The Pandemic Won’t Do Your Song’s Work For You
Since I produce artists and facilitate songwriting and production workshops and classes, almost every week…
Since I produce artists and facilitate songwriting and production workshops and classes, almost every week…
There are no rules in songwriting. When doing a workshop or teaching, I feel like…
Over the years, as I’ve gotten more serious about my writing, I’ve gotten used to…
In songwriting there’s a lot of emphasis on self-expression. That’s understandable, and certainly it’s hard…
I’ve been in the music business for decades and have acquired some skills at adapting…
This post is about one of the most powerful songs I’ve heard in a long…
I’m impressed by how Billie Eilish and her co-writer/brother Finneas O’Connell managed to craft a…
Songwriting immortal Irving Berlin said: “Make sure you repeat the Title as often as possible…
Almost 3 years ago I wrote a blogpost about the development of a new variation…
At Tony Conniff Songwriting Workshops we just began a new 5 week group, this one…
One of the most critical aspects of writing a song is making it as singable…
I spoke recently with an old friend of mine; a longtime music person who has,…
There’s a craft to doing anything really well. In songwriting, part of learning is doing…
A lot of my songs have started from mistakes (and yes… I know there are…
I was producing someone whose song’s melody was considerably lower in the Chorus than it…
“Songwriting is like attempting to solve the NYT crossword during a therapy session.” I came…
In my recent songwriting, I’ve noticed something that I take to be a positive development…
* ‘Thanks For The Memory’ by Bob Hope (Rainger/Robin) * ‘I Thank You’ by Sam…
As time passes – in a few months it’ll officially be over 50 years since…
In a good song everything is important, everything matters – every melody note, word, chord.…