How Contemporary Songs Are Different; Part 2: Melody
I gave a talk at our Songwriting Day event in 2016 about the ways in…
I gave a talk at our Songwriting Day event in 2016 about the ways in…
Thank you for reading my weekly blogposts! I’m starting something different this week: a series…
Most commonly, Verse/Chorus songs start with the Verse and build into the Chorus. This allows…
I recently finished one of the best books on Songwriting I’ve ever read: ‘Decoded’ by…
In terms of writing over a longer period of time, if one just writes autobiographically…
Titles are one of the most powerful tools in songwriting. They don’t just help listeners…
Recently I came across a quote from artist/songwriter Aloe Blacc. What he said seemed almost…
I post songwriting-related quotes on Facebook regularly; not always because I agree with them but…
Let’s take a moment to praise one of the 20th Century’s great songwriters, universally acknowledged…
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I’ve heard people call Somewhere Over The Rainbow “the perfect song”. I don’t even think…
Deep into a new song, at some point it becomes hard, almost impossible, to get…
In a song, everything is sound. So, before we even perceive the content of lyrics…
This post is about avoiding something that I think can hurt a song – I…
I’ve written various posts related to how important it is to write without judgement… to…
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Today it only seems right to look at a song of David Bowie’s; let’s make…
Iron & Wine is singer/songwriter Sam Beam and whichever musicians and singers he decides to…