Oct 5, 2026
Marty and Clay take on the rookie trap of writing one melody and then being unable to hear anything else — and hand over seven working tricks for shaking it loose, from moving your starting note, to singing outside the chord, to flipping the whole line upside down. Along the way Clay tells the story of a riff he sat on for two months that only unlocked when he sat down at a piano instead of his guitar — and became a Trisha Yearwood cut. The through line: hold your melody loosely, because there’s always a better one out there you haven’t written yet. Write on.
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