Songwriter Advisor Blog

If you ever need songwriting help or if you doubt any aspect of your songwriting for whatever reason, there are plenty of free songwriting resources to turn to on the worlwide web. 

As much as I’d like to think of this SongwriterAdvisor.com blog and its parent website, SongwriterAdvisor.com as your “one stop shop” for songwriting resources, that would be egotistical and foolish! There is so much free songwriting help on various websites, and you just have to weed through information you believe will help your particular issue or stage of learning how to write songs. 

It pays to spread your knowledge out and learn as much as you can from all songwriting resources available.  I myself, have been a long-time fan of Muses Muse which I still consider to be one of the best complete songwriting resources, and quite a few other websites listed at the bottom of this blog.

Most songwriting webmasters launch their websites simply out of love for the craft of songwriting, and to share their usually vast experience and knowledge with fellow songwriters.  If they make a little advertising income from the process so that it at least pays for hosting, then that’s fine also.  But I can tell you this;  the time put in to maintain the average songwriting website yields less than .050 cents an hour!  This is because “songwriting” is simply not a sought after or highly clicked “niche” market, and it takes a lot of effort to map out successful techniques for songwriters.

But looking through the internet, it’s easy to see how much time and effort songwriters have put forth in making their blogs and websites beneficial to other songwriters.  I’ve always tried to keep an open mind and learn from as many resources as possible, so today, without blowing smoke, I want to sincerely thank the songwriting webmaster community for pursuing their love for songwriting, and for providing their songwriting resources so that we can all better ourselves in the process.  With that said, I would also like to remind all songwriters there is a wealth of knowledge waiting to be devoured by placing keywords such as “songwriting help” and “free songwriting tips” into your Google search box!

With all the daily stress going on in our lives, it’s terribly easy to lose focus on our songwriting.  This can sometimes result in gradually losing interest for our love of the craft of songwriting.  It seems like many aspiring songwriters become intensely interested in songwriting only to lose interest after learning the basics and putting in a great amount of effort, saying they just don’t have the time or the energy because of prior commitments, rehearsals, studio work, etc., and, hey, our drummer is our songwriter, so we’re perfectly okay with that! 

I don’t care what anybody says, if you’re someone struggling to pay the rent or mortgage, barely staying afloat, eating nothing but peanut butter and jelly sandwiches 4 days before payday, you’re eventually going to hit a wall!  But, hey! Many of us have been there!  I know I have.  I know what it’s like to wonder how to make it through another few days without starving, losing my shelter, and/or going berserk.

If you’re someone who needs a little push right now to get you back on track for whatever reason or to simply get you started in songwriting, understand the following:

1.  Songwriting can actually be a spiritual process in which your original creations can actually lift your spirits up higher than almost anything on this planet.  If you don’t believe me, ask a local musician how he felt after writing a certain song you enjoyed at his last show or set. 

2.  Songwriting is one of the most inexpensive musical roads anyone can take.  It usually requires your mind, a good songwriting book, a pencil, and a pad to get you started.  Average start-up cost = 20.00 (this doesn’t include your mind-that’s priceless of course!)

3.  I’m a fellow songwriter and I’m counting on you to continue developing as a songwriter just as I have always try to do, so that we can all be a strong link in a worldwide chain of songwriters for the betterment of this beautiful craft of songwriting throughout the world. 

No excuses.  Do it for yourself.  Do it for the love of songwriting.  Do it for all of mankind.  The world needs songwriters and that includes you!  Without songwriters the only melody we would hear is a monotonic middle “C” note on a piano hanging onto the airwaves!  Because of us, people can actually enjoy a flurry of melodically masterful notes dancing through the airwaves!

We all need each other. Let’s go!!!