Category: Song Starters
Music Theory for Songwriters
Song Starters
Modes Made Easy for Songwriters
July 7, 2021
I made a quick video on my YouTube channel about the Mixolydian mode. In less than 10 minutes,…
Generating Ideas for Lyrics
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120 Sense Writing Prompts
June 17, 2021
If you’re already familiar with Sense Writing (aka Object Writing), feel free to skip ahead to the prompts…
Revising Songs
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Can you really teach someone to write better songs?
June 6, 2021
I so often get asked whether it’s really possible to teach someone how to write a song. There…
metaphor
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Songwriters on songwriting
December 21, 2020
I’ve been baffled lately that there aren’t more songwriters in the world who write about writing. Luckily, there…
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Lyric Writing Masterclass March 16 2020
March 10, 2020
Can songwriting actually be taught? Can your lyrics actually improve, or are you just born Bob Dylan? Author…
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Ryan Adams: Let Your Ego Come Out to Play
February 8, 2017
I love this video of Ryan Adams revealing his daily songwriting method, that he calls ‘Stacks’. It basically…
Generating Ideas for Lyrics
Language
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ASCAP Blog – ‘Bringing Cliches Back From the Dead’
April 12, 2016
I’m very chuffed to have had this article published on the ASCAP Blog, ‘We Create Music’. Click on…
Generating Ideas for Lyrics
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Psychology of Creativity
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Eagle Rock Fall Songwriters Retreat
August 12, 2011
EAGLE ROCK SONGWRITERS RETREAT – OCTOBER 8 2011 Former Berklee Songwriting faculty Keppie Coutts presents the Eagle Rock…
Generating Ideas for Lyrics
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Getting Fruitful Feedback – (Eagle Rock Songwriters Retreat this weekend!)
May 20, 2011
One the most important things in the journey of a songwriter is being part of a community who…
Song Starters
Song Starter: De-Tune Your Guitar
February 22, 2011
If you write on the guitar, try tuning the strings into an unfamiliar tuning. You will start hearing…