Songwriting Craft

One of the biggest misconceptions about songwriting is the belief that originality means creating music out of thin air. In reality, most...

Most beginning songwriters assume their biggest problem is inspiration. They think they need stronger emotions.A better life experience.A...

One of the biggest struggles new songwriters face is figuring out what to write about — and even when they do have an idea, they often...

Songwriters are a lot like architects. When an architect looks at a building, they don’t just see decoration or style. They understand the...

Have you ever listened to a great song and quietly thought to yourself: “I wish I had written that.” If you have, there’s an important...

There’s a difference between understanding music… and actually using it. A while back, I had a guitar student who went through a...

I always wondered how to turn inspiration into something more than a fleeting moment—how to make it a powerful, dependable, and consistent...

Many songwriters think the creative process ends when the writing session ends. You finish the lyric.You settle on the chords.You shape...

Why resisting theory may be limiting your creativity instead of protecting it There’s a kind of resistance I run into all the time when I...