How To Let The Listener Write Most Of Your Song’s Lyrics
It’s been said many times – creating lyrics is an extremely economical form of writing.…
It’s been said many times – creating lyrics is an extremely economical form of writing.…
Two very different songwriters I’ve discussed before – Chuck Berry and Sam Beam (of Iron…
Sometimes when I get an idea for a new song I get excited and I’m…
Most if not all of us songwriters, also known as people, have our go-to stories…
Every songwriter and producer I work with has to deal with the same reality I…
I had a gig with my band and some special guests Monday night. It went…
I was watching Paul McCartney on Steven Colbert’s show. They were discussing the fact that…
Although far from achieving all of my goals – or even most – I’ve established…
Jokes may be the purest form of writing and performance. There’s a setup… then a…
A lot of Lennon & McCartney’s early songs were what you might call ‘genre’ songs.…
I spend a lot of time, in my life and on this blog, thinking about…
It’s called writing. But, after some wandering in the dark, most songs that reach the…
There’s no question in my mind that, when writing a song, an awareness of what…
Recently I was with a friend of mine who’s in a creative field and quite…
Lyrics on a page or a screen can be deceptive. They can ‘read well’, they…
As a college student Arthur Miller wrote a play, his first, and entered it into…
In a Senate hearing this week, televised live, Lindsay Graham said the words, “Donald Trump…
When writing a song, I can’t imagine any predetermined or ‘correct’ balance between using the…
I get lazy about keeping track of the songs I’ve written. Sometimes I need to…
This week I make a pitch for the use in melodies of what I call…