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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…
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!
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
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!
5 Ideas for Songwriting Inspiration That Always Work
5 ideas for songwriting inspiration that always work! You don’t have songwriter’s block… you need to learn how to find great ideas for your songs!
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!
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
Writing Better Song Rhymes
Stop writing boring and predictable rhymes… Stop fighting with rhyming and make it work for you so your lyrics sound more interesting and songs sound more professional.
Lyrics: Sensation Imagery
Make your lyrics more interesting with vivid sensation imagery… people understand the world through their senses, use this truth to write stronger lyrics!
Songwriter Interview with Ian Sherwood
Ian Sherwood talks about his ideal songwriting process, how to write better songs and his best advice for new songwriters…
Songwriting Psychology
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
Solving Your Songwriting Excuses
Stop blaming songwriter’s block and find solutions to your songwriting excuses… find your songwriting magic, rediscover the fun and start writing again…
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…
Songwriting Productivity
What’s Your Songwriting Why?
Figuring out your songwriting why. Understanding the reasons you write songs and how it’s important for creating, achieving songwriting goals and self-motivation!
5 Songwriting Excuses that Destroy Your Songwriting
Songwriting excuses let you avoid solving your songwriting problems. If your songwriting results aren’t meeting your expectations you need to read this…
Which is Better for Songwriting: Handwriting or Typing?
Which is better for songwriting, handwriting or typing your song lyrics? How do you minimize friction so that you can write at the speed of thought?
Video Lessons
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!
Seizing Songwriting Opportunities
Don’t miss out on or waste musical opportunities… seizing songwriting opportunities takes some planning. Learn how to be ready for opportunities before they happen…
Need Your Love
Need Your Love: a love song about your one love… a breakdown and analysis of an original song so you can learn to write better songs…
Songwriter Interviews
Collaboration Takes You Higher
Musical collaboration will get you to success faster than working on your own. Step outside your comfort zone to create great things…this story proves it!
Songwriting Sprint
How to write more in a songwriting sprint! Ian Sherwood had more than 40 songs ready to record for his album… why he took time off to write more songs,,,
Songwriter Interview with Chris Kirby
Chris Kirby, songwriter interview: on co-writing, songwriting outside your comfort zone and building a solid songwriting reputation…