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Featured Content
Daily Songwriting
Write songs consistently… no more “I don’t have time” excuses! Know what you’ll write about before you sit down, drop into the writing flow instantly and find the joy in songwriting again!
How to Write a Song Chorus
How to write a song chorus, learn to go from “I don’t know what to write about” to “Check this out!” You don’t have to figure out songwriting on your own…
Parts of a Popular Song
Learn how to write lyrics and music for a chorus, verse, pre-chorus and bridge, and how each part of a song fits together to create a popular song structure!
Songwriting Foundations
5 Rookie Songwriting Mistakes
Every songwriter experiences these rookie mistakes at some point. Learn how to solve them before you get stuck, frustrated or give up on songwriting!
Writing Chord Progressions for Your Songs
Writing chord progressions without the mystery! If you play cover songs, you almost know what you need to write chord progressions. Here’s the missing piece!
The Songwriting Cycle: Solutions for the 5 Phases of Songwriting
Songwriting Cycle: solutions for you songwriting problems… fixing your songwriting problems by working through the 5 phases of songwriting to finish songs…
Recent Articles
Why Your Lyrics Sound Cheesy
You’ve written lyrics but they sound cheesy and amateur. Listen, it’s normal and totally fixable, so let’s level up and fix your amateur lyrics.
Building Your Songwriting Superpowers
Discover and explore your songwriting superpowers because you can do things that regular people only dream about.
Setting Songwriting Goals You’ll Actually Achieve
When you’re creating goals to push yourself and your songwriting three common mistakes will cause you to fail… solve these 3 mistakes so you achieve and surpass your goals!
Lyric Writing
The Number 1 Most Common Songwriting Mistake
Don’t feel bad, every songwriter’s made this mistake at some point…starting to write lyrics before you’ve decided on the big picture for your song!
3 Bad Songwriting Habits and How to Break Them
Stop these three bad songwriting habits from holding back your songwriting and making it harder to get your great songs written!
Building Your Songwriting Superpowers
Discover and explore your songwriting superpowers because you can do things that regular people only dream about.
Songwriting Psychology
Finish More Songs
Finish more of your songs with this simple songwriting hack… learn how to complete what you start instead of starting songs that you never finish!
When is My Song Finished?
Finishing songs… it’s easier to start songs than finish songs. How to avoid the endless song write… and what to do after your song is finished!
Focus Your Songwriting Super Powers
Learn to focus your songwriting super powers… it’s not enough to start writing, you need to keep yourself writing and stay on track to finish your songs!
Songwriting Productivity
The Worst Way to Write a Song
Songwriting can be easier! Almost every songwriter starts writing songs in the worst way possible… learn an alternative way to write better songs!
Reasons Why You Want to Quit Songwriting… and How to Solve Them
Songwriting seems like it should be easy… so, many people try to figure out songwriting on their own, leading to a struggle, either you figure out songwriting or you quit.
How to Keep Your New Year Resolutions
New Year Resolutions… everybody makes them, yet almost everybody breaks them. Improve yourself, your music and your songs any month of the year!
Video Lessons
Recording Your Song in Your DAW
How to home record your song in your DAW without wasting time or wanting to smash your guitar… the Singer-Songwriter’s Ultimate Guide to Home Recording: How to Record Your Song
Songwriting Games
Songwriting games… a better way to find the fun and beat songwriter’s block. Don’t smash your guitar or beat your head against your keyboard… play a game!
Basic Rhyme Schemes
Getting started with rhyme schemes… learn what rhyme schemes are in songs, why rhyme schemes are used and how to use rhyme schemes in your own songs.
Songwriter Interviews
Songwriter Interview with Chris Kirby
Chris Kirby, songwriter interview: on co-writing, songwriting outside your comfort zone and building a solid songwriting reputation…
15 Million Views
Ever dream of releasing a viral video? Keith Mullins, guitarist, singer and songwriter, got that wish, he explains how he did it and why the video went viral in this interview…
1k Listens Without Really Trying
A songwriting success story, over 1000 listens in 2 days with a picture video on FaceBook: no publicity, no YouTube channel, no email list and no website….