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Writing Tips from George Orwell
22 November 2016
One of the most incisive essays I have ever read on the art of writing is the short…
Music
Songs I Love
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The Secret Life of ‘Hallelujah’ by Leonard Cohen.
28 September 2016
The song ‘Hallelujah’ by Leonard Cohen is now thought of as a glittering jewel of genius. But the…
Language
Psychology
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I Have a Confession to Make
4 August 2016
I have a public confession to make. I have a serious problem—a profound weakness, and it only gets worse…
Generating Ideas for Lyrics
Revising Songs
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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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Congrats!
20 July 2016
Congratulations to Doris Folkens and Heather Elliot for having their song, ‘Lanterns’, place as a finalist in the…
Habits of Success
Language
Psychology of Creativity
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What Can Business Learn from Songwriters?
14 July 2016
I was kindly invited by Soren Trampedach and Work Club Global, in collaboration with the Sydney-based organisation Affectors,…
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30 June 2014
I was recently interviewed for online songwriting publication, “Success for your songs”. You can check out an excerpt…
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Great Question
19 November 2011
Hi Keppie, I have a question. I recently had a singer adapt one of my poems into a…
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Lessons that still ring true
16 June 2011
In 2008, I had the unbelievably good fortune to spend a whole week with John Mayer, talking about…
Revising Songs
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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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Wisdom from Songwriters
Paul Simon on Listening to the Critics
12 April 2011
I don’t think it’s very good for a serious songwriter to pay attention to what critics say. It’s…
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Science in Songwriting
2 April 2011
“Songwriting is a science based on trial and error, its success is determined by how much elbow grease…