What Makes A Song A ‘Song’?
Why do songs need structure… and why do they have the structures that they do?…
Why do songs need structure… and why do they have the structures that they do?…
Once I’ve got the music for a song pretty together – the melody, the rhythm,…
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…
It may seem overly obvious to state that melodies, like all other aspects of a…
When I react to a song emotionally, at some point I get interested in looking…
Yesterday I posted a quote about writing (from William Stafford) – “When you get stuck,…
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…
Top New York City guitarist Larry Saltzman recently reminded me of a song I love…
I’d bet that most songwriters have their ‘tempo comfort zones’. Many of us, including me,…
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…