Songwriting Exercise – Expanding On Your Possible Song Titles
As I have mentioned in my recent post Songwriting Exercise – Brainstorming Possible Song Titles, I generally brainstorm words and phrases for 30 minutes at a time most mornings, making sure that for every list I do I put the date on top so I know which list to look at first. Now, if you…
Introducing… Funkus Maximus
Anyone that knows me knows that I love funk music. As a bass player I almost think it’s somehow my duty to devote some of my playing, practising and songwriting time to the dark arts of FUNK. As I mentioned in a previous post “How Music Has Shaped My Life (So Far…)” I was part…
Songwriting Exercise – Brainstorming Possible Song Titles
A good song title is a songwriter’s best friend because it can encapsulate the whole song in a few well chosen words. One of the best ways I’ve found to get my own songwriting process going is to brainstorm lists of possible song titles and see what comes from that. Now in this songwriting exercise…
Songwriting Tip – Never Be Afraid To Ask Questions
Someone once told me that the only stupid questions are the ones you don’t ask. Knowledge is gained through experience and by asking lots of questions. I would love to have a go at answering whatever question you may have about writing songs. Go on, just ask me The music industry is built on networks and networking…
One Songwriter’s Trash Is Another Songwriter’s Treasure
You would’ve guessed by now through reading my posts that I’m a real fan of the songwriting process and the many ways that a song can be created. I’m also a great believer in not throwing any songwriting ideas away, no matter how small, bland, banal, silly or trivial you might think they are. Now…
The Illusion Of Songwriting Perfection
I remember chatting to a songwriter friend of mine a while ago about the pain he was experiencing when writing songs. He said to me that he was great at starting songs but really lousy at finishing them (well, aren’t we all). He also told me his main philosophy for his songwriting process and to…
The BIG List Of Songwriting Prompts And Lyric Generators
Now that the 5090 Songwriting Challenge for 2021 is well underway, I’ve been putting my songwriting process to the test, turning everything that I see, hear and experience into songwriting ideas and then turning those songwriting ideas into completed songs. If you’re taking on the 5090 challenge as well then I wish you the very…
50 Songs In 90 Days… Can I Do It?
With today being the 4th of July I’ll again be participating in this years 50/90 Songwriting Challenge as I have done for the last 11 years. Sometimes I do think that I’m batshit CRAZY. For those of you that have no idea what I’m talking about, the 50/90 Songwriting Challenge (also known as 50/90) requires the participant to write 50…
Recording Old Songs With New Ears
While going through my song archives some time ago I noticed that I have a lot of songs written in the very early days of my musical journey that would never see the light of day. However, I still remember how these songs go in my head as if I’d written them yesterday. I thought…
Songwriting – A Great Way To Experience Life
To increase your ability to generate songwriting ideas, it’s necessary to increase your life experience, and that means getting out of your comfort zone and embracing what life has to offer you. Imagine having the confidence to fully experience your life with the knowledge that there’s a great song to be written as a result…