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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
Why Songwriting Tips Don’t Work!
We all love songwriting tips… but most songwriting tips don’t work. Instead of wasting more time watching more songwriting tips videos, learn why songwriting tips rarely work and what you can do to actually learn how to write songs!
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!
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!
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
Songwriter’s Block is a Myth
Learn to solve the real problems instead of falling for the myth of “Songwriter’s Block”… it’s not a disease you catch or cure… it’s an excuse to avoid solving your songwriting problems.
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!
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.
Songwriting Psychology
The Instant Song Myth
The Instant Song Myth is a dangerous lie… learn the truth about songwriting so you learn to finish your songs instead of throwing them out.
Why Songwriting Tips Don’t Work!
We all love songwriting tips… but most songwriting tips don’t work. Instead of wasting more time watching more songwriting tips videos, learn why songwriting tips rarely work and what you can do to actually learn how to write songs!
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!
Songwriting Productivity
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…
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!
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!
Video Lessons
Do I Have Enough Songwriting Talent?
Songwriting talent isn’t as important as you think! Find out what you really need to stop feeling overwhelmed so you can write songs you’re proud of…
Writing Chord Progressions for Your Songs
Writing chord progressions without the mystery! If you play cover songs, you almost know what you need to write chord progressions. Here’s the missing piece!
Digital Distribution: Put Your Songs on Spotify and iTunes
Learn how to put your songs on Spotify, iTunes and every other streaming and download platform… how digital distribution works and how to choose a distributor, sign up and upload your music.
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 Chris Kirby
Chris Kirby, songwriter interview: on co-writing, songwriting outside your comfort zone and building a solid songwriting reputation…
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…