The author Malcolm Gladwell gave me a renewed respect for traditional Country songwriting.  

You may have heard of the popular author Malcolm Gladwell.  He’s written 5 NY Times Best Sellers including Outliers, The Tipping Point and Blink, all…

In the Steve Jobs biography by Walter Isaacson, Steve discusses how a bootleg recording of the Beatles' "Strawberry Fields Forever" sessions helped him shape his business philosophy. 

Steve notes how the song became more complex and more perfect…

The original incarnation of the band we know today as Maroon 5 was originally a band with a very different sound and name. Kara's Flowers was formed by 4 of the 5 original members of Maroon 5 in…

Being a professional musician I get a chance to hear tons of original music by Indie songwriters. I play with plenty of bands, see other bands on the same bill, go to see all my friends shows, hear fellow indie…

When it comes to writing a song, or in any craft for that matter, some of the most interesting results come from when one breaks the rules. The one huge caveat that many songwriters forget when doing this is that…

Rules can be broken. But need to know rules before you can.Can break to get some effect, do for a reason.Know the parts of a songs structure and the purpose of each.CH, Verse, Bridge, Solo, intro, development, intro, outro, etc.Take…

So you want to know the entire history of classical music but don't have time to do a 4 year music history program at Julliard?  No problem here's my synopsis of all classical music over the last few hundred…

Way too often I hear original songs that start off real cool then somehow loose the listener, they are kind of run on or go nowhere. So here is my take on the “Chorus”. As I see it, verses are…