Songwriting Exercise: Writing Songs for Halloween (that aren’t about pumpkins)

Have you taken on the challenge to write a song for the spooky season? Unless you’re about to write the … More

Songwriting Warmups

You may be asking yourself… “Do I really need to do a warmup when I sit down to write a … More

Prosody is one of those terms that is very present in the songwriting world, but it’s not always clear what … More

Lizzy McAlpine’s song “ceilings” is emotional and lovely for so many reasons, but my favourite has to be how she … More

You’ve got the song written—amazing! But you know there are a couple of things that are a little off. Maybe … More

First featured in Flypaper by Soundfly! Most of the time, a song title is directly taken from the chorus or … More

Photo credit: Ebru Yildiz This week, I sat down with Gabbi Coenen and talked about her new release “Black Moon”, … More

That conversation about splits in never fun, but it’s really necessary. Splits are how you choose to split the ownership … More

When we’re writing a new song, it’s common to start with the title, which may later become the hook line … More