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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…
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!
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
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!
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!
3 Easy Ways to Fail at Songwriting
3 Easy Ways to Fail at Songwriting, and how to avoid them so you can write the songs you want to write…
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
Brainstorming Games
Songwriting games with Brainstorming: smash songwriting blocks forever… no more wondering what to write or what to say, just write!
Turning Your Song Ideas into Lyrics
If you’ve ever started turning your song idea into lyrics, only to have them vanish as you try to get them down… this is why it happens and how you solve it…
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.
Songwriting Psychology
7 Pareto Songwriting Hacks
7 Songwriting Hacks you can use to improve your songs and songwriting results… inspired by Pareto’s Principle, the 80/20 Rule.
Songwriting Tips You Know But Aren’t Following
Learn why you’re avoiding songwriting by searching for more songwriting tips you know. Kick your songwriting tips addiction and write more songs!
When is My Song Finished?
Finishing songs… it’s easier to start songs than finish songs. How to avoid the endless song write… and what to do after your song is finished!
Songwriting Productivity
Songwriting: 7 Healthy Side Effects
7 Healthy Side Effects of Songwriting…exploring the healthy benefits of songwriting, including action steps to enhance the effects…
Turning Your Song Ideas into Lyrics
If you’ve ever started turning your song idea into lyrics, only to have them vanish as you try to get them down… this is why it happens and how you solve it…
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…
Video Lessons
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…
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…
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.
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 Shirley Jackson
Songwriter Interview with Shirley Jackson, including: songwriting as cooperation, being open to inspiration and songwriting as transformation and therapy.
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