How to Match Metaphors in Your Songs

We’ve all been there: we’ve written a song, the metaphors make sense within the context and they express your idea … More

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

Rhyme schemes: love ‘em or hate ‘em, they are a useful part of songs that provide structure (or unstructured, if … More

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

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

If you haven’t heard Maisie Peter’s song “John Hughes Movie”, you should definitely listen to that before reading this. The … More