Today’s Song Tip Tuesday is an easy concept to wrap your arms around. Songwriting is a learned in a cumulative manner. Here’s a songwriting mantra. Repeat often! What you learn from the song you are writing, you take with you to the next song you write. And, my favorite saying. Repeat ad nauseum. The art […]
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This Song Tip Tuesday you may not agree with. You are the best first demonstrator of your song. I’ve heard all the excuses: ‘I can’t sing a note, have a terrible voice, I hate the way my voice sounds, and more. And all of these excuses are simply excuses! YOU MUST SING AND RECORD YOUR […]
Today’s Song Tip Tuesday is a very important songwriting observation: Remember, a song is SUNG. You should think of the SINGER when writing it. If your song has vocal leaps that cross the great divide, it is unlikely that a vocalist will be able to sing the song with confidence. So, as you are writing, […]
You Created It, Be Proud of it. Congratulations! Songwriting is a very personal art form. It will take you on a journey of discovery. No matter what your song is about, you will learn songwriting skills from it and you will know that it is YOU who wrote the song. You should be proud of […]
Today’s Song Tip Tuesday is WRITE ABOUT what you KNOW ABOUT. It’s a pretty simple concept. If you don’t know enough about the subject that you are writing about, you can’t do it. You’ll get stuck. In fact, ‘getting stuck not knowing your subject’ is on the top of my list of why songwriters can’t […]
The HOOK is the most memorable part of a song. If the HOOK of your song is strong it will attach itself to your musical memory. Examples of songs with strong HOOKS. Listen to Prince’s ‘Purple Rain’, Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Born In The USA’, Carol King’s ‘I Feel The Earth Move’, Cindy Lauper’s ‘Girls Just Wanna […]
