SC Exercise: Turning Poems Into Songs
Turning poems into songs sounds like something that’s pretty easy to do. After all, the words are there. The rhyme is there. The meter is there. All you have to do is add the music! But the challenge is in creating something accessible to a listener that comes...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, one of the most valuable things about being in a group is access to feedback, so being able to give it becomes part of the the group dynamic. It...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 story. So you knows the “story arcs” that can occur and the sequence of how drama unfolds. You know, the introduction of...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 object writing, which focuses intensely on a single object and allows for associations to occur, song sketching has a big picture goal: create a vehicle to...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 question in our newsletter survey that resonates with a lot of people who want to write from inspiration. But if there’s no inspiration...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 lives, and often something that comes behind work, health and family needs. Setting goals for your songwriting can be a challenge,...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 there’s more to creating a unique song idea and story than just the main speaker’s point of view. Perspective is something you can...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 give your scene something more than simple visuals. It delivers on something that pulls your listener in and helps them identify with the song. In its...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 files! Why bother? But, if you’ve lost lyrics or had the perfect melody on a recording that’s now gone missing, you know organizing your files...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 you’re creating. Fortunately, targeting a product to a sales prospect is nothing new. Doing your research on your...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 used Ari’s information before on SongChops and tweeted out his gig advice on several occasions, but there’s nothing better...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 to use a direct comparison between two things in order to describe the thing you are talking about. Not to sound like a business person,...Amy Speace Song Critiques
Amy Speace takes a look at several songs submitted for the American Songwriter Magazine songwriting contest. Songwriters were given the opportunity to have their song critiqued by a pro. Below is Amy Speace’s critique of some past winners of the contest. She...5 Steps To Song Creation Success
How can we make songwriting easier? Change your perspective before you start writing! Songs are really just scenes strung together – so just write those! Break your song down into smaller scenes (verses) to make it a bit easier to structure and write. 5 Steps...No More $900 For Pitchable Demos!
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