ve come up wit… Read More
2020-05-03 10:12
OpenAI is the non-profit artificial intelligence company backed by (among others) tech mogul Elon Musk.
OpenAI reveals its latest music-generating AI – Jukebox
There’s a lo… Read More
2020-05-02 08:49
We Should Write Sometime, which uses swipe-right technology and geotagging to pair up compatible songwriters, has seen a 61% increase in daily average downloads since sheltering in place wen… Read More
2020-05-01 07:21
Given the few notes within an octave and the millions of songs that have been written using them, accidental plagiarism is a constant companion for most songwriters.
Tips for Songwriters… Read More
2020-04-30 07:21
Seems like such an easy thing. Just be you. We hear it every day — but how? Especially when you’re struggling to become you (you haven’t had a lot of life lived yet), or yo… Read More
2020-04-29 09:15
When Huntsville, Alabama songwriter Alan Little met John Schmitt, a San Francisco Iraq War veteran, the two had no idea their music would bring catharsis and joy to not only themselves, but… Read More
2020-04-28 07:06
Song pitching has shifted from physical meetings to virtual meetings and conference calls, with publishers often sending label A&R reps the music beforehand.
In Nashville’s Musi… Read More
2020-04-27 06:17
One positive remedy, though, is to take in the words of comfort, inspiration and wisdom from the songs on your playlist—the ones you’ve kept on it—that offer lyrics that sp… Read More
2020-04-26 06:12
John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison, while writing songs for The Beatles, all were able to brilliantly synthesize what was happening in their culture and the musical currency of… Read More
2020-04-25 08:19
If you think the songs in the charts sound like they were made by machines, you’re probably wrong — an AI’s lyrics would be better.
This AI wrote such Emo lyrics that hu… Read More
2020-04-24 08:50
When author Michael Koppy gets going about popular songwriting, the heat rises fast and stays there.
‘We deserve better’: Taking aim at bad pop songwriting
You might assume… Read More
2020-04-23 07:02
Over the years, as I’ve gotten more serious about my writing, I’ve gotten used to spending more time alone. Since I mostly write solo, getting comfortable with that temporary iso… Read More
2020-04-22 06:25
I’ll start with a caveat: Be cautious regarding advice on how to cope during a global pandemic. Unless the individual lived through the 1918 Spanish flu, he or she has as much experien… Read More
2020-04-21 08:35
People moving in a similar culture, exposed to similar stimuli, and inspired by a similar history can come up with something pretty similar. It happens. But sometimes, someone is just steali… Read More
2020-04-20 10:00
I’ve discussed reading habits before and why you really want to read good books, but how, as a writer, you may have to read professionally some books you don’t enjoy. But today… Read More
2020-04-19 11:05
If you’re stuck at home, creating time and space for musical creativity is going to be crucial. It will ultimately determine whether you’ll actually end up making music during th… Read More
2020-04-18 11:31
Songs are short. Most of them, anyway. And by short, I mean usually less than four minutes. That can be difficult to do.
Pop Songwriting – Perfecting the Miniature Musical Form
T… Read More
2020-04-17 08:19
As I started to think about the greatest singer/songwriter albums I began compiling my own list. Then I decided it would be far more interesting to see what albums different artists picked a… Read More
2020-04-16 11:21
If you’re a session singer, you’ll likely encounter sheet music at some point in your career. If you’re a songwriter, you might someday write sheet music.
Reading Bars … Read More
2020-04-15 07:19
Have you ever tried just reading your lyric out loud, without thinking about the melody you’ve written to go along with it? Reading a lyric can give you a lot of musical ideas, and can… Read More
2020-04-14 07:34
The second season of Songland is here, and as songwriters compete to get their songs in front of the most popular recording artists of today, other hopefuls at home may be wondering how they… Read More
2020-04-13 09:07
There are times when creating and performing music feels hard, even for musicians who live for their craft.
Why Meaningful Motivation in Music is Earned
We all have the same 24 hours i… Read More
2020-04-12 07:25
As writers, we are artists. We create through inspiration—a spark brought to fruition through discipline, hard work, and practice. And we draw inspiration from everywhere around us… Read More
2020-04-11 08:39
Lately, as a songwriter, I’ve been told not to write any ballads to pitch anywhere because everyone wants uptempo songs. But like all things, music works in cycles so eventually, we&rs&hell…Read More
2020-04-10 07:15
Over 60 composers from around the world have contributed to a new digital song trilogy that will be performed and live streamed on YouTube.
Over 60 Songwriters Worldwide Collaborate on Ne… Read More
2020-04-09 10:17
After being hospitalised with COVID-19 symptoms last week, songwriting legend John Prine has passed away from the illness at the age of 73.
Legendary folk songwriter John Prine dies from… Read More
2020-04-08 07:00
John Schmitt has walked through hell while wearing night vision goggles and carrying a hot gun. You can imagine the rest – actually, unless you’ve seen combat you probably can&rs&hell…Read More
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