My goal is to always be transparent and honest with you. Besides, we’re both real humans, right? 

Sometimes discouragement will come. And it will weigh A LOT. 

We’re going to talk about dealing with...

Technology is a beautiful thing. It gives us tools that can help us with tasks that would otherwise take much longer. It can help us be more organized, efficient, and proficient in our craft. Why not ...

Does chord progression matter? Or do you just randomly pick a progression and go? If you have a melody already, do you figure out a chord progression that works and say “alrighty, that’s good enough”?...

 Don’t just settle on the initial key you write your song in. You’ve come so far to write an entire song, don’t settle on a key now. Be willing to change your song’s key.

Let’s say you need a new car...

If you told me a few years ago that I could ensure that I never run out of song ideas, I would never have believed you.

I knew the pain of staring at a blank page and thinking: 

• “What do I have to...

The easiest trap to fall into when practicing a skill is to practice what you already know. If you’re a pianist and sit in front of the piano, it’s easy to just play the 10 songs you love to play and ...

It’s the final day of our Week of Lyric Writing Tools. This time, we’re going to look at utilizing open endedness in lyrics.

Open Endedness

What is the first thing you talked about when walking o...

It’s day 5 of our Week of Lyric Writing Tools. This time, we’re going to look at utilizing multiple meanings in lyrics.  

Multiple Meanings

Symbolism is one-directional. You have a symbol that re...

It’s day 4 of our Week of Lyric Writing Tools. This time, we’re going to look at utilizing symbolism in lyrics.  

Symbolism

Symbolism is the ultimate way to open up a song to interpretation. It a...

It’s day 3 of our Week of Lyric Writing Tools. This time, we’re going to look at utilizing Foreshadowing in lyrics.  
 

Foreshadowing

No Capes! In the Incredibles, Syndrome’s fate is foreshadowed ...

It’s day 2 of our Week of Lyric Writing Tools. This time, we’re going to look at utilizing parallelism in lyrics.  

Parallelism

You have to love some good parallelism. Star Wars has made plenty of u...