Here's an exercise I love to do when I need inspiration for song titles. If nothing's coming naturally, this trick can really get the creative juices flowing. Even if I end up using nothing that I come up with, I find that within a day or two, one of … [Read more...]
Hit Songwriting Tips Podcast 06-21-07
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 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 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...]
How To Find The Head-Turning Hook That Reels ‘Em In
Be the one song your fans listen to today that gets their adrenaline pumping. Before you commit to a single note of your next song, you want to do some serious sleuthing behind the scenes. I call it being a hook detective. What you're looking … [Read more...]