Here’s one of my favourite songwriting tips My friend and fellow songwriter Matt Blick recently – http://www.mattblick.com/2012/10/you-need-deadlines-slight-return.html – wrote a blog post full of songwriting tips about the importance of deadlines. I am not QUITE shamelessly ripping it off, but the third lesson I wish to share with you is a similar title extolling… Songwriting Tips:
A number of students ask me about ‘vocal consistency’, how one day their voice feels great and they can do anything with it… and the next it feels horrible and it won’t even string a couple of words together… how can we develop a voice that is relatively consistent one day to the next? There
I was recently watching a Youtube seminar by a guy called Ralph Murphy. Who? Well, most of you will never have heard of him, but he was a songwriter of over 50 years, has toured the world as a performer, writer and teacher. He was a Vice-President within ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and
Following on from my last post on songwriting, I wanted to share another more songwriting tips that have really hit home over the summer: “Write about anything, whether nothing or nonsense” …Say what? Writer’s block? When I got to a certain stage in my songwriting, I always wrote about something. It always had meaning, no
Write more songs, write better songs, and write songs faster As a singer, musician and songwriter, I want to write better songs. I also want to write more songs, and write songs faster. So much so that it pains me when I can’t finish a song… because I’m still not happy with the way the
So, how many of you play guitar? Whether you play guitar or have ever seen a guitarist play, you will likely have come across something called a ‘capo’. What this nifty gadget does is make it possible to shift songs from one key to another, without having to change what the fingers would be doing.
As a full-time vocal coach, I take singing pretty seriously. At my Nottingham vocal coaching studio I have a huge range of microphones for myself and clients. But I need to have a reliable workhorse microphone to hand whenever I need one – enter the Rode M1. If you’re looking to pick one up, here’s
The last few weeks I’ve been listening to lots of Stevie Wonder – he is an absolute monster songwriter and vocalist. This one is particularly excellent. In particular, check out the epic key changes and effortless pure high notes towards the end. The man is unbelievable. I should also point out that he is a
