It’s easy to fall into the same old routine by writing songs with the same basic chord structures, the same song forms, and similar melodies. Halfway into your set if somebody asks, “Hey, that sure sounds a lot like so-and-so,” that’s not so bad, but if you consistently get this kind of reaction with many of [...]

The first line of a song has to captivate the listener and should generally be related to the song title or theme of your song.  So how can we create killer lines that’ll make listeners salivate and keep them interested while moving the story forward? 
Experienced songwriters usually come up with attention-grabbing opening lines out of instinct, but [...]