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How to Write a Song – Creating Lyrics
3 July 2023
Crafting compelling song lyrics is an art that can make the difference between your song being memorable and…
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How to Write a Song—Starting With Chords
29 June 2023
Songwriting is a creative process that can sometimes feel challenging, especially when it comes to finding the right…
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Songwriting for Beginners: A Simple 5-Step Blueprint
15 June 2023
How to Write a Song for Beginners The video tutorial above is a step-by-step guide on how to…
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Songwriting prompt of the week
12 March 2023
Here is the 3rd (of 4) songwriting prompts for the Songwriting Groups I run (if you want more…
Chorus Writing
Music Theory for Songwriters
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How to use simple chords to write great songs
7 March 2023
If you want to learn how to write a song, understanding how chords work is essential and in…
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Top 5 Songwriting Exercises for Coming Up With Great Song Ideas: #5—Chorus Writing Prompts
6 March 2023
What a Chorus is not I have some important news about a Chorus—news that took me way too…
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The Value of Art
Is AI Going to Destroy Music?
21 February 2023
Is AI going to destroy music? Will lyric-writing bots, and track-making bots have an orgy and put songwriters…
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Songwriting Prompt of the Week
19 February 2023
Today is the second fortnight of the Songwriting Groups I run (if you want more info on the…
Generating Ideas for Lyrics
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Free eBook: The 14-Day Songwriting Challenge
19 February 2023
Get a free copy of the 14-Day Songwriting Challenge—a series of daily writing prompts designed to take less…
Generating Ideas for Lyrics
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Top 5 Exercises for Coming Up With Great Song Lyric Ideas: #4—Metaphor Sense Writing
17 February 2023
Metaphor Sense Writing is a combination of Exercise #1 (Sense Writing) and #2 (Metaphor Collisions). It’s a way…
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Breaking down FLOWERS by Miley Cyrus
9 February 2023
There’s no better way to learn how to write a song than by deconstructing songs that capture the…
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20 Songwriting Prompts
8 February 2023
Wanna know how to write a song? Start with one of these 20 songwriting prompts that will kickstart…
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Free Songwriter Split Sheet
31 January 2023
Co-writing is such a creative, fun, and often essential part of songwriting; we go into great depth on…
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How to decide Songwriter Splits
29 January 2023
Songwriting splits are an important part of being a professional songwriter and musician – but what is the…
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What can any songwriter learn from ‘Flowers’ by Miley Cyrus?
26 January 2023
We are fascinated by what makes songs ignite the imaginations of millions of people around the world. In…