Choruses need a completely different approach than song verses. Think of them in terms of “setup” and “payoff”
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Today’s Songwriting Tip | Halving Note Values
When looking to add a little variation, try halving the note values in your song’s chorus. It will make it seem as though you’ve increased the tempo, although you really haven’t.
Today’s Songwriting Tip | Dynamic Shifts
Spreading dynamic shifts throughout your songs is an excellent way to maintain listener interest.
Today’s Songwriting Tip | Refine Your Songs
You aren’t going to write a masterpiece song every time you put pen to paper. Get your ideas down and refine them. Rome wasn’t conquered in a day.
Today’s Songwriting Tip | Collaboration & Dialogue
Collaboration opens the avenue for a meaningful and fruitful creative dialogue. At least, when it’s done right.
Today’s Songwriting Tip | Song Emphasis
Placing emphasis on certain words in a #song can be an effective way to communicate its story and create rhythm.
Today’s Songwriting Tip| Turning a Negative into a Positive
Writing is one of the few places where you can take a negative experience and transform it into a positive. Do this effectively with your songs, and you could have a hit on your hands.
Today’s Songwriting Tip | Dynamics & Arrangement, Tension & Release
Dynamics and simple arrangement techniques can be instrumental in leveraging tension and release with your songs’ listeners.
Today’s Songwriting Tip | Using Cadences for Momentum
If you’re using a cadences to add momentum or emphasis to your song’s chorus, try not to use them in the verse. Otherwise you run the risk of writing a song that doesn’t have any energy or impact.
Today’s Songwriting Tip | Rhyme Scheme
Having a strong rhyme scheme creates an almost hypnotizing effect for your songs; it practically forces people into a listening mode.
Today’s Songwriting Tip | Song Key
Today’s Songwriting Tip: For the sake of variety and generating listener interest, try to avoid writing all your songs in the same key.
Today’s Songwriting Tip | Unfinished Song File
Today’s Songwriting Tip: Start keeping a file of your unfinished songs. Sometimes it takes time and a different perspective for your artistic works to attain their full potential.
Today’s Songwriting Tip | Infrequent Inspiration
Having infrequent moments of inspiration doesn’t mean you’re uninspired or unimaginative. It happens to even the most prolific musicians.
Today’s Songwriting Tip | Ideal Setting for Writing Songs
An inspiring setting and good company can be highly conducive to writing inspired songs.













