Category: Creative Practice
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What’s Your Song’s Focus? Find Out with The Campfire Test!
What’s Your Song’s Focus? Find Out with The Campfire Test! Imagine you’re sitting around a campfire with a bunch of your friends. The sun is setting, and someone hands you […]
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The Unexpected Secret Behind this Popular Song
The Unexpected Secret Behind this Popular Song Many songwriters think that there are only a few traditional song forms which they can use to write with. However, the truth is […]
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Stuck? This One Change Made Me Write 20 Songs in a Year
A few weeks ago, I asked some songwriters here what was stopping them from writing more.Here are just a few of the painfully familiar responses: “It’s not my job. Other […]
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3 Expert Tips to Write Killer Choruses Instantly
3 Expert Tips to Write Killer Choruses Instantly Crafting a memorable chorus can feel intimidating for many songwriters – even the most experienced ones. But what if you knew the […]
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Unlock Powerful Rhythms with These 12 Fingerpicking Patterns
Unlock Powerful Rhythms with These 12 Fingerpicking Patterns If you’re a songwriter who uses guitar as your main instrument whilst songwriting, you may have run into the problem of not […]
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Make Your Songs Twice As Good with Power Positions
Make Your Songs Twice As Good with Power Positions Every songwriter dreams of creating lyrics that not only tell a story but also resonate emotionally with the listener. What if […]
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When “Do What You Love” Fails You
One question I’ve been asking songwriters who feel stuck is “what gets in the way of you writing regularly?” Of the hundreds of responses I’ve gotten in the past few […]
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Mistakes Songwriters Make About Pitching Songs to TV
When I was 24, I took a song of mine, ‘Waiting for the Avalanche,’ to a music industry conference— specifically a panel of music supervisors (the people responsible for sourcing […]
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5 Strategies to Ensure You’ll Never Have Another Unfinished Song
5 Strategies to Ensure You’ll Never Have Another Unfinished Song If you’ve ever been stumped when trying to finish a song, understand that you’re not alone. You may feel that […]
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4 Exercises for Writing Unique and Creative Lyrics
4 Exercises for Writing Unique and Creative Lyrics Many songwriters find themselves in a rut when it comes to lyric writing. Often, the issue is that the lyrics they write […]
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5 Books that Are Songwriter Must-Reads
5 Books that Are Songwriter Must-Reads As professional songwriters, we have collectively read hundreds of books on the art of songwriting. What we want to do in this article is […]
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System #2 to Help You Make Time for Songwriting – Collecting and Organising Ideas
System #2 to Help You Make Time for Songwriting – Collecting and Organising Ideas Songwriting is a fun process. However, it becomes frustrating when you try to sit down to […]
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Lyric Exercise #5 – Power Positions
Lyric Exercise #5 – Power Positions For songwriters, crafting lyrics that captivate and resonate with listeners is both an art and a science. Lyrics have the ability to convey emotions, […]
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Lyric Exercise #4 – Contrasts
Lyric Exercise #4 – Contrasts Contrast is a powerful tool in the songwriter’s arsenal. With it, we can create amazing imagery through combining opposing elements together. In this article, we’ll […]
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3 Simple Systems to Help You Make Time for Songwriting
3 Simple Systems to Help You Make Time for Songwriting After emailing the over 12,000 people on my mailing list and asking them the question “What is your biggest challenge […]
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Lyric Exercise #3 – Use Specific Imagery
Lyric Exercise #3 – Use Specific Imagery People listen to songs so that they can be transported to a different place. To that aim, it’s important for our lyrics to […]