Let’s Examine Your Song More Closely!By Dennis R Sinnott I have no doubt that many songwriters fail in the entertainment industry, not because they lack talent, but because, way down in their system, they’re resigned to failure. I only want to touch on this point long enough to expose the real enemy to success. When [...]
Songwriting Tip: Keep a Fresh Perspective By Brian Casel The creative flow of a songwriter or composer can be a roller coaster ride. One day your music just flows out of you, and others you just can’t get past the first few notes. Songwriting technique is all about letting your creativity flow and capturing your [...]
Become A Songwriter Right NowBy Orlando Gutierrez Quit procrastinating by telling yourself you don’t have what it takes to be a songwriter. You can! Here’s the challenge. Give yourself a month, and I’ll give you the beginner songwriting blueprint for success. Songwriting is not rocket science. You just need to learn the foundation, the basics. [...]
Songwriting Tip – Never Trust Your MemoryBy Corey Stewart Our brains are amazing things, they can soak up information and store things away however, as we get older (and wiser) we start to forget things. It seems we need to let some of the old stuff out of our heads so we can let the [...]
Songwriting Tip – Give Yourself Permission To WriteBy Corey Stewart I know a few people that will spend their lives doing something they hate because their friends won’t approve them being an artist. How very sad. When it comes to songwriting you can look at it this way. Some songwriters are so scared of writing [...]
Songwriting Tip – Unoriginal Melodies Are A Good ThingBy Shamir Rele The moment that people create a melody which they feel is great, many think it already sounds like another song. This is common, and I suffered from this many times. What you’ve got to understand is that ALL SONGS are RECYCLED MELODIES. Every song [...]
Songwriting – What Is It Really?By Corey Stewart Lets look at the word SONGWRITING. The dictionary meaning is ‘writing the music and words of songs’ so that gives us a clue but it doesn’t go deep enough. I propose the meaning should be something like this: “The process in which a song is created using [...]
Songwriting Idea – The Humble NewspaperBy Corey Stewart Writing lyrics is all about words isn’t it? Therefore to be a good lyricist you would need a healthy respect for the English language and how it can be juxtaposed to tell a story, describe something or put across a point of view. You would need to [...]
Songwriting Is Life ItselfBy Corey Stewart There are so many ways that we, as songwriters can escape our zones of comfort and enrich our lives, and just think, the worse that could happen is that you could write a great song about it. Imagine having the confidence to experience life to the fullest with the [...]
Songwriting Tips – What Should You Focus on First?By Blaze Felton Knowing how to write songs is a skill, how to write good songs is a craft To acquire skill requires knowledge and technique. Craft comes about by observing and doing. There’s kind of a “Hollywood” depiction of songwriting where the artist is overcome with [...]
