Learn directly from some of the world’s greatest songwriters – wherever you are and whatever you’re up to – with these five excellent songwriting podcasts.

Mark Twain famously said ‘I never let my schooling interfere with my education’. In this awesome video philosopher Alan Watts puts our schooling systems into perspective. With animation by Matt Stone and Trey Parker.

It’s not enough just to create great work. You have to get it out there. When this means impressing the right people with your demos, you owe it to yourself to create only the best.

In last week’s article I laid out five (well, eight) ways to write better lyrics. Here are eight more.

It can be tempting to feel jealous and insecure around other people’s success. But that won’t do you any favors.