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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!
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
Writing the Second Verse
You write a chorus and verse and you’ve got nothing left to say! Stop getting stuck writing your verses… second verse curse will never haunt you 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…
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!
Recent Articles
Releasing Tense Guitar Arms
Stop hurting yourself playing your guitar. Play faster and easier by releasing tension in your freeing arm and avoid future injuries.
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.
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…
Lyric Writing
Exotic Bean
Exotic Bean, an original song with complete lyrics and analysis to help you write better songs… how I suffered from coffee withdrawal while travelling….
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!
Songwriting Learning Styles
As a songwriter, learning styles affect how you write your songs and lyrics. Find your strongest learning style, and write lyrics that move your audience.
Songwriting Psychology
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!
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 Destructive Songwriting Myths
Why make songwriting more difficult? Learn to recognize and solve these false and destructive songwriting myths!
Songwriting Productivity
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!
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 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!
Video Lessons
Write the Songs You Want to Write
Are you writing the songs you want to write? When your musical intuition fails your song fails… unless you know how to craft the song you want to write…
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.
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…
Songwriter Interviews
Songwriter Interview with Chris Kirby
Chris Kirby, songwriter interview: on co-writing, songwriting outside your comfort zone and building a solid songwriting reputation…
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.