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

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

Feedback is an important part of the songwriting process. Co-writing is a great way of bouncing off ideas and getting … More

Free: Future Learn: How to Write Your First Song The University of Sheffield offers this course on Future Learn. For … More

Sometimes we sit down to write and we’re not sure what we want about. That blank page is very intimidating! … More

When I first started writing songs, I wrote one song at a time until it was finished. This process was … More

If you’re a songwriter, you probably have opinions on Bridge sections. Many of us tend to use only a couple … More

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

Julia Michaels is a brilliant, notable songwriter of today. Her writing has changed the sound of current pop melodies and … More

We’ve all heard the common advice: Make your Chorus stand out by jumping up in vocal range. Sometimes it feels … More