How To Pull Off A Classic Pop Song
It’s rare when a song feels modern but also catches a believable retro vibe. These…
It’s rare when a song feels modern but also catches a believable retro vibe. These…
It’s no secret that by now Hip Hop has influenced every kind of popular songwriting…
Coldplay’s 2008 hit, ‘Viva La Vida’ is an intense, rousing, and satisfying song. It combines…
This is an adventurous song. It’s also an exceptional song, recording, and piece of music…
In 1974 Al Green wrote the song ‘Take Me To The River’ with Teenie Hodges,…
In the early stages of writing something new, I tend to think of the song…
Today it only seems right to look at a song of David Bowie’s; let’s make…
On November 10 of this year one of the twentieth century’s American musical giants, Allen…
A big part of why understanding song structure is so important is that listeners bring…
I was thinking about Pre-Choruses – about how many times, in songs of mine and…
Here’s a good block-breakin’, stimulatin’, new-idea-creatin’ songwriting tool: Ask yourself ‘What If…?’ For example –…
With some songs all you need, musically, is a melody and a bass line. The…
By now there must be millions of songs that use the incredibly durable and adaptable…
Even when I’m ‘teaching songwriting’, I never think of it this way. I believe you…
‘If it can be cut, then CUT IT OUT. Everything non-essential that you can eliminate…
In preparing for a recent gig I was, as usual before a show, singing my…
In a Verse/Chorus song, Bridges usually happen a minute and a half to two minutes…
Every song I write is an opportunity. Not just an opportunity to write a good…
Songs with sections – Verses, Choruses, Bridges – in which every line has a similar…
It’s a practical and sensible songwriting convention that, in a Verse/Chorus song, the Chorus will…