Finding Inspiration Around You

by | Aug 9, 2020 | Beginning

Finding Inspiration is a hard thing to come by sometimes. To help inspire you, try some unconventional sources – your photos, a dictionary or some online image searches! STEP 1: Pick up a dictionary or thesaurus (or head online).  Randomly choose a word, or a...

SC Exercise: Write For An Artist

by | May 5, 2019 | Exercises, Intermediate

This exercise focuses on writing for another artist. You’ll work through some simple steps to (1) find an artist that works with your style of writing, and (2) write a song for that artist targeting the concept and lyrics as much as possible. There’s also...

Songwriting Hobby As A Path To A Better Life

by | Oct 15, 2018 | Beginning

Pursuing your songwriting hobby, or passion for songwriting, doesn’t have to mean you give up your job and run off on a new life. Actually, scientific studies show that pursuing a passion or hobby can bring not only health benefits, but mental health benefits to...

What’s Furniture In Lyrics?

by | Apr 20, 2018 | Beginning, Exercises

You’ve probably gotten song critiques that suggest you need more furniture in lyrics to give the song a stronger sense of showing versus telling. To do that, you’ll use a combination of external detail and internal detail. But, how much is too much? And,...

In A Point Of View or Perspective Rut?

by | Jan 8, 2017 | Advanced, Song Craft

It happens: sometimes you consistently write from a single point of view or perspective and can’t seem to break the habit. Now, that doesn’t mean you should simply change it because you keep writing first person songs. I’m a big believer that the...