“Hooks and Riffs: How They Grab Attention, Make Songs Memorable, and Build Your Fan Base“, is part of “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” Deluxe 10-eBook Bundle. Get the manuals that thousands of songwriters use to improve their songwriting technique. Read more.. When we talk about creating a hook for a song, there’s a tendency to think […]
Singing higher and louder is a pretty obvious way to make a song more energetic. But playing around with the rhythms can be a better way to go. ____________ Download “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” 6-eBook Bundle, and increase your song’s HIT potential. _____________ You’ll probably notice that I write about song energy a lot. For me, energy is […]
It’s OK, even desirable, to have verses that are rhythmically complex. But choruses need to settle into a recognizable groove. ____________ Download “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” 6-eBook Bundle, and increase your song’s HIT potential. _____________ Verses differ from choruses in several ways. It’s easy to notice things like melodic range: we know that chorus melodies tend to be […]
Longer note values work better in the chorus, as a way of enhancing emotional impact. ____________ Download “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” 6-eBook Bundle, and get back to the basics of why hit songs sell. _____________ There’s nothing like a song that allows the listener a powerful emotional release. It’s got to be done right, though, because songs […]
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 […]
Download “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” 6 E-book Bundle. Become a top-level songwriter, starting now. _________ There are two important stages in the development of song lyrics. The first stage, which you might think of as the “conception stage“, is when you get your thoughts down on paper. The second stage, which you might call the “development […]
