9 Ways to Make Sure Your Song Takes Us on a Journey
Picture this: you're driving in your car, listening to the radio. A song comes on that you've never heard before. So you give it a chance. You listen for a...
Songwriting
How to Write Better Song Arrangements around Vocals
Whether you're a beginning songwriter recording a simple demo, or a seasoned music producer working on your next hit, sooner or later you're bound to...
The Art (and Struggle) of Finishing a Song
Many songwriters cite “finishing” as the most difficult aspect of writing a song. When do you stop tracking? When do you stop mixing? How do you...
Interview: Owl City on Songwriting, Film Scoring, and Using RX
You may know Adam Young as the guy behind Owl City, his one-man electronic music project whose 2009 song "Fireflies” has since gone 7x...
Staying Prolific 10 Songwriting Tips To Help You Finish More Songs
There's a saying among professional writers, clichéd but true: writers write. This could easily be applied in many disciplines, and music production is no...
