by Gary Ewer, from “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” website: Anyone doing a demo recording knows that you don’t get much of a chance to get a record exec’s attention. You’ve got to keep your playlist small, and grab attention right away. One way to set your songs apart from all the other noise out there is […]
by Gary Ewer, from “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” website: If you want lyrics to sound natural, you need to sing them with the natural pulses that occur in spoken language. For songwriters, you need to match up the natural pulse of the lyric with the natural flow of your music. It may not be […]
by Gary Ewer, from “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” website: The 2009 BET (Black Entertainment Television) Awards were handed out last night in Los Angeles. The show was completely refashioned as a Michael Jackson homage, complete with wardrobe and musical tributes to the King of Pop. Probably the most surprising aspect of the spectacle was […]
by Gary Ewer, from “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” website Anytime the name Michael Jackson hits the news, it has a way of pushing everything else completely into the background. And the news of his untimely death did more than push other news back. It completely shocked generations of people, from those who weren’t even […]
by Gary Ewer, from “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” website: Many songwriters start the writing process by coming up with a chord progression, and then try to create a melody that works with it. The problem with this approach can be that the melody lacks shape, as the importance is placed on the progression first. […]
by Gary Ewer, from “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” website Check out “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” 6 e-book bundle. And start writing the songs you’ve always known you could write! ______________________ Summer is a great time to write songs. Especially for those of us in the northern hemisphere, we get out of the house […]
