Songwriting

Have you ever wanted to take up songwriting, but had no idea where to start? No problem, these articles will help guide you and get you started on a journey to writing beautiful pieces of music!

In some of my past articles I have talked about the fact that for those wanting to be songwriters, there isn't really a school they can enroll in to learn the craft. If they wanted to be doctors or lawyers there are many institutions of higher education they could study at.

Sometimes getting started writing a song can be the hardest part, at least in the beginning. Before you start getting ideas for songs, you need to know what makes a great song. So how do you learn things like what makes a great song?

Devium's got all of the technical proficiency and blistering fury on tap demanded for killer metal and they've crafted a debut that's overflowing with power, fury, and promise.

Part 1 of a 2-part article on arguably the greatest female songwriter of the popular era: Carole King.

"iieee" from Tori Amos evokes loss, longing, sadness, and acceptance. It's only life, after all.

Here are some resources to help songwriters develop their careers.

Tips and advice on songwriting from the perspective of a music executive, publisher and producer.

Here are a few tips for learning to write songs with a songwriting partner.

Professional songwriters sound distinctly better than amateurs. This is not because they have magic abilities, secret scales, or special equipment. This is because most amateur songwriters do not consider all three basic levels of songwriting.

In this guide, I will try to teach aspiring songwriters the basic guidelines and methods that I use when I create songs.

Here are a few tips for winning songwriting competitions, as well as some advice on what not to do.

Here are some of the more common mistakes that songwriters make when trying to craft the perfect song.

Here's a look at some of the best songwriting contests around, and what they can offer up-and-coming artists that enter them.

Here are a few tips for maximizing your potential when entering a songwriting contest.

Here's a look at a few ways to tell whether a songwriting competition is legitimate or a rip off.

This article will detail how a songwriter can be successful by treating songwriting as a business rather than simply a creative endeavor.

One song could set you up for life if you know how to write one. Imagine, your single on download websites, online radio websites and your own website and it sells thousands of copies. That one song can bring you royalties

Songwriting is quite entertaining, because the possibilities are certainly unlimited. As I start a piece, I take a direction, but I am never sure where I will end up. Ideas float gently and easily through the mind and soul.

The band has managed to create an album that the average music fan can enjoy with melodies and straight driving drumming from Portnoy for the most part,allowing sonic pleasures rarely given from the New York based prog-rockers.

Some firsthand experiences illustrate the challenge facing songwriters to get any return on major dollars spent on music.

A review of The Decemberists latest release: Long Live the King.

How do you get your song to an artist? The answer is a pitch sheet. Here are three reputable pitch sheets in the music industry.

Stretching out with a variety of writing and creative endeavors can give you new ideas and techniques to freshen up your radio commercials.

Haiku reflecting the meaning of writing a song.

Nickolas Ashford, with his wife Valerie Simpson were songwriting and music geniuses. We'll miss his pen, his voice and his presence.