Designing melodies that use the dominant and tonic notes to create forward motion _____________ Download “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” 6-eBook Bundle, and solve your songwriting problems TODAY. _____________ Back a couple of weeks ago I wrote an article about Taylor Swift’s current No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together“. […]
Try these easy modifications in standard song structure that keep your music fresh. _____________ Download “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” 6-eBook Bundle, and solve your songwriting problems TODAY. _____________ The verse-chorus format is by far the most popular structure in modern day songwriting. It’s easy to see why: it’s a basic songwriting principle to build energy as a […]
If your song isn’t telling a story as such, what should a verse 2 lyric look like? _____________ Download “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” 6-eBook Bundle, and solve your songwriting problems TODAY. _____________ Because songs represent a musical journey, every moment along the 4-5 minute timeline needs to represent something new. Since verse 1 and 2 will usually […]
Classical composers almost never talk about the hook. Why? _____________ Download “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” 6-eBook Bundle, and solve your songwriting problems TODAY. _____________ I’ve put a good deal of thought over the years into listing the ways that Classical music and pop music are similar. That activity has always been a source of fascination for me, […]
Repetition and contrast are opposites, so how do you use both concepts in the same song? _____________ Download “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” 6-eBook Bundle, and solve your songwriting problems TODAY. _____________ In the most recent edition of the “Songwriter’s Quick Tips Newsletter”, I wrote an article about how to create songs that bring together the important concepts […]
If you truly think of music as a language, you can improve your songwriting abilities the same way you learned to speak. _____________ Download “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” 6-eBook Bundle, and solve your songwriting problems TODAY. _____________ Recently I tweeted a video from TedEd that featured Grammy award-winning bassist Victor Wooten called “Music as a Language.” In […]
