Songwriter’s Secrets: Introduction to Songwriting-Want to write a song, but not sure where to start? In this series songwriter Sabrina Peña Young guides us through writing lyrics, melodies and harmonies.
Songwriter’s Secrets: First Steps in Song Writing-The first step to writing a new song is getting the lyrics down. Try these exercises and tips for finding inspiration and widening your rhyming vocabulary.
Songwriter’s Secrets: The Song Writing Process-Follow Sabrina Peña Young as she guides you step by step through the song writing and recording process using the example song Pink Slips and Baby Shoes.
Songwriter’s Secrets: John Anealio (interview)-Nerd culture inspired singer-songwriter John Anealio joins us for an interview to share his process for writing songs and advice for budding songwriters.
Songwriter’s Secrets: Lyrics-A complete guide to writing lyrics in 3 easy steps. Each step contains exercises to help you write catchy, original lyrics, and avoid the 3 basic blunders.
Songwriter’s Secrets: Mastering the Melody-Part of the songwriters secrets series, this tutorial explains how to write a catchy melody with examples and exercises to help you through the process.
Songwriter’s Secrets: Rocking Vocal Rhythms-Part of the songwriters secrets series, this article outlines the 2 methods for writing vocal rhythms, and 3 exercises to practice this important skill.
Songwriter’s Secrets: Writing Harmonies-Part of the songwriter's secrets series, this tutorial guides you through how to write harmonies. Learn this 6 step process and add harmonies to your songs.
Songwriter’s Secrets: Killer Arrangements-The final tutorial in Songwriter's Secrets guides you through how to arrange your song for maximum impact using re-mixes of Disney's Let it Go as examples.
Songwriter’s Secrets: Marc with a C (interview)-As the new album Unicorns Get More Bacon is released we catch up with the artist, Marc with a C, to discover his song-writing tips and insights.