Last year we reviewed the book How To Write Songs on Guitar by Rikky Rooksby. It still stands up as one of my favorite books for inspiration and creativity. So I was very excited to see this book recently for a deal, which I subsequently purchased and started reading.
Where How To Write Songs on Guitar [...]
Are you a family man (or woman)? Some will get up early in the morning, others will wait til the whole family goes to bed at night. Others will have a regular night and will spend the rest of the week capturing songwriting ideas.
Maybe you’re not a family man but you DO have a social [...]
For those interested in gaming music and the gaming music industry either as a writer or musician. Speaking first hand having had a lot of experience in session playing and gaming music production.
Most of us have a love/hate relationship with holiday songs. Some of us tire of the constant drumming of holiday music no matter where we go - the post office, the grocery store, church, etc. On the other hand, there are some who love holiday songs because it reminds them of being kids and the [...]
I’ve held the belief that listening to and learning from musical styles that are different from your own, has always been beneficial. However, early in my musical career this wasn’t so apparent to me or some of my students. In fact, some of my students had the misconceived perception that going outside of [...]
The question that I’m asked most often is:
“How do you actually write your music?”
The answer is, that Songwriting can be a harsh mistress, and you have to know how to approach her, to turn the mistress into a muse.
Anybody can write a song.
Many people can write good songs.
But how do you write a great song?
Here [...]
We are adapting this theory to the Musical realm in a practical way so that we (the artists) can more effectively write music and in turn have the audience recognize, understand, and appreciate our music much more.
At the time of this writing, there is an unfamiliar face at the top of the iTunes Albums list - a songstress named Sara Bareilles and her album “Little Voice”. Some have said she sounds reminiscent of Fiona Apple.
The Wall Street Journal seemed to notice and did an article on her. The success point - [...]
If you want some great songwriting tips and insight, look no further than this interview from 1988 in Playboy magazine with Tom Waits. Tons of nuggets of inspiration and lots to digest.
Tom Waits Playboy Interview March 1988
Most people know singer-songwriter Tom Waits as the poet of late-night metropolitan areas, the bard of smoky lounges and [...]
Like a beauty ritual before bed, some people have a few things they need to have in place before they sit down to write a song. What are yours?
Here’s mine:
I like to do a little meditation before I start - even if it is only for five minutes. Usually my songwriting is based on a [...]
