When Great Melodies Don’t Have Motion
Most great melodies are filled with movement. They roll up and down, with steps and…
Most great melodies are filled with movement. They roll up and down, with steps and…
I spend a lot of time, with my own songs, and with others’ in songwriting…
It’s a truism that the best way to finish a piece of writing is to…
Neil Young’s musical sophistication is underestimated. Many people love his songs, of course. He’s an…
Will Lee recently did a great (almost) solo version of John Lennon’s ‘I’m A Loser’…
The first time we hear a song we take in the big picture, we notice…
In songwriting there’s a lot of emphasis on self-expression. That’s understandable, and certainly it’s hard…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
I had a gig with my band and some special guests Monday night. It went…
A lot of Lennon & McCartney’s early songs were what you might call ‘genre’ songs.…