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My Songwriting Process in 10 Steps
Earlier, I posted about using Soundslice to write my latest song, “Two Trees”. Today, I’ll give you the origin story of “Two Trees” as a case study for how to generate lyric ideas and to develop a song. I recently joined a women’s songwriting circle. As the first assignment, each of us were challenged to…
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Jamming with Banned Books : Music-first Songwriting
Writing a song doesn’t have to be complicated. A simple song is just lyrics and a melody, think Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star or Suzanne Vega’s Tom’s Diner (before DNA got a hold of it). However, you may itch to add more depth and texture to your song, but wonder how to add music to your…
Lyrical Thinking 