Inspired by 12 legendary female artists, seasoned songsmith Sarah Jane Morris offers insights on crafting lyrics based on real-life stories...
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The American-Canadian alt-country singer-songwriter who performed as Oh Susanna offers advice on how to write about deep or hard subjects...
The Scottish singer-songwriter describes how she turned writings found on an old hard drive into new album ‘Into The Mountains’...
The award-winning songwriter draws from four decades on stage and screen to offer tips on adding humour to your lyrics...
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...
The New Yorker draws on three decades as a hip-hop artist to offer some invaluable advice to any would-be wordsmiths...
Drawing on his experience of writing and directing a full staged musical, Steve Kopandy shares his advice on crafting songs...
Struggling with writing your lyrics? Award-winning UK singer-songwriter Jane Taylor shares some useful ideas for getting the creative juices flowing...
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