Songwriting tips, techniques, and ideas
You can begin a new song anytime you want. Is that good news, or what?! Every song has a humble beginning: at first, it's little more than a glimmer in its writer's eye. You can trace any song back …
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When we buy and listen to music, we experience it linearly: the song moves in a straight line past our ears, from beginning to end. But the process of writing a song is anything but linear. It was …
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Matt Blick has got a great project happening over at his Beatles Songwriting Academy. The tagline says it all: Sitting reverently at the feet of Lennon & McCartney...& then stealing their …
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"Rhyme is an important structural and sonic element of great lyrics. When used well, rhyme helps us to control the pace of the lyric, where the listener feels conclusion of our thoughts, and …
"What do I want to write about? What do I have to offer my listeners?" These are troubling questions, especially if you expect yourself to come up with a clear, complete idea on the spot. Somewhere …
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In a previous post I examined “Bridges and Balloons” by Joanna Newsom and inferred some songwriting tips. I then threatened to devote an entire article to just two lines from that song: A thimble's …
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