Andrea Stolpe, an award winning songwriter with writing credits for top artists like Faith Hill, shares some powerful and unique songwriting tips from her new book, Popular Lyric Writing: 10 Steps to Effective Storytelling. Andrea was kind enough … [Read more...]
Hit Songwriting Tips Podcast 05-20-07
Topics covered: Advice to developing songwriters, the art and craft of songwriting, strategies for writing hooks and melodies, a 7-step process to writing hit songs, and much more. Download: Hit Songwriting Tips Podcast 05-20-07 Subscribe … [Read more...]
Hit Songwriting Tips Podcast 04-17-07
Topics covered: The definition of a song, what a song is not, the purpose of a song, the way of the Samurai Songwriter. Download: Hit Songwriting Tips Podcast 04-17-07 … [Read more...]
Hit Songwriting Tips Podcast 10-13-06
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...]
Hit Songwriting Tips Podcast 09-29-06
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...]
Hit Songwriting Tips Podcast 08-22-06
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
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...]
Hit Songwriting Tips Podcast 08-03-06
Topics covered: Song titles, P.T. Barnum, hooks, headlines, direct response, songwriting, the internet... Download: Hit Songwriting Tips Podcast 08-03-06 … [Read more...]