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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…
Songwriting Reference Tracks
Learning and improving your songwriting by studying the songs you love by using reference tracks… don’t ask the internet, figure out your own answers!
Songwriting Foundations
5 Destructive Songwriting Myths
Why make songwriting more difficult? Learn to recognize and solve these false and destructive songwriting myths!
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!
How to Start Writing Songs
The songwriting skills every songwriter needs to know and how to learn them so you can write great songs, regardless of your experience!
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!
Write Less, But Say More
Edit your lyrics to focus them… tell the story and evoke emotions in your audience. Everything else is distraction!
3 Songwriting Rhyme Mistakes
If you’ve written lyrics that you think sound cheesy, amateur or embarrassing… fix these 3 common rhyming mistakes to stop using boring or predictable rhymes!
Songwriting Psychology
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!
When Your Plan Fails
How to deal with songwriting setbacks and what to do when you plan fails, including 8 positive alternatives to complaining or getting frustrated…
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…
Songwriting Productivity
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.
Do It Anyway
Find out why you aren’t advancing your songwriting… why you don’t do what you know you need to do, be your best and to write the songs you know you can.
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
Songwriting Patterns
Songwriting Video Lesson: three frameworks to evaluate and control patterns in your lyrics, melody, chord progressions, arrangement and production.
5 Songwriting Exercises – Explained in 4 Minutes
5 Songwriting Exercises for specific songwriting skills to develop your craft and write better, more interesting songs your listeners will love!
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…
Songwriter Interviews
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…
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,,,
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!