Melody: Keep The Shape, Change The Inversion
Sometimes I get the shape of the melody right, but not the register. Let’s say…
Sometimes I get the shape of the melody right, but not the register. Let’s say…
A big part of my preparation and education, if you want to call it that,…
The recent loss of Glen Campbell – a music business legend if there ever was…
Irving Berlin’s classic songwriting advice to “repeat the Title as often as possible so people…
What does it mean to be a Songwriter? Well… if you write songs, you’re a…
If you’re writing a Title-based song – where the Title is the most important lyric…
One of the things most current hit songs have in common, other than non-stop melody…
There are a lot of truisms in songwriting – old school rules of thumb that…
Some people born in 1990 listen to certain current pop recordings and can’t relate to…
Why evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of your songwriting, an exercise that can be somewhat…
There are many elements that make up a good or great song. Music: melody, harmony,…
1) Play or sing the melody, accompanied by only the bass notes (no chords). You…
They’re important. They’re the first thing people hear. But Intros – aka the part before…
When you have a team working together, especially a talented one, not everyone’s going to…
Once I get a new song rolling I usually have some idea of where it’s…
The lyrics of ‘Chained To The Rhythm’ celebrate the surface qualities of the song (dance,…
Katy Perry’s ‘Chained To The Rhythm’ (written by Perry, Max Martin, Sia Furler, Ali Payami,…
Songs happen in all kinds of different ways (see some examples here), but for me…
In the world of popular song, there’s nothing new in using what might be called…
This is a followup to my last post about being willing to rewrite to get…