Breaking Out of Your Current Style
If you’ve been writing songs for a considerable length of time, or even if only for a short time, you might notice that many of your songs have a similar style or sound. Perhaps it’s a tempo you write in often, maybe it’s the movements of your harmonies, or rhythmic pattern in your melodies, or [...]
Common Songwriting Pitfalls
When I began writing songs, I remember the fear of sitting down in front of a blank page. There was a certain amount of trembling expectation, a sense of humility as I’d attempt to express myself through lyric and music. Nowadays, I still feel those same jitters, but with a great deal more foresight and [...]
Breaking Old Habits Using Harmony
If you’re writing a few times a week, you’re speeding down the path to better songs that more clearly express who you are as an artist. Along the path are inevitable pit-stops where strings of songs reflect the same stage in your musical and lyrical development and writing process. Sometimes we get stalled in these [...]
Why Study Songwriting?
So many of us began with a creative bug when we were young, playing bits of melodic motifs on the piano, picking up the guitar and humming a tune over some basic chords, or writing poetry that later turned into lyrics to our first song. Armed with our influences and a lot of inspiration, we [...]
