How To Write Songs

Tag: songwriting

  • 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 […]

  • The Secrets to Noel Gallagher’s Songwriting Success

    The Secrets to Noel Gallagher’s Songwriting Success Known to many as the primary songwriter, guitarist, and co-lead vocalist of British Rock band Oasis,  it’s undeniable that Noel Gallagher is one […]

  • 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 […]

  • 5 Steps to Turn a Good Song Great

    5 Steps to Turn a Good Song Great We previously wrote a first draft of a song in this video “How to Write a Great Song in Under an Hour”. […]

  • Analysing Sting’s Songwriting Process

    Analysing Sting’s Songwriting Process Studying the songwriting process of established songwriters is a great way to get an insight into other ways of thinking artistically. This in turn broadens our […]

  • A How-To Guide for Writing Choruses

    A How-To Guide for Writing Choruses A chorus is not just the bit where the lyrics repeat. It’s something else entirely. In this article, we tell you what a chorus […]

  • System #3 to Help You Always Make Time for Songwriting – Seeking Accountability

    System #3 to Help You Always Make Time for Songwriting – Seeking Accountability In a world where time is a precious commodity, finding ways to make time for songwriting can […]

  • 5 Creative Chord Progressions to Reignite Your Creativity

    5 Creative Chord Progressions to Reignite Your Creativity In this article, we’ll go through 5 captivating, out-of-the-box chord progressions, each using different chords outside their key, that any songwriter can […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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, […]

  • How to Use Arpeggios to Spice Up Your Melody

    How to Use Arpeggios to Spice Up Your Melody We received a message from one of our Patreon members about how their melodies always feel boring, bland and seem to […]

  • System #1 to Help You Make Time for Songwriting – Practice Daily

    System #1 to Help You Make Time for Songwriting – Practice Daily We received loads of responses from a survey we sent out to our subscribers asking “What’s your biggest […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • The MAP Method – Finish Your Songs

    The MAP Method – Finish Your Songs Recently, I emailed the over 12,000 people on my email list, and asked them the question “What is your number one biggest challenge […]

  • Lyric Exercise #2 – Upgrading Verbs

    Lyric Exercise #2 – Upgrading Verbs While every aspect of lyric writing is essential, the choice of verbs can make or break a song’s impact. In this blog post, we’ll […]

  • 10 Essential Chord Progressions for Songwriters

    10 Essential Chord Progressions for Songwriters If you’re a songwriter looking for inspiration then look no further! In this article, we take a look at 10 essential chord progressions and […]

  • Step #7 of Writing Great Melodies – Write More Melodies

    Step #7 of Writing Great Melodies – Write More Melodies The process of composing melodies for your songs doesn’t stop just because you’ve managed to develop one long melodic phrase. […]

  • Write a Song Within an Hour

    Write a Song Within an Hour A lot of songwriters often talk about how they can’t finish songs. You hear it all the time – tales of abandoned notebooks, lone […]