"Up on your feet! This is no time to tire!" my master cried. "The man who lies asleep will never waken fame, and his desire and all his life drift past him like a dream, …
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Focus and Finish Your Song by Deciding on a Clear Key Message
To create with no goal, no clear or even blurry idea of what you’re after, no way of telling whether you’ve succeeded or failed is a hopeless, thankless, and possibly even meaningless task. The …
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Songwriting Tips from Dante’s Inferno: ‘Offensive’ is Subjective
Musicians and songwriters regularly come under fire in America for being vulgar and obscene. Interestingly enough, Dante reserved no special torment in Hell for those who cuss (though they surely …
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Songwriting Tips from Dante’s Inferno: If it’s Important Later, Introduce it Early
In songwriting—as in all writing—events should follow a logical, believable sequence. Early on in Inferno, our main character Dante stands with his guide Virgil at the edge of a cliff. The pair must …
New Page: Table of Contents for the Dante’s Inferno Series
Good morning! Or afternoon, evening… whatever it is where you are. I just added a landing page for my Songwriting Tips from Dante’s Inferno series, and I thought you might like to check it out. I’ll …
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Lyric Writing Exercises: a 5-Day Workshop
Guest post by Maria Rainier If you’re anything like most songwriters, you’re all too familiar with that frustrating sensation of being stuck in a rut. You know it’s important to write something – …
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