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4 Things That Will Make Or Break Your Song

October 16, 2006 By Graham English

Learn these 4 tricks to help you write the best songs of your life. It will take you just 10 minutes to learn, too. The First 10 Seconds Imagine being inside the mind of a busy A&R guy or in-demand producer. It's running over important … [Read more...]

Hit Songwriting Tips Podcast 10-13-06

October 13, 2006 By Graham English

Topics covered: Hooks, song titles, song ideas, lyrical insights, melodic insights, hook placement, and much more... Download: Hit Songwriting Tips Podcast 10-13-06 … [Read more...]

Got Songwriting Tips?

October 11, 2006 By Graham English

Then submit your sage advice at the Songwriting Tips Group Project at BloggingMuses. Your tips will be highlighted on their very own page and you can even promote your website or music project or whatever you like. I've already submitted my own … [Read more...]

Seed Your Creative Process With…

October 8, 2006 By Graham English

A Random Article from Wikipedia Brian Eno's Oblique Strategies A Random Word A Random Sentence A Random Paragraph A Random Web Site You have to put something into your mind to get something out. … [Read more...]

Hit Songwriting Tips Podcast 09-29-06

September 29, 2006 By Graham English

Topics covered: Songwriting for busy people, capturing song ideas, GTD (Getting Things Done), organization, productivity, iTunes, GarageBand, Logic Pro, inspiration, motivation, tagging, mood markings, songwriting techniques, review, Hit Song Cheat … [Read more...]

Who is Dick Grove?

September 22, 2006 By Graham English

DICK GROVE (1927-1998) had a distinguished career as a professional writer and composer in Los Angeles and as a unique innovator in the field of contemporary music education. In 1973 he founded the world-renowned Grove School of Music in Los Angeles … [Read more...]

Hit Songwriting Tips Podcast 08-22-06

August 22, 2006 By Graham English

Topics covered: Chord progressions, I-IV-V, The blues, classical music, mashups, melody, modal progressions, music software, rhythm... Download: Hit Songwriting Tips Podcast 08-22-06 … [Read more...]

Hit Songwriting Tips Podcast 08-09-06

August 9, 2006 By Graham English

Topics covered: Top 10 Lyric Writing Insights, line length, contrasting ideas, melody, metaphor, prosody, rhyme schemes, rhythm, song forms, spotlights... Download: Hit Songwriting Tips Podcast 08-09-06 … [Read more...]

New American Idol “twist” adds songwriting competition

August 7, 2006 By Graham English

This will be fun to watch. In previous years, professional producers and songwriters have been commissioned to write an original song for each of the two finalists. But uncertainty over who those finalists would be, as well as their respective … [Read more...]