Inside ‘We Are The Champions’
Queen’s ‘We Are The Champions’ (written by Freddie Mercury) consistently intrigued me. I’ve always been…
Queen’s ‘We Are The Champions’ (written by Freddie Mercury) consistently intrigued me. I’ve always been…
‘We’ is a pronoun that pops up a lot in songs. If you’re singing to,…
A month ago I wrote a song called ‘The Less I Know The Better’. Yesterday…
There’s a documentary on Netflix – ‘The Center Will Not Hold’ – about the writer…
Sometimes a songwriter is inspired – excited creatively and/or financially – to use a chunk…
There is of course no correct way to write a song; no right way to…
A very common situation: I’ve got a Title and at least a substantial part of…
It’s always been important to play your instrument ‘in tune’. But what does ‘in tune’…
It’s not a good sign, to put it mildly, when I get the feeling that…
Philosopher Isaiah Berlin famously separated writers and thinkers into two basic categories – Hedgehogs and…
Aretha Franklin’s stature as a songwriter will never equal her monumental accomplishments as a singer.…
Each song is a custom-made world unto itself. Of course, like in any popular art…
I think Stevie Wonder’s ‘Overjoyed’ is one of the best songs of the last 50…
With some songs all you need, musically, is a melody and a bass line. The…
A good melody tells a story. It doesn’t just help tell the story of the…
I’ve been writing songs for a long time, and teaching and coaching other songwriters for…
There’s one fact of songwriting life that I’ve never been able to get around. It’s…
Going into a new key for your Chorus (every time; not just for the last…
I’m working on a song and I lose interest in it because if I’m honest…
There are days… there are days when I just don’t have it. I poke around…