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taking the random out of songwriting
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Featured Content
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!
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
Worst Songwriting Tips Ever
The 5 worst songwriting tips ever, and my answers that will actually help you finish songs you’re proud of… don’t bother with these broken tips…
What’s the Best Way to Write a Song?
What’s the best way to write a song? Here’s how to figure out the best songwriting process for yourself… they don’t tell you but it’s easier with this help!
Songwriting When You Don’t Feel Like It
How to write when you don’t feel like songwriting, stop struggling with your songwriting motivation… inspiration happens after you start: here’s how!
Recent Articles
Worst Songwriting Tips Ever
The 5 worst songwriting tips ever, and my answers that will actually help you finish songs you’re proud of… don’t bother with these broken tips…
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…
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.
Lyric Writing
Songwriting: 7 Healthy Side Effects
7 Healthy Side Effects of Songwriting…exploring the healthy benefits of songwriting, including action steps to enhance the effects…
Building Your Songwriting Superpowers
Discover and explore your songwriting superpowers because you can do things that regular people only dream about.
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
Songwriting Psychology
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…
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…
Songwriting: 7 Healthy Side Effects
7 Healthy Side Effects of Songwriting…exploring the healthy benefits of songwriting, including action steps to enhance the effects…
Songwriting Productivity
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….
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!
Truth About Songwriting Inspiration
Songwriting inspiration isn’t what you really need. It’s not a magical cure or secret solution to songwriting problems… here’s the songwriting truth you need to hear!
Video Lessons
Songwriting When You Don’t Feel Like It
How to write when you don’t feel like songwriting, stop struggling with your songwriting motivation… inspiration happens after you start: here’s how!
Mastering on Your Master Bus
Learn what audio mastering is, the technical terms you need to know & watch a demonstration so you can try mastering your own mixes…
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!
Songwriter Interviews
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…
Songwriter Interview with Shirley Jackson
Songwriter Interview with Shirley Jackson, including: songwriting as cooperation, being open to inspiration and songwriting as transformation and therapy.