Becoming a Better Songwriter

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Exploring New Key Areas in a Song Bridge

If you’re including a bridge in your song, it’s a great spot to move the focus away from the original key into other key areas. Sometimes that means changing key entirely, but in fact that doesn’t often happen. What rather happens is that the focus changes from the original tonic chord to a different chord. Here’s what […]

How the Various Components of Songs Progress Over 4 Minutes

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Composing Ideas Instead of Songs Can Get You Through a Creative Block

 It’s time to get serious about your songwriting. Get “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” eBook Bundle, written by Gary Ewer. Time to become the best songwriter you can be! Read more.. ______________ One of the most common causes of moderate or severe writer’s block is the fear of failure. It usually begins this way: you start creating song ideas (bits […]

Praise G-sus, and Other Non-chord Tones

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Chord Progressions That Move Back and Forth From Fragile to Strong

Many progressions actually move back and forth fragile and strong qualities, and you can use this to your advantage in songwriting. ____________ Purchase Gary Ewer’s “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” 6-eBook Bundle, and become the songwriter you’ve always thought you could be! _____________ Before reading this post, why not watch this video, which will explain some of the important concepts: […]