Quick Rewriting Tips
Whether you are the kind of writer for whom the whole song falls out in 15 minutes, or you painfully deliberate for hours over each line, there are a few quick rewriting tools that can help polish that final product. To apply these tools, sometimes we’ve got to be flexible with our melodic rhythms and [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Short Term Goals for Songwriters and Artists
How does one get to be a paid songwriter, writing songs for a living? Reflecting on the paths of our favorite role model artists or songwriters can certainly illuminate some answers. But most times the path can seem so uncharted, and indeed our own personal path is. The trouble is that with many musical careers, [...]
At the Heart: Artist or Writer?
A good friend of mine and I were carrying on the other day about the music industry, venting our frustrations, sharing our hopes, and talking nitty gritty about our goals. She’d go on about how difficult it’s been to write while touring, and how she hardly finds the energy to wash her hair much [...]
How to Get Heard
I really enjoy reading your blogs. i have been working on my songwriting craft for a number of years and have developed a really good sound and flow. i have everything now apart from someone to listen to my stuff. i’m really unsure with where to go to next and who to trust out [...]
