Category: Habits of Success
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Stuck? This One Change Made Me Write 20 Songs in a Year
2 June 2025
A few weeks ago, I asked some songwriters here what was stopping them from writing more.Here are just…
Creative Practice
Generating Ideas for Lyrics
Habits of Success
Music
Lacking Motivation? Here’s How to Reignite Your Passion for Songwriting
4 March 2025
For many songwriters, a big question they ask themselves on a daily basis is “Should I even write…
Creative Practice
Habits of Success
Music
When “Do What You Love” Fails You
21 January 2025
One question I’ve been asking songwriters who feel stuck is “what gets in the way of you writing…
Creative Practice
Habits of Success
Music
Music Business
Revising Songs
Mistakes Songwriters Make About Pitching Songs to TV
31 December 2024
When I was 24, I took a song of mine, ‘Waiting for the Avalanche,’ to a music industry…
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Generating Ideas for Lyrics
Habits of Success
Lyric Writing
Melody Writing
writing
A Songwriter’s Main Struggle and How to Fix It
22 December 2024
Every songwriter has 2 main struggles: Struggle #1: To consistently make work you are proud of. Struggle #2:…
Analyzing Songs
Generating Ideas for Lyrics
Habits of Success
Lyric Writing
Music
Songwriting is “Easy” According to John Lennon
6 May 2024
In a 1983 interview with Molly Meldrum, David Bowie talked about how much he admired John Lennon’s songwriting…
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Wisdom from Songwriters
5 Books that Are Songwriter Must-Reads
5 November 2023
As professional songwriters, we have collectively read hundreds of books on the art of songwriting. What we want…
Creative Practice
Habits of Success
Music
System #2 to Help You Make Time for Songwriting – Collecting and Organising Ideas
1 November 2023
Songwriting is a fun process. However, it becomes frustrating when you try to sit down to write and…
Creative Practice
Habits of Success
Music
3 Simple Systems to Help You Make Time for Songwriting
18 October 2023
After emailing the over 12,000 people on my mailing list and asking them the question “What is your…
Creative Practice
Habits of Success
Songwriter Habit #1 – Write Everyday
27 September 2023
It’s a hard thing for songwriters to hear, but highly effective songwriters practice writing everyday. This is hard…
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Habits of Success
Songwriter Habit #2 – Revise Your Songs
20 September 2023
The media often portrays great songwriters as simply having inspiration strike them, then magically writing inspiring songs on…
Creative Practice
Habits of Success
Songwriter Habit #3 – Collecting Everything
13 September 2023
We’ve all been there before: You get a sudden idea for a song, and you tell yourself that…
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Habits of Success
Songwriter Habit #4 – Getting Feedback
6 September 2023
Songwriters are often solitary creatures. Most of us like to work away at our projects, treating them as…
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Habits of Success
Songwriter Habit #5 – Stepping Away
30 August 2023
Songwriting isn’t just about writing songs. It’s about how we find inspiration and ensure that we can write…
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Habits of Success
Songwriter Habit #6 – Thinking Like An Anthropologist
23 August 2023
It’s easy for us as musicians to say that we listen to lots of music. However, what differentiates…