An Easy Way To Do Your Song A Favor
As much as we might prefer it not to be so, the quality of a…
As much as we might prefer it not to be so, the quality of a…
Something we may not think about much is how predictable the rhythms of chords usually…
Songs with a Pre-Chorus almost always follow the same basic structure: Verse/Pre-Chorus/Chorus. Sometimes the Verse…
Like everyone, in my songwriting I have patterns I easily fall into. Comfort zone chord…
I’ve worked with a lot of songwriters. The single most glaring area of weakness I…
I did a show about a month ago where I played some new songs of…
When writing a song it’s practically impossible for me to tell if it’s going to…
I heard a great quote recently from songwriter Dan Wilson (Adele) about not worrying too…
I started out playing music on electric guitar and soon enough found a more congenial…
This is a question I get asked pretty frequently these days. Especially by songwriters who…
The component parts of contemporary songwriting are going in many directions at once. While some…
The beginnings of songs are varied and often mysterious. In this blogpost I’ll go through…
Many areas of modern pop songwriting are extremely innovative, historically speaking. A lot of songwriting…
There are all kinds of ways to work on and finish songs. No one process…
Recently a friend of mine directed me to a song by The Neighbourhood – ‘Daddy…
There is evidence throughout pop songwriting history – at least its Verse/Chorus song part –…