Like anything, songwriting improves as one practices one’s craft. Practicing songwriting can often be a daunting task not only because it seems odd as a concept, but also because it requires admitting that your own songwriting needs improvement. Here are some tips on deconstructing songs to improve your own writing.

I bought my first Mac five years ago because of GarageBand, and it’s the best thing I ever did for my music. This amazing tool allows singer-songwriters from Ari Hest to Fallout Boy use it for everything from song sketches to full-blown final recordings.

In this post I’m going to show you how to setup your own songwriting templates in GarageBand so you can be ready to rock whenever the muse hits you. Pre-made templates will help you overcome writer’s block and are much more efficient than starting every song completely from scratch.

This idea has bounced around my mind for years as a dedicated songwriter, musician, and composer. How do people with no musical training hear music? It sounds like a strange question at first, but I believe they hear music from a totally different perspective. As a musician myself, I can only guess what that perspective may be like. In this post, I’ll cover how we as songwriters, musicians, audio engineers and producers hear music. And then I’ll make an attempt to guess how non-musicians appreciate music, and how it may be quite different.