September 2025

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10 Ways Your Life Can Be Used As A Songwriting Goldmine

One of the most authentic and sustainable ways to find ideas for songs is to turn your inspiration inward. Your life is a living, breathing source of stories, emotions, and observations just waiting to be written about. You don’t need to live a wild or dramatic life to write meaningful songs. You just need to […]

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Who Really Makes a Song a Hit: The Songwriter or the Audience?

It’s a question that gets thrown around a lot, often in frustration or reflection: “What makes a song a hit?” Is it the songwriter’s genius? The audience’s taste? A well-oiled marketing machine? Or just dumb luck? The short answer? It’s both the songwriter and the audience, but they don’t hold equal weight, and they’re rarely […]

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Why Writing In Long-Form Can Help You Write Better Song Lyrics

When people talk about songwriting, they usually focus on trimming things down, cutting the fat, tightening the line, getting straight to the point. And that would make sense. Songs are short. They’re compact emotional containers, designed to get in, hit hard, and stay with you. But here’s the twist: sometimes, the best way to write […]