Improvisation As a Cure For Writer’s Block

Improvising activities bring your creative mind front and center. It can spell the end of writer’s block. ____________ Download “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” 6-eBook Bundle, and get back to the basics of why hit songs sell. _____________ The best musical performances in the world have the innate sound of improvisation at their core. Perhaps that’s why great […]

5 Ways to Create a Better Melody in “Chords-First” Songs

Download “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” 6-ebook bundle, and kick-start your songwriting career! _____________ Working out a chord progression is one of the most popular ways of starting the songwriting process. It’s not hard to see why. Getting a chord progression working usually means getting a basic rhythm happening as well, and the rhythmic pulsing […]

5 Improvisation Activities That Generate Song Ideas

Download “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting”. It’s supposed to be FUN to become the best songwriter you can be! ___________________ I applaud the songwriter who spends as much or more time working out small songwriting challenges than they do actually writing songs. In the world of the visual arts, great artists do an enormous amount […]

Improvising Your Next Song- Can That Really Work?

Download “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” 6 e-book bundle, and discover how VITAL song form is! ______________ R&B legend Ray Charles would have been able to tell you firsthand that improvisation can be a successful part of the songwriting process. In his case, onstage improvising with his bandmates resulted in “What’d I Say,” a song […]

How You Start a Song Determines How You'll Finish It

Written by Gary Ewer, Senior Instructor, Dalhousie University, from “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” website. • Follow Gary on Twitter • Good songs sell! Check out “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” 6 e-book bundle – available now at a 50% savings! ________________________________ Songwriters can be forgiven for having a normal way that they like to write. It […]

The Creative Power of Improvisation in the Songwriting Process

Written by Gary Ewer, from “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” website. FOLLOW GARY ON TWITTER Make songwriting enjoyable again. Purchase “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” bundle and get a free e-book. ______________________________________________ It’s not easy to keep churning out songwriting ideas, especially if writing songs is something you’re trying to do on a daily basis. […]