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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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Can you really teach someone to write better songs?
6 June 2021
I so often get asked whether it’s really possible to teach someone how to write a song. There…
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Lyric Writing Masterclass March 16 2020
10 March 2020
Can songwriting actually be taught? Can your lyrics actually improve, or are you just born Bob Dylan? Author…
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Driving Around the Road Cones: Two Easy Strategies for Moving Beyond the First Verse
28 July 2016
Almost all songwriters I know experience a type of road block in the process of writing songs. Paradoxically,…
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VIDEO: The Psychology of Lyrics
14 July 2016
Thanks to the Sydney Conservatorium of Music for hosting their first inaugural Teach Meet – a public lecture…
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ASCAP Blog – ‘Bringing Cliches Back From the Dead’
12 April 2016
I’m very chuffed to have had this article published on the ASCAP Blog, ‘We Create Music’. Click on…
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Eagle Rock Fall Songwriters Retreat
12 August 2011
EAGLE ROCK SONGWRITERS RETREAT – OCTOBER 8 2011 Former Berklee Songwriting faculty Keppie Coutts presents the Eagle Rock…
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SPECIFICITY #2: Getting Specific About Images
21 May 2011
A while ago I started an article about SPECIFICITY in lyric writing (see post: Specificity #1: Getting Specific…
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Getting Fruitful Feedback – (Eagle Rock Songwriters Retreat this weekend!)
20 May 2011
One the most important things in the journey of a songwriter is being part of a community who…
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Specificity #1: Getting Specific About Ideas
21 February 2011
Whether you are reading songwriting books, watching videos, going to workshops, in school, or paying close attention to…