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Top 5 Exercises for Coming Up With Great Song Lyric Ideas—#1: Sense Writing.
7 December 2022
In this series, I’ll go through my all-time Top 5 Exercises for generating lyric ideas, whether I’ve got…
Chorus Writing
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14 June 2022
Starting with loops is one of the most enjoyable and effective ways to spark new ideas and breathe…
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Examples of Sense Writing
1 January 2022
The first exercise I run in any lyric writing class is called ‘Sense Writing,’ which is essentially the…
My writing
Hubris and Humility in Writing Pop Songs
9 June 2021
I am totally tickled to have co-written a song, ‘Fruit’, that has just been released by Australian pop…
My writing
Sonnet – Zen and the Pizza Delivery Guy
15 October 2020
I teach a poetry class for Berklee Online. The course culminates in the writing of a sonnet. I’ve…