Songwriting Excellence and Floppy-Eared Rabbits

  I’ve written numerous times on this blog about the importance for songwriters to be consistently excellent. That means you need to be writing excellent songs, and achieving that level of excellence over and over again. As a songwriter, you need to come to terms with what the word “excellence” really means. An allegory might help. Imagine […]

Try This Method For Writing a Verse Melody

There are several important characteristics of good song melodies, even if those characteristics don’t all show up in the same melody. Here’s a few you’ll see in most songs that make it to the top of the charts: Lots of repetition, either exact or approximate. A nice shape that can be drawn as a line. A climactic […]

Putting Music Theory to Use in Songwriting

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6 Tips for Writing a Song Melody That Grabs Audience Attention

Read these 6 tips for helping your song melody come to life. ______________  It’s time to get serious about your songwriting. The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” eBook Bundle packages, written by Gary Ewer, can be an important part of making you the best songwriter you can be! Get the discount NOW: Read more.. ______________ What makes melody writing difficult? Most […]

It’s Always About People

A song succeeds when listeners can place themselves inside the story and feel something. _____________  Get “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” 10-Ebook Bundle. 11 Songwriting Principles That Will Turn Your Writing Around – Guaranteed. Covers every aspect of songwriting technique: chord progressions, writing melodies and lyrics, and an entire manual that shows you how to add chords to a melody you’ve written. Read […]

What Songwriters Say About Writing Lyrics

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