How and Why Goal-Oriented Songwriting Works: Lyrics

How working backwards in the creation of lyrics helps to intensify anticipation. “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” eBook Bundle (plus a FREE copy of “Creative Chord Progressions”) is written by Gary Ewer, designed to straighten out your technique and get you writing better songs.   Goal-oriented songwriting means doing a lot of working backwards as you compose. By writing […]

Songwriting Exercise: Creating Melodic Ideas for a Line of Lyric

Here’s a way to create several melodic ideas for one line of lyric. Then all you do is choose the best one. _______________ Written by Gary Ewer, author of “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” ebook Bundle. _______________ It’s often hard to say why a certain melody seems to partner so well with a lyric. We know […]

Songwriting Excellence Usually Starts With the Lyrics

Mary Gauthier’s “False From True” is a demonstration of how a simple lyric can pack a powerful punch. ______________ In my previous blog post, I wrote about why some songs seem to fade quickly from public consumption, and it often has to do with a combination of things from the dated sound to the dated song […]

Song Lyrics: From Category to Topic to Specifics

Ideas for a lyric can happen easily and quickly if you start by generating a page-full of words and then narrowing it all down. _____________ Discover the 11 secrets that pro songwriters have known for decades. “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” 6-eBook Bundle is being used by thousands of songwriters to take their music to a new level of […]

How Imagery Empowers Song Lyrics

Properly applied, imagery will make your lyrics more powerful and more memorable. Here’s how. _______________ Get the songwriting ebook package that thousands of songwriters are now using to take their music to its highest level of excellence. “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” 10-eBook Bundle comes with a special deal. Read more.. ________________ Imagery means to use words and […]

How a Good Lyric Makes You Want to Listen

It’s not just emotion that makes a lyric connect. It’s alternating emotions that really do the trick. _______________ Thousands of songwriters are now using “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” 6-eBook Bundle to improve their technique. It comes with a 7th free eBook, “From Amateur to Ace: Writing Songs Like a Pro“. Read more.. ________________   When a lyric is good, it […]