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Three Reasons To Be Thankful You’re a Songwriter

We all know how difficult, frustrating and even scary songwriting can be. Being thankful for all of the good it brings us can help keep things in perspective.

Five Things Songwriters Can Do To Move Their Careers Forward

As a new songwriter, you may be overwhelmed by all there is to do when it comes to moving forward in your career. I’d compare the approach of this article…

Four Reasons It Pays for Songwriters To Be Patient

As long as you’re not planning on being a songwriter for this week only, take a deep breath, work on your songs and your career a little every day and…

Five Ways To Finish That Song You’ve Been Working on Forever

Sometimes songs come easy but you can’t always count on it working that way. The other side of the coin is when songwriting more closely resembles the extraction of a…

The Benefits of Stripping Down Your Song Demos

If you’re hoping to represent your song in a way that highlights what is unique in your melody and lyric and you’re hoping to pitch it to publishers or recording…

The Co-Writer Conundrum

Many Nashville-based music industry professionals recommend hooking up with established songwriters to help get their own foot in the door. Handy advice for someone who’s got Keith Urban’s home phone…

New York & Nashville: How the Songwriting Centers Differ

As a transplanted songwriter from Nashville to New York City, I’ve had the chance to observe, up close, the approaches to songwriting and the songwriting communities in both cities. While…

For Laurie Berkner, Music Is Child’s Play

In the following article, the first of two devoted to writing music for children, Laurie Berkner says that drawing on personal experience is the key to success.