Songwriting Articles

Author: Jamon White We all have a varied opinion on what exactly a song is and considering the 140 character [...] Read more »

You Can Harmonize Any Song With Just 3 Chords by Tom Slatter Three chords and the truth, that’s all you [...] Read more »

What Exactly Is A Chord?  by Tom Slatter When I was at school, my teachers tried to get me to [...] Read more »

  Seventh Chords and How Human Biology is Like Music Theory by Tom Slatter How is human biology like music [...] Read more »

Author: Markus Rill There’s an old saying that a good song will still work if you play it on a [...] Read more »

by Robin Frederick, author of ”Shortcuts to Songwriting for Film & TV” Each year, tens of thousands of songs are used [...] Read more »

Author: Gary Ewer There’s a theory that not a lot has changed since the early days of what we call [...] Read more »

AUTHOR: Gary Ewer Is it possible to create attractive, appealing song melodies without having a strong background in music theory? [...] Read more »

By Robin Frederick, author of Shortcuts to Hit Songwriting The most memorable line in your song is the hook. This [...] Read more »

We have decided to start recommending the use of MusicXrays for people submitting their songs to our daily #Song4Comment for [...] Read more »

How to make a not-so interesting rhyme better Ambitioned songwriters usually do their best to stay away from clichéd rhymes [...] Read more »

How to make a not-so interesting rhyme better Ambitioned songwriters usually do their best to stay away from clichéd rhymes [...] Read more »

By RavenousRaven Lets get the joke over and done with: We’ve been meaning to write this blog entry about procrastination [...] Read more »

By Idella Woods “A title is vital. Once you’ve it – prove it.” – Ira Gershwin Songwriters require it whether [...] Read more »

Author: Markus Rill Recently, I had the grandiose idea of documenting the process of writing a song in my blog. [...] Read more »