5 Lyrical Clichés That Will Kill Your Song

by Gary Ewer, from “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” website. It makes for fun reading to go online and find a site devoted to the worst songs ever written. The writers of these songs can at least console themselves with the knowledge that to be renowned for being bad requires the song (often) to have […]

How's Your New Melody? Run it Past This Checklist

by Gary Ewer, from “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” website. Learn how to become a better songwriter right now. Since every melody is different, you’d think that there’s basically no way to know if your new melody is going to click or bomb. Not true! There are ways to make pretty sure that your melody […]

Why The Black Eyed Peas' "I Gotta Feeling" Has Been Such a Success

by Gary Ewer, from “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” website. Let’s get this much out of the way: The lyrics for “I Gotta Feeling” are not the reason it’s been such a successful chart-topper. But there’s got to be a reason why this song has enjoyed so many weeks on the Billboard Hot 100. This […]

The Faster the Tempo, the slower the Harmonic Rhythm

by Gary Ewer, from “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” website. ________________________ Let Gary Ewer’s songwriters’ e-books show you how to create chord progressions, how melodies should be contoured, how to write lyrics that work, and more. And you‘ll get tons of chord progressions you can use right now. For $37, purchase and download all 6 songwriting […]

Writing Instrumental Music: It's the Motif that Gives it Life

by Gary Ewer, from “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” website. ________________________ With Gary Ewer’s songwriters’ e-books you can discover how your lyrics can make a connection with the listener, how to create chord progressions, how melodies should be contoured, and more. And you’ll get tons of chord progressions you can use right now. For $37, […]

How Lyrics Change as Your Song Progresses

by Gary Ewer, from “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” website. ________________________ A good lyric is not necessarily good poetry, and in many cases doesn’t need to be. With Gary Ewer’s songwriters’ e-books you can discover how your lyrics can make a connection with the listener, how to create chord progressions, how melodies should be contoured, […]