Most songwriter work intuitively
so they can't explain it to you...
At EpicSongWriting,
I teach intentional strategies
taking the random out of songwriting
so you can write the songs you want to write!
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Featured Content
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!
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!
Songwriting Foundations
How to Write a Pre-Chorus
Learn how to write a pre-chorus so you build a bigger chorus they will sing along with you, and spin a story that keeps them listening right to the end…
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.
5 Destructive Songwriting Myths
Why make songwriting more difficult? Learn to recognize and solve these false and destructive songwriting myths!
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
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!
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
Factory Fresh
My song Factory Fresh, with complete lyrics and an analysis to help you write better songs… Factory Fresh is a social commentary song about our relationship with food.
Songwriting Psychology
Songwriting Tips Don’t Help
We all love songwriting tips, even when most songwriting tips don’t help! Learn to actually improve your songwriting and manage that songwriting tips addiction.
What if Nobody Likes My Songs?
Solve your songwriting fear… it’s why you fail to finish songs, hesitate to release your songs and where your negative self talk comes from…
Accidental Songwriting Lessons
Songwriting lessons: mistakes happen, life gets in the way of your plans. It’s not the problems you face but what you learn from them that is important!
Songwriting Productivity
Brainstorming
6 Minutes that will change your songwriting forever. Want to have more song title ideas and song lyric ideas than you need? The struggle ends now…
Lyric Writing Games
Lyric Writing Games… stop fighting with your lyrics, play lyric writing games to build your lyric skills and find ideas to use in your songs…
Learning is Uncomfortable
Why learning is uncomfortable… find better ways to learn how to write songs and improve your musical skills without fighting with yourself….
Video Lessons
Making More Time for Songwriting
There are better ways to make time for your songwriting than sneaking it in after the family is asleep.
Emoji Girl
Emoji Girl, a song about creating a relationship with someone distracted by social media, includes lyrics & analysis to help you write better songs…
17 Broken Songwriting Myths
Songwriting myths try to explain the confusing world of songwriting and the music industry. Learn the truths behind these 17 broken songwriting myths…
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!
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 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,,,