The Six Best DAWs for Songwriters
Once, producing professional-sounding music meant shelling out hundreds or thousands of dollars hiring a professional studio – or much more building your own. These were the Dark Ages of music production, a grim and barbaric era that ran roughly until the turn of the...
Five Songwriting Podcasts You’ll Love
One of my key philosophies here at The Song Foundry is that being a good songwriter is about being one of a kind. And to make what you write one of a kind, you have to make what you listen to and what you think about one of a kind. There’s tons of value in...
Five Great Online Songwriting Courses for Beginners
Here at The Song Foundry I try to create content that challenges and inspires songwriters to dive deep into the fundamentals of songwriting and think in fresh and creative ways. And that’s great if you already have the basics of songwriting and musicianship covered....
Should You Write Music or Lyrics First? Honestly, Either Is Good.
“So do you write the music or lyrics first?” If I got a dollar for every time someone asked me this at a party I’d make more money each month than most songwriters get paid for Spotify streams. And the honest answer is, it depends – and doesn’t really matter. As for...