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taking the random out of songwriting
so you can write the songs you want to write!
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Featured Content
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!
Create Your Songwriting Practice Routine
How to practice songwriting, learn to create your own customized songwriting practice routine to focus your efforts and maximize your songwriting results!
Songwriting Foundations
How Do I Write a Song?
How Do I Write a Song? Stop wondering about songwriting and start writing songs. Instead of struggling, learn what you need to do to write songs!
Songwriting Advice: 21 Things They Don’t Tell You
Songwriting advice everyone should know… but they don’t tell you. Professional songwriters don’t consciously think about it and assyne beginners already know this…
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
Songwriting in Self-Isolation
7 Activities to stay sane and keep songwriting during self-isolation… the world just went sideways but you can improve and thrive instead of just surviving
7 Ways to Solve Songwriter’s Block
Solving songwriter’s block… it’s not enough to wait it out or keep making excuses. Be proactive and get back to writing with 7 solutions to fix it….
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!
Songwriting Psychology
5 Destructive Songwriting Myths
Why make songwriting more difficult? Learn to recognize and solve these false and destructive songwriting myths!
Songwriting in Self-Isolation
7 Activities to stay sane and keep songwriting during self-isolation… the world just went sideways but you can improve and thrive instead of just surviving
Don’t Act Like a Broke Songwriter
Build your songwriting career… focus on solutions instead of problems and get to work on fixing yourself, your career and your songwriting!
Songwriting Productivity
When You Don’t Know What to Write About
What do you write your song about? When you don’t know what to write about… it’s not songwriter’s block, here’s how to find songwriting inspiration…
Manage Self-Doubt to Write Better Songs
Actions steps to manage your songwriting self-doubt and prevent you from sabotaging yourself and your songwriting!
7 Alternate Ways to Write Songs
7 different ways to explore songwriting ideas, because songwriting tips aren’t enough… sometimes you’re stuck, not your song!
Video Lessons
3 Steps to Write Songs Today
Break the procrastination cycle with 3 steps to start you writing songs and making music today… not tomorrow, today!
Who is the Songwriter?
If you’re in a songwriting rut or feel blocked, learn to change your songwriting input and change your perspective to explore new songwriting directions…
Digital Distribution: Put Your Songs on Spotify and iTunes
Learn how to put your songs on Spotify, iTunes and every other streaming and download platform… how digital distribution works and how to choose a distributor, sign up and upload your music.
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…
Songwriter Interview with Mark Lorenz
Songwriter Interview with Mark Lorenz… stay true to your voice, finding song ideas and how to promote yourself as an artist and as a songwriter