Make your own song

It may look highly unusual but if you are serious into songwriting you must face the challenge of reading and writing with sheet music. Creativity seems to be the most important aspect in the songwriting process. And with this creativity paired with extensive knowledge of sheet music makes you even a powerful songwriter. Why? (more…)

There are certain things that separates pro and amateur writers. One thing you should immediately noticed:

a. Pro-songwriters songs are performed in wide variety audience, while amateur writers songs are only listened by family members.
b. Pro-writers songs captivates the community because of its mass public appeal. Amateur writers songs are limited only to herself/himself.
c. Professional songwriters songs conveys a meaningful story to its listeners (theme). Amateur writer songs lyrics are confusing to understand.
d. Great writers of songs can be played in stadiums with people heavily jamming around it. Amateur songs can be boring to listen and can only be played inside the bedroom. (more…)

It is true that music listeners get to used listening common chord patterns. There is also a high correlation of hit songs using common chord patterns. Therefore it is essential that in your songwriting process, you should use common chord patterns if you need to create melodies that are appealing to listeners. (more…)

If you are songwriter you maybe asking how strong are the songs written? Knowing this information is extremely very useful in your marketing efforts as it will help you pitch the proper songs to your potential clients. Not knowing this information, you cannot get full potential returns of your songs.

For example, say you have written 20 songs. But most clients will ask for only the top 3 songs to be sent to them, so it is up to you to decide which are the strongest songs. Do you know the potential of your songs very well??? If do not know your songs well, do not even bother submitting top 3 songs or else you maybe wasting a lot of money in the submission process. (more…)

I received a lot of request and feedback on this topic about writing the hook of the song . Writing hooks is extremely important to any songwriter because it defines the success of the song. As discussed many times on this blog, “Hook” is the most memorable and touching part of the song. Whether it is a rock, pop or country song, it needs strong hooks to be marketable, remembered and increase chances of selling the song. Hook is found in the song chorus stage and it is highly recommended to put this one on the chorus because it will be repeated and increase chances of being remembered or emphasized. (more…)