Articles tagged: "songwriting"
1: Top 10 Signs It 's Time to Fire a Band Member
No one wants to have to do it, but there may come a point when a single member of the band really is holding everyone back It isn’t a decision to be made lightly, but if it is really keeping you from seeing your potential, you need to make your decision with your head, not your heart
2: Top 10 Ways Musicians Can Get More Money From A Gig
You are an artist, it 's true But just because you’re an artist doesn’t mean you don’t need to get paid
3: Action Verbs Lift Your Songwriting As They Abandon Passive Verbs
Action verbs lift your songwriting as they abandon passive verbs. Passive verbs are death to most songs. Learning about active and passive verbs is important to songwriting.
4: Top 10 Ways To Get More People To Your Next Gig
For an up-and-coming band every gig is a vital step toward your success Your shows are where you get the chance to prove yourself
5: Top 10 Mistakes Bands And Musicians Make
If you want to get a record deal, get people to your shows, or sell music like crazy, the answer isn't some kind of "magic pill" website that you post your music on, blindly sending out a bunch of demos, or anything to do with having good music
6: Can You Write a Song?
It 's not as difficult as you might imagine to create a song of your own based on your own experiences and the emotion of your heart. It may never make the charts, but it 's fun and so satisfying!
7: Written At Four In The Morning
Nashville songwriter Jerry Chesnut remembers well that pre-dawn morning in 1971 when he could not sleep He picked up his guitar, looked at his watch, and said, "It 's four in the morning and a new day is dawning
8: The Improved Idiots Guide to Object Writing
Object writing is the writers set of bar bells to get the creative muscle exercised. Use it every morning to tone your writing powers.
9: Getting Your Song Idea Underway
Getting an idea from the muse can be easy, but how do we pursue it and make it into a finished work?
10: Supercharging Your Inspiration For Songwriting - It 's Easy!
I'm sure there have been times where you feel like you just can't write ANYTHING It 's like, the more you force it out the less you seem to create
11: Capturing the Muse - Tips and Tricks
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 have been gifted with an idea while walking down the street and have resorted to ringing myself
12: Tapping Into Your Musical Side - Writing Song Lyrics
Have you ever thought about writing a song? Do you love music? We all know that a song is so much more than the musical background you hear throughout. No, the whole song comes together with the lyrics. The lyrics make the song it makes the music. Typically, the lyrics are written before the me
13: George Harrison 's 10 Best Beatles Songs
George Harrison is often referred to as the "quiet Beatle" and sometimes sadly even as the "forgotten Beatle" and that 's due to the fact that he was in the same band as the greatest songwriting team in popular music history Lennon/McCartney were good enough to overshadow almost anyone but that being the case Harrison wrote many great songs with The Beatles and that 's what this article is set to highlight
14: Software Every Songwriter Should Own
Are you a songwriting prude? Do you sigh and shake your head when someone mentions "rhyming dictionaries"? Well, folks, I hate to break the news, but the information highway is plowing a great big road right through your creative process and perhaps it 's time to jump on board.So if you have bee
15: Tips On How To Improve Your Songwriting
Songwriting can be lucrative, but it can also provide a great creative outlet. Songwriting does not have to be difficult; just let the words flow from you. If you have something that you want to get out, then songwriting is a great venue. The good news is that you don't even have to play an
