Create A Songwriting Habit

by | Jun 12, 2021 | Songwriting Life

Because starting a song is the hardest thing to do, having a ready-made bucket of ideas, thoughts, observations, lines, hooks and cool words is one of the best things you can do for yourself, Sure – you can talk into your phone or leave your ideas scattered all...

Auto-Generate Chord Progressions

by | Jun 12, 2021 | Exercises

One of the easiest ways to tune your ear into different sounds is to force the creation of variety in your chords. This gets you out of common patterns or melodies you might use and can be quite inspiring. Switch up what you normally use for a chord progression by...

Song Vamp

by | Jun 12, 2021 | Exercises, Music

Using someone else’s song to help you get started isn’t cheating, and it’s not copyright infringement unless you don’t change it significantly. So, for the Ghost Songs Lyrics exercise, make sure you change the song you started with to get...

Ghost Songs: Lyrics First

by | Jun 12, 2021 | Lyrics

Using someone else’s song to help you get started isn’t cheating, and it’s not copyright infringement unless you don’t change it significantly. So, for the Ghost Songs Lyrics exercise, make sure you change the song you started with to get...

Song Exercise: Rhyme Pattern Proxy

by | Jun 12, 2021 | Rhyme

This song exercise is great to use if you’re stuck on a song line and can’t seem to make the song work. It’s a great way to spur new ideas and something you can use whenever you need to get out of a rut. The goal is to force you to find new words or...