Songwriters on Songwriting

21 Songwriting 🎼 [[21.01 Poetry and Lyrics 🖋]] [[21.02 Melody and Harmony 🎶]] [[21.03 Songwriting Exercises 🏋️]] [[21.04 Principles for...

Let your mind wander Paul Simon tosses a ball to get into a flow, and from there he just observes...

Make a musical track first This is how Paul Simon wrote all of Graceland—starting with writing the musical track, and...

Imitation is an exercise in finding one’s voice Make something in the style of an artist you admire.1 Don’t worry...

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Overcome writer’s block by focusing on mental health Try therapy. Kim Koga says, “There’s a part of me that feels...