Songwriting Advice

[john]

Hey

Thought I'd post these here as a useful reference:

Song Building Blocks

The Power Of Song Hooks

Creating a Song Title

Adding Color and Richness to Common Chords

Build-A-Song Part 1 - The Idea

Build-A-Song Part 2 - From the Idea to the Hook

Build-A-Song Part 3 - Free Flow

Build-A-Song Part 4 - Cadence and the Beginning of the Melody

Build-A-Song Part 5 - Creating Hit Melodies

Build-A-Song Part 6 - Tips for Tunesmiths

Build-A-Song Part 7 - The Emergence of the Verses

Build-A-Song Part 8 -- Finishing Touches

Commercial Songwriting

Commerciality, Familiarity and Originality

Getting A Staff Writing Deal

Songwriting Tips

Striking The Right Chord

Take It From the Bridge

To Leap, Or Not To Leap (That Is The Question)

Writer's Block

Writing Jazz Songs

Lyric Writing

Improve Your Lyrics Writing

Lyrics - Function and Form

Lyrics Critique for Songwriters

[KennyChaffin]

Thanks John!

KAC

[imahollywoodstar]

Hey

Thought I'd post these here as a useful reference:

Adding Color and Richness to Common Chords

Build-A-Song Part 1 - The Idea

Build-A-Song Part 2 - From the Idea to the Hook

Build-A-Song Part 3 - Free Flow

Build-A-Song Part 4 - Cadence and the Beginning of the Melody

Build-A-Song Part 5 - Creating Hit Melodies

Build-A-Song Part 6 - Tips for Tunesmiths

Build-A-Song Part 7 - The Emergence of the Verses

Build-A-Song Part 8 -- Finishing Touches

Commercial Songwriting

Commerciality, Familiarity and Originality

Getting A Staff Writing Deal

Songwriting Tips

Striking The Right Chord

Take It From the Bridge

To Leap, Or Not To Leap (That Is The Question)

Writer's Block

Writing Jazz Songs

Lyric Writing

Improve Your Lyrics Writing

Lyrics - Function and Form

Lyrics Critique for Songwriters

Great Post !!!!

[Tyga]

Thx, for the share.

[Roflcopter]

Here's some good tips from an unexpected angle: psychology. Edited April 22, 2010 by Roflcopter

[XxandraX]

Hey john!

This is a great post and it helped me refresh things i already knew and learn those that were new for me.

thanks a lot!

as you are kind of professional in the music buissenes, could you take a look at my originals and maybe even comment on them?

It would really be useful for me to improve the lyrics with some help from outside.

[john]

hey XxandraX...

Glad you found it useful. Feel free to post up your lyrics in teh lyrics critique board and i'll have a look. Send me a PM to let me know what your topic is and when posted.

[AnthonyCeseri]

Great articles here. It's tough to find solid songwriting tips/advice, but this does the trick!...

[AggieSeaBass]

Thanks John!

[nashvillecal]

Great articles here. It's tough to find solid songwriting tips/advice, but this does the trick!...

Hello I'm Ben, You can go to my site , I've been writing for many years, it's just some basic stuff.

You can get caught up into to much info at once.

http://songwritingst...ngstarts.com/�� This can can give you some basics.

I will be posting more in the future

www.nashvillecalifornia.com/beta You can hear alot of my songs, Though were still working on the site at the moment.

After looking around here more looks like there's some good songwriter's

Yeah thats some good stuff Jon, have to brush up ,always good to study a few hours before you wake up the muse , she's always elusive anyway.

Edited July 13, 2012 by nashvillecal

[Szablo]

I promote riffs/music writing based on James Hetfield's guitar technique ;] Just look at my youtube's channel titled SZABLO;] cheers or click

[Bang1]

Very useful .Thanks

[Rudi]

This link appears to be broken.

Adding Color and Richness to Common Chords

[john]

Thanks Rudi, all fixed now

[Rudi]

Thank you.

Pretty Good article too.

[wtf audio]

How's that Jim?

That's like saying if you don't get put in a famous gallery then painting is a waste. People love to do things that lets them express feelings and emotions without necessarily making cash from it. If you get a publisher and or get signed up, then surely that would be the icing on the cake :-)

Chris, wtf audio

[musicnstuff]

Learned some new things from few articles.
Thank you John

[arteg]

Great share!

 

Everything you need to know to be a successful songwriter is right in front of you. If you study successful songs and instrumentals and use them as a guide, you'll break through.  Don't just listen. Study and analyze! 

 

Song structure, Lyrics, Chord progression, Melody, the vocal. Notice the singer's attitude, mood, and personality.

[Helmut]

Thanks John,

 

a lot to read. *cool*

 

Cheers Helmut

[john]

You’ll find most of those in our site Amazon shop. loads of good reading there.

 

It reminds me, it really is about time I updated the reading list links from my first topic!