March 2026
Why Songwriters Struggle to Finish Songs (And How to Fix It)
If you’re like most songwriters, you probably have a graveyard somewhere. Not an actual graveyard of course… but a folder on your computer, a notebook, or a voice memo list filled with half-finished songs (I know I do). Starting songs is easy but finishing them? That’s where things get interesting. Recently I came across a […]
How Wide Should Your Musical Listening Be as a Songwriter?
If you want to become a better songwriter, one piece of advice comes up again and again: “Listen to more music.” But what does that actually mean? Should you stay inside your chosen genre and master it? Or should you explore everything from jazz to metal to electronic to classical? If you go too narrow, […]