Turning poems into songs sounds like something that's pretty easy to do. After all, the words are there. The rhyme is...
Intermediate
Giving Song Feedback Like A Pro
If you're part of a songwriting group, one of your activities is probably getting and giving feedback on songs. And,...
Song Sketching Exercise Using Story Arcs
If you've ever been in a high school English class, you've studied how drama is created in a play, a novel or short...
Song Sketching: Tell Stories Like A Movie
Song Sketching is very similar to object writing, and is the next step in the process to craft your song. Unlike...
Write From Inspiration But Need Discipline?
Waiting for inspiration to hit doesn't always lead to a high volume, or even steady flow, of songs. We recently got a...
Know Your Strengths To Create Goals
We've all heard it: "Set goals to achieve success." But, for many of use, songwriting is one of many things in our...
Change Perspective But Keep Your Point Of View
Perspective isn't a common songwriting topic. Most songwriting conversations revolve around Point of View (POV), but...
Texture In A Song: What Is It?
Texture is what helps tie your lyrics to an emotional connection for the listener. Texture is the particulars that...
5 Steps To Organize Your Song Files
It happens to every songwriter. The business of music. Your focus is on writing songs, not organizing your song...
Targeting Your Song Pitches To A Cut
If you're writing for someone else to cut your songs and don't perform live, you'll need to know how to sell what...
Music Business Made Easy!
If you're trying to make it in the new world order of independent music, this is the music business book for you. I've...
Creating Effective Similes In Songs
Similes in songs can take a ho-hum lyric and turn it into a "wow!" lyric. The magic of a simile is that it allows you...
Amy Speace Song Critiques
Amy Speace takes a look at several songs submitted for the American Songwriter Magazine songwriting contest. ...
5 Steps To Song Creation Success
How can we make songwriting easier? Change your perspective before you start writing! Songs are really just scenes...
4 Steps To Connect Your Song Scenes
Here are four easy steps to help you connect the verses in your song - or song scenes! Following them will help make...
Pop Songs: Music & Melody
The below is taken from a chat board that is long since gone, and was part of a much larger post string. I've...
6 Essential Songwriting Books On Melody
Melodies are the messaging highway of your song. They help maintain the interest of your listener (like scenery along...
Tip To Match Line Length In Verses
Line length is a key element of any song. Without knowing how long your lines are, you risk making your verse melody...