How To Write Songs

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  • 5 Easy Songwriting Exercises to Improve Your Lyrics

    5 Easy Songwriting Exercises to Improve Your Lyrics Are you tired of writing lyrics you don’t love? Maybe you constantly listen to your favourite songs, wondering how they wrote such amazing lines. In this article, we’ll discuss 5 incredibly powerful exercises for turning your ideas into lyrical gold. This article is a summarised transcript of…

  • Part 1 of The Songwriting Formula – The Concept

    Part 1 of The Songwriting Formula – The Concept A common complaint that many songwriters have is that they’re unable to finish their songs. You can easily avoid this by ensuring that you have a clear concept before trying to develop your song idea. In this article, we’ll talk about how having a concept is…

  • An Easy 3-Part Songwriting Formula

    An Easy 3-Part Songwriting Formula Do you have folders full of half-finished songs? This is a common problem and you’re definitely not alone. In this article, we’ll go through a songwriting formula I’ve learnt that has allowed me to know whether a song idea will work, and write better songs faster. This article is a…

  • Let It Go – A Lesson in Songwriting

    Let It Go – A Lesson in Songwriting The song “Let It Go” from the Disney musical Frozen is a song that solves an age-old problem that songwriters face: how to repeat something, but make it get more interesting, not less interesting. So, whether you’re into Disney or not, take a moment to read this…

  • Flip Method #6 – Pairing

    Flip Method #6 – Pairing Clichés are great. They’re relatable, well-known and convey what we need to in a short and sweet way. However, because of all these same traits, they can also come off as dull and overused. In this blog post, we take a look at pairing – a method to flip around…

  • Flip Method #5 – Swapping

    Flip Method #5 – Swapping So many songwriters default to clichés when they write their lyrics. This is completely understandable – after all, clichés are well-known and relatable. However, they are also uninteresting and stale. In this blog post, we’ll discuss a simple technique we call “Swapping”, that can be used to create new phrases…

  • Flip Method #4 – Inverting

    Flip Method #4 – Inverting Clichés are an integral part of songwriting, but they can sometimes become stale and lose their impact. In this blog post, we’ll discuss inverting – which is one of the ways we can switch up well-known clichés, and create memorable lyrics. This blog post aims to summarise the fourth part…

  • Flip Method #3 – Extending

    Flip Method #3 – Extending Clichés are well-known and relatable. In fact, that’s a large part of the reason that we as songwriters even use them. However, because they’re so well-known, they’re also often stale and overused. In this blog post, we’ll talk about how to add depth to your clichés by extending them. This…

  • Flip Method #2 – Magnifying

    Flip Method #2 – Magnifying Consider the commonly known cliché “Diamonds are a girl’s best friend”. It’s very relatable because it’s known so well, but at the same time, that makes it predictable. And when something is predictable, it becomes boring. In this blog post, we’re going to discuss another method we can use to…

  • Balancing Truth and Fact

    Balancing Truth and Fact A common struggle among beginner songwriters is the notion that they can only write about experiences that have personally happened to them. Here, we discuss how to walk the fine line between truth and fact when songwriting. This blog post aims to summarise the second part of our video ‘New to…

  • Flip Method #1 – Replacing

    Flip Method #1 – Replacing Clichés are convenient ways to express ourselves but because they’re so well known, they can make our writing sound mundane and unoriginal. That’s why in this blog post, we’ll be going through a technique called replacing, which will help you freshen up those old clichés you might be tempted to…

  • Write Small Moments, Not Big Themes

    Write Small Moments, Not Big Themes A common pitfall of many songwriters is to try and tackle grand themes from the start. In this blog post, we’ll discuss what that means, how to avoid it and some exercises to help you practice avoiding this mistake. This blog post aims to summarise the first part of…

  • How to Write Your Best Lyrics: The Flip Method

    Explaining the Flip Method Tired of your lyrics? Can’t seem to create anything that sounds interesting or original? Well you’re in luck because this blog post is all about helping you break free of cliched lyrics so you can start writing better songs!This blog post aims to summarise our video “The Crazy Easy Trick to…

  • A Songwriter’s Enemy – Mistaking Universal Ideas for Generic

    A Songwriter’s Enemy – Mistaking Universal Ideas for Generic There’s a surprising enemy that lurks in the good intentions of songwriters chasing the ‘universal’ song lyric. In this blog post, we’ll explain what that enemy is. This blog post aims to summarise our video ‘The Surprising Enemy of Good Songwriting’. Click here to watch the…

  • 120 Sense Writing Prompts

    If you’re already familiar with Sense Writing (aka Object Writing), feel free to skip ahead to the prompts below. If Sense Writing is new to you, here’s a little primer. What is Sense Writing? Sense Writing is a timed 10-minute writing exercise, in which you take a prompt, and use that prompt as a gateway…

  • Can you really teach someone to write better songs?

    I so often get asked whether it’s really possible to teach someone how to write a song. There still seems to be a mysterious veil of magic and witchcraft about it, that is very fuelled by interviews with songwriters talking about channeling the muse. It turns out that songwriting is really like anything else. You…

Weekend Songwriting Intensive - January 4-5

Ignite 2025 with an immersive weekend of songwriting, led by Keppie and Benny.