Musical tightrope

Leaning Without Losing Your Footing

Songwriting in the pop genres is, for the best songwriters out there, like walking a tightrope. Lean too much one way, and you’re giving your audiences exactly what they expected from you. No challenge, no getting them thinking outside whatever musical box they live in. Lean too much the other way, and you’ve given them […]

Building Your Audience: Air Guitar is a Thing. Air Accordion isn’t.

Take your songwriting to a new level of excellence. Buy “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” 6-eBook Bundle, written by Gary Ewer. And get a 7th free eBook, “From Amateur to Ace – Writing Songs Like a Pro.” Read more.. ______________ If you take a look at the list of 2015 inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall […]

Are You Properly Targeting Your Audience?

To properly build an audience base for your music, you need to start with a great song. You may be closer than you think! Get “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” 10-eBook Bundle, and discover all the secrets of musical composition. More.. It’s possible that if you’ve been writing songs for years but have little success to show for it, you’re making […]

When Improvisation is a Good Songwriting Tool

Improvisation can stimulate your creative mind and allow musical ideas to flow. _______________ Download “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” 6-eBook Bundle, and build an audience-base for your music. (Right now, save 56%) _______________ If you’re stumped for good songwriting ideas, improvising is a great way to start thinking creatively again. But improvisation, when it’s just you, […]

Creating a Unique Songwriting Formula

Can unique songs, built on a unique songwriting formula, build an audience base? ____________ If hit song writing is your area of interest, you need to come to terms with the fact that the songs you write will usually be highly predictable, with only enough innovation to distinguish it from the other songs out there […]

Songwriting: 5 Tips for Targeting the Younger Market

Good songs can go completely unnoticed if you’re missing your target audience. ____________ Download “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” 6-eBook Bundle, and increase your song’s HIT potential. _____________ There’s a common expression that finds its way into virtually every walk of life: it’s not what you say, it’s how you say it. In songwriting, it has a very real and practical […]