Songwriting Blog

When asked which came first, the music or the lyrics, the great lyricist Sammy Cahn…

If I’m lucky, I start out a song with an idea I like – music,…

In our lyrics, we tend to write about the same things over and over. We…

Every song, by definition, balances music and lyrics. How well a song works often has…

Much has been made of the recent success of Adele – her powerful singing, throwback…

Welcome to a weekly blog I’ll be writing on songwriting- and music-related subjects! I couldn’t…

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