by Ed Bell | Nov 16, 2020 | Lyric Tools, Music Tools
This is article is based on my book How to Write a Song (Even If You’ve Never Written One Before and You Think You Suck). You can also explore this process in even more detail in my new How to Write a Song Video Course. How do you write a song? It’s a...
by Ed Bell | May 24, 2018 | Inspiration, Lyric Tools, Music Tools
Songs prompts, oh, song prompts. If I’m honest, I have mixed feelings. I don’t really do writing by numbers. I get nervous around anything for songwriters that sounds like spoon-feeding. And I think the most important thing a songwriter – well, anyone –...
by Ed Bell | Jan 15, 2018 | Lyric Tools, Music Tools
Here’s an important truth about coming up with new song ideas: you should write about what interests and inspires you, not what some internet listicle tells you to. So if you were expecting a 100-item list, I’m sorry to deflate your dirigible. Instead, I’m going...
by Ed Bell | Oct 4, 2017 | Inspiration, Lyric Tools, Music Tools
One of the most exciting things about creating new things is that there are lots of ways of creating new things. As I talk about in The Art of Songwriting, a song is made up bit by bit and piece by piece. It doesn’t really matter which bit you start with. It doesn’t...
