Lyrics: Connecting The Dots – Part 2 (Frank Ocean)
Super Rich Kids by Frank Ocean has been my favorite for a few months now. …
Super Rich Kids by Frank Ocean has been my favorite for a few months now. …
When I’m working on a song, I try to write down everything that comes to…
The ‘List Song” – not quite as ubiquitous as it used it to be, but…
I’ve worked with many songwriters who’ve said to me, “I’m not writing because I just…
This time of year, it’s amazing to me that everywhere I hear mostly the same…
With a lyric, you can’t fit everything in. Where would you put it? You’ve usually…
Last week I wrote about the added value of uptempo songs. This week the news…
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 that I’ve heard the legendary songwriter Jimmy Webb say is that,…
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,…
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…
There aren’t really any ‘rules’ to Songwriting. Maybe one: Don’t bore the listener. But there…
Most songs are Title-oriented, so getting as much mileage as possible out of the Title makes…
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…
Welcome to a weekly blog I’ll be writing on songwriting- and music-related subjects! I couldn’t…