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Songwriting Exercise: Flip Your Melodies

A section’s melody is one of the most important elements of a song—as well as one of the most difficult. … More

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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

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Songwriting Exercise: Creating Mosaic Rhymes

We know about perfect and imperfect rhymes and how they can make a song sound less predictable. Cliché rhymes are … More

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Song Ideas You Can Do This Weekend

(Some links lead to songwriting exercises!) 1. Write a song based on a book title 2. Write a Chorus with … More

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Songwriting Exercise: Write a Riff in Five Minutes or Less

A riff is a great way to start off your song. It can hook your listener in immediately and establish … More

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Songwriting Exercise: Use your Current Favourite Song to Write your Next Song

Do you write by figuring out the music first? Maybe you need a riff on the guitar or piano to … More

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Songwriting Exercise: Using a Timer

Have you done timed object writing before and loved it? The advantage of using a timer is that it shuts … More

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Songwriting Exercise: Structured Object Writing

Nearly every writer has tried object writing at some point in their lives. The idea is usually very similar every … More

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