Finding Inspiration Around You
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...Beginning Songwriter Books And Gear
Getting started right is important – and- when you start, genre doesn’t really matter. The goals is to write strong songs. You can write for any genre once you’ve got the basic down. That’s why we’ve put together a list of beginning...Songwriting Hobby As A Path To A Better Life
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?
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,...Object Writing: Quickest Path To Great Lyrics
Object writing is one of the best ways to quickly advance your songwriting skills. It’s also a multitasking way to create ideas in your songwriting notebook for those days when inspiration is hard thing to come by. To help move things along, try challenging...Simple Steps To Melodies
Melodies are one of the most difficult parts of songwriting, but you can become very proficient at it with some basic tools, meaning you spend less time with trial and error. For me, contrast is the key to giving yourself a guide for your melody. You can worry about...Starting Your Songwriting Notebook
A songwriting notebook, also called a Hook Book, is your idea vault. It’s one of the best ways to capture all of your great ideas, hooks, thoughts about what’s going on with you, and moments of inspiration. A songwriting notebook is also your #1 tool when...Song Outline: Church’s “Kill A Word”
To help learn more about what is one of the biggest challenges in writing a song – story line or thought progression – we’ll take a look at a song outline using the song outline worksheet. This week we’ll outline “Kill A Word”...Lyric Basics: What’s a Metaphor?
A metaphor is a type of “figurative language” used in imagery. It’s best used to make a connection between things your listener can easily identify with quickly. The first thing in the comparison adds context and meaning to the second thing for the...5 Ways Lyrics Are Not Like Poems
Have you been told your lyrics sound like poems? Or that your lyrics should sound more like poems? Poetic language is something that appears in most great songs. They utilize poetic devices like similes, metaphors and imagery, but they stay away from being...From Outlines To Songs
Let’s tie some song prompts to creating outlines to songs! Everything you’re doing to learn songwriting should be in a building mode: if you’ve used some of the song prompts, your next step will be to create a song. But how do you go from song...Song Idea: What Is It?
Is it different from a hook? Yes – a hook’s a part of the song’s construction that helps articulate the song idea usually in a single statement in the chorus. So, what is a song idea? Well, it depends who you ask! According to Jimmy Webb in his book...What’s A Pre-Chorus?
Is the pre-chorus the same as a lift, a channel, a ramp, a climb, a refrain? Yes, yes, yes, yes – no. While you’ve heard people talk about the pre-chorus, what’s its role in a song and when should you be leveraging it to create a great song?...What’s A Song Bridge For?
How is a bridge different from a verse or a chorus? Do you even need one in your song? Understanding all of the different song parts, or song elements, is sometimes confusing, but an essential part of creating a great song. While you can always find the definition of...No More $900 For Pitchable Demos!
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