Critique Your Own Songs: 6 Songwriting Questions That Can Teach You How!
My #1 goal in doing mentoring sessions is to help people learn how to critique their own songs… I’m trying to work my way out of a job, in a sense. If writers learn to critique their own work, then they don’t depend on me or anyone else to tell them when their songs are…
Read More3 Creative Ways For Songwriters To Make Money With Music
These days there are more ways to make money with music than you might imagine. These are not always huge money makers, but they can provide significant income if you get enough songs recorded in these areas. 1) Internet soap operas. I have a friend who made several thousand dollars in one day by selling…
Read MoreThe Truth About Pitching Songs (Revised 2021)
One of the biggest areas in which Clay and I see songwriters being scammed is in the area of pitching songs. There are untold numbers of services that will GLADLY take your money to “pitch your song”. But here is the truth about pitching songs… There are two big reasons that this pitching songs arena…
Read More4 Rookie Mistakes Songwriters Make
Act Like You Know! In the music business, your best bet is to try and ACT like you know what you are doing, even if you don’t. You want to come across to people like you know how things work in the big leagues even if you are just trying out for the farm team…
Read MoreSongwriters: Should You Pay Your Co-Writer To Demo Your Song?
5 Songwriting Scenarios… Recently, we had a lively and awesome debate in the private SongTown Masterclass page on Facebook about whether or not a “track guy” (Or girl) should charge their co-writers for building a track/demo for their song. There truly is no one right or wrong answer to that question. There might be times…
Read More5 Things I Would Tell My Younger Songwriter Self
Someone recently asked me what I wish I had known when I first started trying to be a professional songwriter. There’s a lot of advice I WISH someone had given me back then, but here are a few things I would share with my younger songwriter self based on what I know now. Don’t put…
Read MoreThe SongTown Difference – A Songwriter’s Edge
A home that’s unique for songwriters… In a world where there are an increasing number of options for songwriters to gather and to get education, Clay and I feel it is important from time to time to remind everyone of the things that make SongTown different from any other songwriting community you might be a…
Read MoreSongwriters: Each Part Of A Song Lyric Has A Job
The Basics Of Lyric Writing… For those who are new to songwriting or for those who just want to remind themselves of the fundamentals, here are some of the basics of songwriting. Intro The instrumental piece that starts the song and sets the musical tone for the song. This piece establishes the groove or feel…
Read More5 Music Business Mistakes To Avoid
Over the years, I have made a lot of mistakes that hurt my career chances in the music business. And, I’ve observed a lot of people crashing and burning because of miscalculations in their own music efforts. So, I thought I’d write about 5 of the big ones as a cautionary tale for those of…
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