by Gary Ewer, from “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” website: For songwriters who are serious about writing, it’s not just the quality of the songs that’s important, but the number of quality songs they can churn out. While acknowledging that more doesn’t mean anything when it comes to quality, it’s good to be more than a […]
by Gary Ewer, from”The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” website: You know, we could learn a lot from the famous artists out there, like Da Vinci, Rembrandt or Monet. We look at their paintings and just assume they sat down and just started to paint. But in reality, most artists sketch out many preparatory attempts, before […]
by Gary Ewer, from”The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” website: I think it’s too bad when a pop song writer shields him/herself from listening to other styles of music. You’d be surprised what you can learn from listening to other genres. And there is good music being written in every style you can think of. In […]
by Gary Ewer, from “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” website: You’ve got a great melody and a chord progression that works. So what can you do to add life to your song? Activate the bass line. Making the bass line do something other than just sitting on the chord root gives life to that aspect […]
by Gary Ewer, from “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” website: There are many possible yardsticks for determining your success as a songwriter. For writers of hit songs, success is how many recordings you sell. But there are different ways to measure success. Sales are a big determining factor with most songwriters. It explains why so […]
by Gary Ewer, from “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” website: Years ago, when I was studying at university to become a music teacher, it was a requirement to visit many different schools and observe the teachers of music programs in action. I kept a journal of those visits so that I could read about my […]
