You're listening to a piece of music and it sounds so simple and easy that you say to yourself, "I can do that." But can you really? And if you can, how come you haven't yet? Taking a first person perspective of someone else's perspective can be … [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...]
Get Your Creative Juices Flowing
Give me 5 minutes and I'll show you how to instantly find unique and interesting details to put into your lyrics. The technique is called Object Writing and it's so ridiculously easy that you'll be pissed you didn't know about it sooner. I learned … [Read more...]
Top 10 Lyric Writing Insights
*Before I continue, and I'll say this many times, I operate under the assumption that the opposite of everything I say is equally true. Including the opposite of what I just said. :) Here's my top 10 lyric writing insights: 1. The rhythm of … [Read more...]