Songwriting Videos

Debunking Songwriting Myths You Picked Up (Just By Being A Music Lover)

Do you need some myth-busting when it comes to songwriting? Just being a music fan can set us up to form the belief that there is something mystical and magical about the creation of our favourite songs. But the fact that songwriting can be personal doesn't mean it's purely mystical or unteachable and unlearnable. Get the right songwriting mindset here.

Learn Every Note on the Guitar Neck — The Easy Way! 🎸

If you’ve ever tried to memorize the fretboard and found it boring or impossible, this video will completely change how you learn.

I’ll show you a simple, uniquely effective method I've developed over 20 years teaching guitar — it works for everyone from total beginners to seasoned players with fretboard ‘gaps’. Learn it in three minutes here: learn the fretboard .

5 Ways To Write Songs Like The Beatles

Wish you could write songs like The Beatles? Discover five simple-to-apply chord progression techniques with examples – as used by The Beatles and other legendary songwriters - that can hope you level up your chord progressions. Write chord progressions like The Beatles

How To Choose The Best Chords For Your Song - (many songwriters don’t know this simple technique)

Ever wondered if there was a better way to choose chords for your songs? What if you knew exactly where to look for chord choices that complement your lyrics and give you the right amount of lift for different songs and song sections? “Check out this video for a simple but powerful way to build chord progressions that match your songs.”

Instant Chord Upgrade

Do you write songs on guitar? Ever get bored of how the chords are sounding? Try these simple changes you can make in how you’re playing the chords to transform how the chord progression sounds – with special guest acoustic guitar expert Simon Candy. Instant chord upgrade

Pick The Perfect Chords: The Songwriter’s guide to chords in a key.

Ever found yourself baffled as to how chords relate or what people mean by the ‘chords in a key’? This short video explains how we derive the chords in a key and how we can use that knowledge creatively as songwriters

3 Songwriting prompts to instantly spark creativity (free pdf inside)

Fight off the blank page monster with these three simple but powerful songwriting prompts designed to help you develop your ideas. Whether you’re new to songwriting or a seasoned pro, these prompts will inspire new possibilities and help you tap into the themes you’re interested in exploring in your writing. Click here to try 3 techniques to start songs .

Writing Lyrics: Do’s and Don’ts

How do you know if you’ve written a good lyric?

We usually judge our work according to whether we feel that we like it or not. Our preferences are of great importance, but this by itself doesn’t help us know how to improve our drafts. This video gives you helpful perspectives on how to know if you’ve written good lyrics and how to improve them:

How To Develop Musical Ideas To Create Dynamic Guitar Riffs

NEW!Many guitar players can come up with good riffs with a bit of trial and error. And then they just repeat them over and over... but just repeating a riff does not a song make. Today I will show you how I helped a guitar player by taking one of his riff and showing him lots of variations that he can use in his song. Click here to watch a video with a lot of juicy examples on how to develop a guitar riff into a song

What Instruments Should A Songwriter/Composer Know How To Play?

This is a question that I receive surprisingly often: "Hey Tommaso, what instruments do I need to learn to become a good songwriter? I already play instrument X, but I was wondering if I should branch out". Incidentally, it's also a great question! Click here to find out what are the three master instruments for songwriting and how they can help you become a great composer.

Creating Memorable Melodies By Selective Repeating

The first thing that 99% of the listeners notice in a song is the melody of the song. But if you open a composition or music theory book, you'll find chapters and chapters about chords and musical forms, but very little on how to write a melody. And yet there is a lot that can be taught and learned about melodies. Click here to see a simple "secret" passed down from the master composers that will make you write great melodies in few minutes. Guaranteed.

How To Get Endless Musical Inspiration And Never Experience Writer's Block

Every songwriter has had moments where inspiration just does not come. It does not have to be this way. Lots of people think that inspiration is something that "just comes to you", but the reality is that there is a lot you can do to make inspiration flow again. Click here to see me explaining a young songwriter how to free his inspiration and be creative

How To Use Musical Form To Write Great Songs

How do you go from a single musical idea to a whole song? This seems to be literally everybody's problem: I never met a songwriter that did not have to face it in their career. It's actually really easy once you figure it out, as many people already have studied the solution to it in depth: you use "musical forms" to "cast" your ideas into a full composition. If you don't know anything (or just a little) about musical form yet, then you may not see right now how this help... so I will explain to you how to use musical form to finish a song. Click here to see how to use musical for to write great songs and finally finish all the songs that are waiting unfinished on your hard drive,

How To Be Ready When Musical Inspiration Strikes

When inspiration strikes, you need to be ready for it. The more you practiced the technical side of your songwriting, the easier the song will come out of you... and the more and better songs you will be able to write. But how exactly can you practice your songwriting? Here are three easy ways that you can practice your songwriting skills, wether you are a beginner or an advanced songwriter

How To Capture Inspiration And Write A Song With It

What is the very first thing you should do when you are struck by inspiration? Grab your instrument and start composing? Fire up your computer to record your ideas? And how these ideas worked for you so far? if you are like most songwriters, by doing these things you lose inspiration very fast. So what should you do? Click here to see what is the first thing to do when inspiration strikes and you'll see that you will be able to write (and finish!) many more songs jus by doing this little simple thing.

What Is The Most Important Skill For A Songwriter To Master?

What is the MOST important skill that a songwriter needs to master? What is the skill that will make everything else easier for a songwriter? What is the skill that is a great starting point for a beginner songwriter to study? Click here to see what is the most important songwriting skill and how by learning it you will move to the next level.