The March of Time… Signatures – and Changing Them
Lately I’ve been exporing the idea of changing the presentation of songs already written. I’ve…
Lately I’ve been exporing the idea of changing the presentation of songs already written. I’ve…
Last week I wrote about the added value of uptempo songs. This week the news…
I remember hearing songwriter/music publisher Eric Beall talk a few years ago about the value…
Getting feedback – comments, notes, praise, criticism – on your songs can be very confusing.…
Years ago I was sitting with the great songwriter Doc Pomus at a New York…
Shananana Nananana – Ba-oom – Yip yip yip yip Yip yip yip yip Boom boom…
One of the things I hear most frequently from Songwriters, regarding their new songs, are…
I know some people who believe that if they have a good idea, they’ll remember…
One of the things that I’ve heard the legendary songwriter Jimmy Webb say is that,…
A good melody tells a story – without the words. Of course I’m not saying…
One of the most common problem areas in lyric writing is the use of the…
It’s natural for a Songwriter to worry about things like, “when people hear my songs,…
Recently Frank Ocean, a singer and songwriter, has become very popular very fast. I read…
We’ve all heard thousands, maybe tens of thousands of songs. Most of us now know,…
“If I play this song in public and it’s not copyrighted, isn’t there a good…
I try to be open to ideas whenever they present themselves… I scribble things down…
People love to categorize, and people particularly like to categorize in dualities – yin/yang, Apollo/Dionysius… …
When writing and developing a lyric, a relatively simple yet powerful tool that’s often overlooked…
Lyle Lovett recently said, “I’ve always thought that writing isn’t really that hard. It’s having…
If you have the basic idea for a song – the Chorus and/or the Title…