Category: Song Starters
Music Theory for Songwriters
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14-Day Songwriting Challenge: DAY 2
15 January 2023
#2. Starting in motion. Write a verse (with lyrics and melody). Instead of I V vi IV (the…
Generating Ideas for Lyrics
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14-Day Songwriting Challenge: DAY 1
14 January 2023
#1. Getting past the rust. Write literally the most cliched lyric you can think of. Really squeeze that…
Generating Ideas for Lyrics
Lyric Writing
Song Starters
Top 5 Exercises for Coming Up with Great Song Lyric Ideas—#3: Twisting Cliches
13 December 2022
Clichés are everywhere. They are encoded into the way we think and express ourselves in such a pervasive…
Generating Ideas for Lyrics
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Top 5 Exercises for Coming Up with Great Song Lyric Ideas—#2: Metaphor Collisions
8 December 2022
This exercise is one of my all-time favorites. It is the fastest way to show yourself that you…
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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
Creative Practice
Generating Ideas for Lyrics
Music
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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…
Generating Ideas for Lyrics
Language
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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…
Music Theory for Songwriters
Song Starters
Modes Made Easy for Songwriters
7 July 2021
I made a quick video on my YouTube channel about the Mixolydian mode. In less than 10 minutes,…
Generating Ideas for Lyrics
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120 Sense Writing Prompts
17 June 2021
If you’re already familiar with Sense Writing (aka Object Writing), feel free to skip ahead to the prompts…
Generating Ideas for Lyrics
Habits of Success
Psychology of Creativity
Revising Songs
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Wisdom from Songwriters
Eagle Rock Fall Songwriters Retreat
12 August 2011
EAGLE ROCK SONGWRITERS RETREAT – OCTOBER 8 2011 Former Berklee Songwriting faculty Keppie Coutts presents the…
Generating Ideas for Lyrics
Habits of Success
Revising Songs
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Wisdom from Songwriters
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…
Song Starters
Song Starter: De-Tune Your Guitar
22 February 2011
If you write on the guitar, try tuning the strings into an unfamiliar tuning. You will start hearing…