Tag: gillian welch

• December 7, 2022

  Top 5 Exercises for Coming Up With Great Song Lyric Ideas—#1: Sense Writing.

  In this series, I’ll go through my all-time Top 5 Exercises for generating lyric ideas, whether I’ve got a song idea going already or not.  These exercises don’t require inspiration. They mostly require 10 minutes and a pen. Just like anything in life, you can get better at writing great lyrics with practice. I hope…

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  June 28, 2021

  Why write it as a song?

  It’s a question I ask of myself all the time. Why write this idea as a song, and not as a poem? A short story? A blog post? An angry rant to a neighbour?  What function does a song serve that draws me to it as the vehicle for an idea? One answer is that…

• September 16, 2019

  Steal Like a Songwriter

  The most effective way I write songs is to immerse myself in songwriters. I like to remind myself of the songwriters who will always, without question, ignite something in me. Here is my list.   These writers don’t just write great songs; they are GREAT SONGWRITERS. Drenching myself in the structures, forms, and developments of…