The NJ-based songwriting teacher explains how to stock up on musical and lyrical ideas that can naturally inspire new songs...
Tag Archives: lyrics
The space between words… Soulful singer-songwriter Josephine Oniyama explains how you can best use wordless passages to enhance your compositions...
Share your truth with KT Tunstall; submit a verse and chorus of lyrics and you could win our latest competition...
Experienced session guitarist Jake Gakovik takes us through the basic elements of song craft: form, lyrics, melody, harmony and rhythm...
Professional songwriting coach James Linderman was asked what to do if you can only write song lyrics. Here’s his answer…...
Nashville songwriting coach Mark Cawley gives us an extract from his book ‘Song Journey’, offering some helpful advice for lyricists...
Founder of The Song Foundry, Ed Bell presents us with two powerful lyric-writing techniques: creating list lyrics and using contrast...
A new report has identified the importance of lyrics to consumers streaming music in parts of Europe and North America...
Struggling with writing your lyrics? Award-winning UK singer-songwriter Jane Taylor shares some useful ideas for getting the creative juices flowing...
Celebrating the lyrics that gave The Sisters Of Mercy an artistic edge over a thousand and one 80s ‘goff’ outfits...
Ten great lyrical couplets that have inspired, stimulated and entertained us over the years… and ten that sadly have not!...
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How I wrote 'Enola Gay' by OMD's Andy McCluskey
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How I wrote Art Garfunkel's 'Bright Eyes' by Mike Batt
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Shelf help: 25 of the best books for songwriters [March 2023]
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Interview: Half Moon Run's Devon Portielje
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How I wrote 'Luka' by Suzanne Vega
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How I wrote 'Zombie' by The Cranberries' Dolores O'Riordan
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How I wrote 'The Life Of Riley' by The Lightning Seeds' Ian Broudie
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How I wrote Robbie Williams' 'Millennium' by Guy Chambers
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How I wrote 'Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime' by The Korgis' James Warren
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