Archive for the ‘Songwriting Advice’ Category

Sending some link love to other songwriting blogs

By • Sep 20th, 2006 • Category: Songwriting Advice, Songwriting Resources, Songwriting Tips, Songwriting Tools

I was poking around Google’s Blog Search tool and found some pretty cool songwriting blogs. There are some that have great promise. I would love to see more frequent updates – so head on over and let them know what you think. Leave a comment to let em know you were there: Ultimate Songwriting BlogAt [...]



Songwriters Ask: Should I rewrite?

By • Sep 18th, 2006 • Category: Inspiration, Songwriting Advice, Songwriting Articles, Songwriting Tips

Readers Ask: I have a fairly decent song I wrote in one sitting. Lyrics and music. I was amazed at how well it came to me. Should I leave it alone or should I try and rewrite? Great question. From a professional songwriting perspective, the answer is almost always a resounding “yes”. Professional songwriters are [...]



Songwriting Tip: Constrained writing

By • Sep 15th, 2006 • Category: Inspiration, Songwriting Advice, Songwriting Articles, Songwriting Tips

Gadsby is a novel written in 1939 by Ernest Vincent Wright. The unique feature of this novel was how he wrote it. He actually tied down the E-key of the typewriter so he was not allowed to use that letter in the entire novel! While some might see this as unimaginable and a task of [...]



Chart-topping songwriter roundup

By • Sep 13th, 2006 • Category: Inspiration, Songwriting Advice, Songwriting News, Songwriting Tips

Over the summer we had quite a few stories and inside scoops on the biggest songwriters (and singer-songwriters) in the industry. In case you missed them, here are some of the best: Songwriting insight from Daniel Powter and another interview with a great quote here. Garth Brooks and the writing of “That Summer” We All [...]



Your recording studio experience: Helping songwriters avoid rip-offs and chaos

By • Sep 12th, 2006 • Category: Songwriting Advice, Songwriting Articles

So you’ve written some great songs, you’ve done some quick demos in your bedroom studio, and now you want to kick it up a notch. Maybe it’s time to take it to the studio and get some “professional help.” That could be a good idea, but I’d like to steer away from some mistakes and [...]



Can Garth Brooks ‘the Songwriter’ Get Overruled?

By • Sep 11th, 2006 • Category: Inspiration, Songwriting Advice, Songwriting Articles, Songwriting Tips

Sure he can! The following account is taken from one of my favorite websites – Story Behind the Song.net (my only problem is I wish there were more stories!) The Story Behind “That Summer” written by Pat Alger, Garth Brooks. performed by: Garth Brooks |Interview with Pat Alger conducted by Adam Olson | “That Summer,” [...]



Why songwriters should pay attention to John Mayer

By • Sep 7th, 2006 • Category: Songwriting Advice, Songwriting Articles

(From contributing blogger Ryan Galloway) Hello, everyone. Checking in from 36,000 feet and headed home from a week on the road. A steady gig has got me bouncing between Dallas and the East Coast these days, as I let American Airlines beat the crap out of my guitar—but that’s a whole “nother blog. Since I’ve [...]



Songwriters: Do Your Stories Have To Be Real To Make The Lyrics Believable?

By • Aug 23rd, 2006 • Category: Songwriting Advice

For me writing lyrics has always been one of the hardest parts of putting a song together. When I played in a band we could bring in a chord progression or a riff we’d came up with or else jam something up in practice and work the music up to a full song from there [...]



Songwriting For Beginners Roundup

By • Aug 22nd, 2006 • Category: How To Write Songs, Songwriting Advice, Songwriting Tips, Songwriting Tools

(This is the final article in the series “Songwriting For Beginners”. We are filing the series under the Songwriting Basics category.) Last week we ran a series on Songwriting For Beginners that was remarkably successful. We hope you enjoyed it. Thanks for all the kind comments and thanks to Jeff Oxenford for contributing such a [...]



I’m Watching One Great Songwriter!

By • Aug 14th, 2006 • Category: Songwriting Advice, Songwriting Articles

And what many people would say, is a terrible singer. Bob Dylan has affected more songwriters (dare I say, music fans) than most Songwriters in the history of recorded music. And yet, so often I hear that people won’t even give him a listen because he “just can’t sing!” It makes me wonder…