Songwriter Theory

►► Download the 20 Ways To Start Writing A Song Cheat Sheet here: http://songwritertheory.com/freeguide/

In this bonus episode of the Songwriter Theory Podcast, we're continuing to talk about your #1 biggest songwriting struggles. We'll be talking about:

►► Download the 20 Ways To Start Writing A Song Cheat Sheet here: http://songwritertheory.com/freeguide/

In this episode of the Songwriter Theory Podcast, we're talking about the 3 Simple Steps To Create a 2024 Songwriting Plan You'll Actually Accomplish.

We all have dreams, but we need to create goals off of our dreams, then break those goals down into habits that actually inform the day-to-day of how we accomplish our goals.

0:00 Introduction

2:35 Step 1: What Would Make You Thrilled A Year From Now?

9:03 Step 2: Create Tangible Goals

14:27 Step 3: Create Supplementary Habits

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In this episode of the Songwriter Theory Podcast, we're talking about the easiest way to write a song if you're overwhelmed with songwriting. There are a nearly infinite number of ways to write songs. We can start with chords, melody, lyrics, different song sections, hooks, and more!

So, naturally this can be pretty overwhelming. In this podcast, we're going to just talk about the single easiest way to write a song. This is by far the easiest if you don't know any music theory or meter and is even the easiest for those of us that are leveraging great writing tools like music theory, meter, rhyme, story structure, and more.

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0:00 Introduction

2:00 The Background Logic To This Songwriting Method

10:49 Step 1: Write the Chord Progression or Song Engine

16:33 Step 2: Write the Melody

23:12 The Easiest Song Section Writing Order

27:19 Step 3: Write Lyrics

32:47 Detailed Version of my Favorite Songwriting Process

►► Download the 20 Ways To Start Writing A Song Cheat Sheet here: http://songwritertheory.com/freeguide/

In this bonus episode of the Songwriter Theory Podcast, we're continuing to talk about your #1 biggest songwriting struggles. We'll be talking about:

►► Download the NEW 20 Ways To Start Writing A Song Cheat Sheet here: http://songwritertheory.com/freeguide/

In this episode of the Songwriter Theory Podcast, we're talking about 3 easy ways to stop overthinking your song. It can be so easy to run into writer's block when we are overthinking our songs. Overthinking can come from different places such as perfectionism, a lack of a plan, or even allowing our knowledge to get in the way of what SOUNDS right in our song. So let's talk about 3 easy ways to STOP OVERTHINKING your songs and actually keep songwriting.

►► Download the 6-Step Lyric Writing Checklist here: https://songwritertheory.com/lyricchecklist/

 ►► Download the 20 Ways To Start Writing A Song Guide here: http://songwritertheory.com/freeguide/

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In another bonus episode of the Songwriter Theory Podcast, we're breaking down more of your songwriting struggles and challenges.

In this episode, we'll be talking about:

►► Download the 20 Ways To Start Writing A Song Cheat Sheet here: http://songwritertheory.com/freeguide/

In this episode of the Songwriter Theory Podcast, we're going to talk about 3 Things That Will Make You A Better Songwriter You Don’t Want To Hear.

We can't just talk about what we need to hear that we WANT to hear, so sometimes we have to go through the painful process of hearing what we DON'T want to hear.

We'll be talking about things like:

So let's talk about some tips that will help you become a better songwriter, even if it's not what you want to hear.

►► Download the 6-Step Lyric Writing Checklist here: https://songwritertheory.com/lyricchecklist/

In this episode of the Songwriter Theory Podcast, we're talking about how we can write more songs in 2024.

Obviously we also want to up our quality of song, but we also want to become more efficient at writing songs, more quick to eliminate blockers and bottlenecks, and just have the best songwriting year of our lives in 2024.

So we're going to break down a few ways to do that.

We'll talk about: 

Let's talk about it!

0:00 Intro 

2:55 Incorporate Songwriting Sprints 

11:07 Practice Doing What's Needed, Not What You Most Feel Like 

17:40 Consistency: Little Shifts Over Heavy Lifts 

26:22 Have a Songwriting Process

►► Download the 20 Ways To Start Writing A Song Guide here: http://songwritertheory.com/freeguide/

In this bonus episode of the Songwriter Theory Podcast, we're continuing our discussion of YOUR biggest songwriting struggles, challenges, and pain points. We'll be addressing things like:

0:00 Intro

2:05 Finishing Songs

8:31 How To Leverage Life Circumstances Into Songs

14:22 Do I Need To Learn More About Songwriting Before I Start?

22:12 I'm Confused About Where My Song Should Go

25:45 Establishing Meter (Establishing Syllable or Emphasis Pattern)

31:52 Point of View In Songs

38:17 Metaphors + Similes

►► Download the 20 Ways To Start Writing A Song Guide here: http://songwritertheory.com/freeguide/

In this bonus episode of the Songwriter Theory Podcast, we're continuing to talk about your biggest songwriting pain points, struggles, and challenges.

We'll cover things like: