Guitarist - songwriter

Is Being Prolific Important When it Comes to Songwriting?

If you like starting songs by working with a chord progression, you need to read “Writing a Song From a Chord Progression.” It will give you the pros and cons of this songwriting method, and help you create songs that really work! How many songs do you write in a typical month or year? You […]

Songwriter's materials

The Prolific Songwriter

There’s a list online of classical music’s most prolific composers, and at the top of that list is the Austrian composer Simon Sechter (1788-1867), who wrote more than 5000 fugues, as well as operas, masses and oratorios. Sechter is certainly not a household name. And it seems rather sad that his Wikipedia entry says, “His […]

Songwriter in Home Studio

Writing Better – Writing More

You should not necessarily worry if it takes you weeks or months to write a complete song while all your songwriting colleagues are getting the job done in days, sometimes hours. How long it takes to finish a song rarely has anything to do with how good it is. Having said that, it’s going to […]

Songwriting

Is it Possible to Write Too Much Music?

I remember once reading a criticism of jazz pianist Oscar Peterson, that he made too many albums. True, Peterson made more than 200 albums, and the criticism seemed to be that if someone recorded that much, surely musical ideas would get watered down and eventually become simply ineffective. In Peterson’s case, I don’t think there would […]

Guitar - chord progressions

Having Several Songs On the Go At Any One Time

Working on several songs simultaneously has definite advantages. It’s time to get serious about your songwriting. Get “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” 10-eBook Deluxe Bundle, written by Gary Ewer. Time to become the best songwriter you can be! Read more..   One of the main causes of a small songwriting output is the feeling that you must polish one […]

Becoming a More Prolific Songwriter

No songwriter should tolerate mediocrity. It will amaze you how quickly a weak song can be turned into something that really grabs attention.  “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” eBook Bundle packages will show you how. Get a DISCOUNT right now. ______________ When we define songwriting success, the actual number of songs someone has written doesn’t much figure into the […]