Here are some ideas for fixing that song that just never seems finished. Do you have a song in your own personal catalogue that’s finished but just doesn’t sound right? Every once in a while you dig it out and sing through it, but it just lies there like yesterday’s porridge. Everything seems right, but you can […]
For verse melodies, try combining downward-moving melodic shapes with an overall upward motion. In songwriting, you can only ever speak of generalizations. That’s a good thing, of course. Music would be boringly predictable if it meant simply following a set of rules. We know, for example, that most verse melodies tend to avoid an overabundant […]
Thinking beyond the world of songwriting gives you the best chance to improve your imagination. “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” eBook Bundle (plus a FREE copy of “Creative Chord Progressions”) is written by Gary Ewer, designed to straighten out your technique and get you writing better songs. It can be easily argued that when it comes […]
Good songwriting is always a process of tossing some ideas, and keeping others. ________________ The new 3rd edition of “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” eBook has been released. Get the entire “Essential Secrets of Songwriting” 6-eBook Bundle, with a 7th free eBook. High-quality PDFs for laptop, desktop, iPad, or any other PDF-reading device. Read more.. ________________ At the […]
Here’s a step-by-step guide for writing a song that starts with creating a short, strong chord progression. ________________ Download “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” eBook Bundle. High-quality PDFs for laptop, desktop, iPad, or any other PDF-reading device. Stop struggling! It’s time to take your songwriting to a new level of excellence. ________________ It’s a favourite […]
Here’s a way to create several melodic ideas for one line of lyric. Then all you do is choose the best one. _______________ Written by Gary Ewer, author of “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” ebook Bundle. _______________ It’s often hard to say why a certain melody seems to partner so well with a lyric. We know […]
