Songwriting camps can be exciting and awesome, but also kind of dull if things fail to pan out the way they should. We collected some pointers covering a wide range of topics, possibly helping you mak…
Ways to Stay Musically Hungry
A possible challenge for many D.I.Y. Musicians is staying on top of things, and staying musically hungry. Especially if you’re handling so many different lines of work. Marketing, PR, artwork an…
Two Sides of the Creative Coin: The Artist and the Service Provider
There comes a point where most artists begin to engage in freelance work. Moving beyond the output of their own musical ambitions, jobs may a come along for other creative teams, like writing or produ…
4 Co-writing Tips for Avid Songwriters
Diving into a co-writing session is a great way of expanding your creative horizon. Apart from shaping important aspects of your overall craft, collaborative writing also nourishes various soft skills…
Benefits of a Strong Music Writing Routine
Setting up a strong music writing routine can help your entire songwriting and production flow. Even though the creative chaos is a cliché often confirmed, implementing some routine within a writing s…
Things a Kickass Song Layout Should Achieve
While in the phase of collecting ideas for new tracks and release formats, we’re all in search of that song layout to elevate the whole creative process. Sometimes you’ll write something e…
Effective Ways to Improve Your Collaboration
Working on collaborations can and should be an exciting, stimulating challenge.You’ve probably made the experiences, that some matches just work – while others seem more complicated or top-heavy…
How Solid Musical Ideas Evolve Into Great Ones
Often, solid musical ideas loose their magic in the process. This has several reasons, sometimes the dynamic of a creative situation, sometimes just bad luck. To keep you on track when laying down new…
Writing up a Storm – Creating an Effective, Inner Songwriting Space
Some artists have the stoicism to write music or lyrics anywhere. They scrap up ideas on the subway, on a commute, no mater how loud or noisy it might be. Others need more quiet and peaceful places to…
3 Lifehacks to Superboost Your Songwriting Output
Being able to sit, write and finish a song, even when you are not inspired by anything, is something any serious writer should be able to do when the songwriting needs to get done. Most of us have had…