Verse-Chorus form is the bread and butter of songwriting structure: dependable, popular and versatile. Here’s how it does what it does.

British actor and comedy writer John Cleese discusses how you can learn to use your brain’s hard-wiring to push it to its maximum creative potential.

“So wait, do the music or the lyrics come first?” is a question every songwriter gets asked sooner or later. And the honest answer is, it doesn’t matter. All that matters is that they work well together in the end.

Travel is great for the soul whatever you do. As artists, it’s one of the best ways to grow.

There’s a simple way to beat writer’s block and procrastination for good: get started and don’t let yourself stop for at least twenty minutes. You’ll often find that once you pop, you can’t stop.