A section’s melody is one of the most important elements of a song—as well as one of the most difficult. … More
Author: Ramita Arora
Ramita Arora is a singer/songwriter currently residing in Pasadena, California. Ramita has completed her Bachelor of Music degree from Berklee College of Music in Boston where she concentrated in voice, songwriting, music production and engineering. She has won Top Honours in the Indie International Songwriting Competition for her music and has music released on Apple Music and Spotify with several thousand plays. She is currently recording music and writing a songwriting blog, WriteTheNextSong.com.
What are Rhyme Schemes?
Rhyme schemes: love ‘em or hate ‘em, they are a useful part of songs that provide structure (or unstructured, if … More
Write a Song Like… Julia Michaels
When you hear a Julia Michaels song—and you’ve probably heard more of them than you think—they’re almost instantly recognizable. Songwriters … More
Why You Should Just Write the Next Song (and when you shouldn’t)
If you’ve been poking around this blog (or just read the name for the website), you understand that we are … More
How to Receive and Use Tough Feedback
Feedback is an important part of the songwriting process. Co-writing is a great way of bouncing off ideas and getting … More
Top Free and Paid Songwriting Courses to Inspire Your Writing
Free: Future Learn: How to Write Your First Song The University of Sheffield offers this course on Future Learn. For … More
Songwriting Exercise: Roll a Dice to Find Your Chords
Sometimes we sit down to write and we’re not sure what we want about. That blank page is very intimidating! … More
Song Breakdown: How Maisie Peters Writes a Surprise at the end of “John Hughes Movie”
If you haven’t heard Maisie Peter’s song “John Hughes Movie”, you should definitely listen to that before reading this. The … More
The Case for Writing Multiple Songs at Once
When I first started writing songs, I wrote one song at a time until it was finished. This process was … More
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