Songwriting Lesson: How to Approach Writing Melodies Based on Lyrics

If your songs start with words first, here are some basic ways to approach writing melodies to those words. First analyze the lines from more mechanical point of view: Where are the strong words/syllables? Which syllables are long/short? Next, figure out what kind of feeling you want to convey in …

The Biggest Missed Opportunity in Writing Songs for Impact

If you are writing songs with lyrics, and if your goal is to create an emotional impact, then this is perhaps one of the fundamental concepts that you’ll want to keep in mind.  This is such an often-missed opportunity (even among songs that are very impactful already), though it is …

Eight Elements of an Impactful Song: an Overview

An impactful song is one where all the elements work together to form a cohesive, focused expression. Let’s think about this for a moment. Most of the time, a song is a short form where it just focuses on one feeling. There are longer songs that go through various sections …