As we ramp up the festivities, Irish singer-songwriter Michael Gallagher suggests the key ingredients required to build a Christmas song...
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Our regular contributor, performing songwriter and singing coach Lisa Redford takes a look at the influence of place on songwriting...
Nashville-based songwriting coach Mark Cawley looks at the core music-making element and how to open up new possibilities for melody...
Writer and musician Ellie Mckinsey explores one of the most common chord sequences and explains how to harness its power...
It sometimes helps to go back to basics. So here’s a useful cheatsheet taken from writer Ed Bell’s latest book...
Nashville-based songwriting coach Mark Cawley provides some vital co-writing advice, with an extended extract from his best-selling book ‘Song Journey’...
Square Halo’s Minnesota-based producer Treyvonce Ambers-Moore shares some advice for lockdown music-makers after working with co-writers in London and Tokyo...
‘Staying Sane In The Music Game’ author Brett Leboff outlines a number of ways to handle creative differences and disagreements...
We pick a selection of kick-off ideas from The Song Foundry founder Ed Bell’s ‘The Ultimate Book Of Song Starters’...
The quintet’s multi-instrumentalist and Ed Sheeran collaborator knows a thing or two (or five) about coming up with great ideas...
An Austrian singer-songwriter whose music is informed by blues, country and Americana teaches us about how to subvert different genres...
Our guitar and production aficionado Dave Chrzanowski shows how different scales can be used to write riffs, melodies and solos...
néomí's Lessons Learned
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How I wrote ‘Big In Japan’ by Alphaville
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How I wrote 'Iris' by Goo Goo Dolls' John Rzeznik
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How I wrote 'Zombie' by The Cranberries' Dolores O'Riordan
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How I wrote ''74-'75' by The Connells
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How I wrote 'Luka' by Suzanne Vega
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How I wrote 'Death Of A Clown' by The Kinks' Dave Davies
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How I wrote One Direction's 'Little Things' by Fiona Bevan
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How I wrote 'In My Daughter’s Eyes' for Martina McBride
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How I wrote 'Turning Japanese' by The Vapors' David Fenton
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