We’ve all been there: we’ve written a song, the metaphors make sense within the context and they express your idea…
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.…
What are Rhyme Schemes?
Rhyme schemes: love ‘em or hate ‘em, they are a useful part of songs that provide structure (or unstructured, if…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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!…
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…
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