If you’re setting lyrics to a finished tune, maybe co-writing, the words you put on the stressed music notes can set a new mood and meaning. Or if you have a finished lyric, [...]

Songwriting is an emotional medium, a vehicle for the expression of feelings. Emotion is the soul of a song. The cartoon character Kathy hears her boyfriend Irving, in the next room, cry out [...]

You have this GREAT melody, right? Now you need some lyrics. Welcome to our Songwriter’s blog. Maybe we can offer some solutions, or at least some helpful suggestions. First, go back through our [...]

The increased effectiveness that results when two or more work together Ever think of Co-writing? Let’s suppose you’ve done everything right— you’ve studied, you’ve listened, analyzed and written and written and written. But [...]

He sang her his song. “That’s a good song,” she said. Humbly he shrugged. “Oh, it’s not me— It’s just the Lord.” “Well. . . no. . .” she replied, “it’s not that [...]

Want to make your lyrics more vivid? Try using more colorful similes, metaphors and allegories. They create mental pictures to help enhance the message. The difference between a simile and a metaphor is [...]