The Rules of the Road if you want to be a Hit Songwriter
1. Schedule time. Whether you are a full-time or part-time songwriter it is important to create a schedule where you set aside time each week to write. It has to be a place that allows you to focus on your songwriting with no distractions. Distraction is the enemy of creativity. During these sessions, if you come […]
If you contribute to a musical track, should you be a co-writer on a song?
These days it’s quite common to see four to twelve co-writers on a song. Apparently if you create a background track or come up with a bass or guitar line, this qualifies you to be considered one of the writers of the song. Producers are also commonly being listed as co-writers. Is this right and […]
What’s more important, the melody or the lyric?
Some people think melody rules and others think it’s the lyrics and there are strong arguments that support both beliefs. I’ve been a songwriter all of my life and I am privileged to have been able to do what I love most and to be successful at it. I would have to say that melody […]
Learning How to Write Songs
Learning how to write songs is not unlike learning how to play an instrument. The difference is, you have a teacher when you’re learning to play an instrument and you don’t have one when you’re learning to write songs. Almost anyone can learn to play an instrument, but not everyone can learn to write a […]
The Ten Commandments of Songwriting
See the Ten Commandments of Songwriting according to Barry DeVorzon, a Grammy winning songwriter and President of MasterWriter.
Can a melody created by artificial intelligence be copyrighted?
Damien Riehl and his partner Noah Rubin seem to think so. Damien Riehl is an attorney and self-described musician/songwriter and Noah Rubin is a programmer and self-described musician/songwriter. They created a program and an algorithm that they claim has written every melody possible. They further claim that since they put this vast amount of information […]
