When THAT Is In Your Song’s Title
If you’re going to use the word ‘that’ in a song’s Title, it’s usually a…
If you’re going to use the word ‘that’ in a song’s Title, it’s usually a…
Pardon the oversimplification, but people tend to respond to songs three ways – emotionally, intellectually,…
You can call your song anything you want. You can use a word or phrase…
In a song I wrote recently I was puzzled, not for the first time, about…
It’s no surprise that artists get inspiration from other artists, both in their field and…
The useful, musical qualities of rhyme are many – though that’s not the subject of…
Why do songs need structure… and why do they have the structures that they do?…
I’m a musician and songwriter who for over a decade has also been facilitating Songwriting…
Here’s a way to get deeper into the craft, the nuts and bolts, of songwriting:…
In this era of therapy, Oprah, ‘having a positive attitude’, affirmations, ‘the secret’, even ‘the…
When working on a song and concentrating hard on the component parts – lyrics, melody,…
We’ve all heard tens of thousands of songs. If a song is extremely predictable, most…
Some songwriters won’t even start a song without a Title they feel good about. I…
I wrote a note to myself the other day – ‘Write it down, no matter…
A very common songwriter’s dilemma is to have a melody line and a lyric for…
Here’s one quick way to get started from scratch on writing a new song: Take…
This week I’m writing about one of the basic principles of Songwriting… but one that…
Maybe I’ve written a Chorus… now what will the Verse be? Or I have a…
There are many extraordinary aspects to Bob Dylan’s songwriting… but today let’s consider his Verbs. …
One way to combat blandness in a lyric (a battle worth fighting) is to increase…