As an internet copywriter, I listen for words. Andbeing a songwriter (albeit, an obscure one) myself, I appreciate what goes into the lyric writing part of it-matching words to appropriate music, tryi..

Action verbs lift your songwriting as they abandon passive verbs. Passive verbs are death to most songs. Learning about how to use active verbs and how to avoid using passive verbs is important to son..

As songwriters, when inspiration strikes, we need some way to snare our latest germ of an idea. We reach for the nearest piece of paper , or dictaphone to capture our moment of briliance. Sometimes I ..

As many fans of music know, the lyrical parts of a song are usually the most important and integral pieces to a particular song or piece's success. Many times these words are the only part of a song t..

What makes a good song so appealing to the people who buy CDs and MP3 files? Is it the background beats or the guitar riffs played? Is it the voice of the lead singer or how high he or she can take hi..