Songwriting Tip: Pictures and the Physical Plane

by Harriet Schock Whether it’s a song, a speech, a story or a novel, you have to use pictures. This is what we’re taught, this is what we observe, this is what we know to be true. When you hear a speech, you remember the examples the speaker gives to make his point....

Songwriting Tip: Dealing with Song Critiques

by Harriet Schock In my opinion, bad song critiquing has gotten more writers in trouble than bad songwriting. A bad song is simply a bad song. But bad song critiquing can hurt a good song. It’s frequently done by publishers, A&R people, music supervisors,...