Writing Great Songs: How Many Years Does It Take To Become A Great Songwriter? (Part 2)
Writing Great Songs: How Many Years Does It Take To Become A Great Songwriter? (Part 2) Francesca de Valence, Founder April 2021 Further to our 'How Many Years Does It Take To Become a Great Songwriter? (Part 1)' blog, we have some common behind the scenes insights to writing great songs that many people overlook. To be a great songwriter, consider the following: Songwriters spend years developing musical skills Whilst not all songwriters
How Many Years Does It Take To Become a Great Songwriter? (Part 1)
How Many Years Does It Take To Become a Great Songwriter? Francesca de Valence, Club Founder 9 December 2021 Whilst not all songwriters play a musical instrument or sing, many do. Often playing an instrument is an effective way to communicate songwriting ideas. Songwriters might spend 5-10 years attending piano, guitar, singing lessons. They practice each day to become proficient at expressing themselves musically. Developing these skills costs money, takes time and
Finding a New Song: Tamika Collins’ Songwriting Journey
Finding a New Song: Tamika Collins' Songwriting Journey Tamika Collins, Club Member 17 November 2021 It’s October 26th, 2021; in my inbox is an email from multi-award-winning Australia Country music star Gina Jeffreys, subject line “Hey Tamika…” with an attachment of a voice memo recording of the song we had co-written the day before - I pinch myself! Let’s rewind to early 2019. I had written 20 songs over ten years, and
Club Conversations: What Does Songwriting Bring to Your Life?
What Does Songwriting Bring To Your Life? Club member Pat Tierney In the second instalment of our 'Club Conversations' series, we asked songwriters what songwriting brings to their life? The benefits of songwriting can be a game-changer in terms of empowerment, wellness and purpose. Read on to see what Club members, like Pat Tierney (pictured above), had to say. Growth Lap slide guitarist and roots troubadour Pat Tierney shares that songwriting brings him “calmness & stillness, a sense of
Our Top 5 Inspired Tips to Spice Up Your Songwriting Process
Our Top 5 Inspired Tips to Spice Up Your Songwriting Process Club Member, Anthony Snape When you’re regularly writing songs, it makes sense that things can get a bit dull in the songwriting room. So each week in I Heart Songwriting Club, we offer our members inspired tips to spice up their songwriting process. If you want to know how to make songwriting easier, here are a few songwriting tips that we’ve shared in I Heart Songwriting Club over
Club Conversations: Why Is Songwriting Important to You?
Club Conversations: Why Is Songwriting Important to You? At I Heart Songwriting Club, we are all about inspiring and empowering songwriters to be their best. We also know our members have some amazing insights and wisdom to share about their songwriting experience. As the first instalment in our 'Club Conversations' series, we asked our members some of the biggest songwriting questions there are to discover gems of wisdom from songwriters living their wildest creative dreams. Why is
Lost Momentum? 4 Simple Songwriting Steps for How to Begin Again
Lost Momentum? 4 Simple Songwriting Steps for How to Begin Again Francesca de Valence, Founder 17 September 2021 Our Club members tell us that they write songs because of the joy and wellness it brings to their life. But what if you’re a songwriter who has lost the drive and momentum to write songs, swallowed up by demands with no time or space to write? This blog lays out four simple steps
How Peer Feedback Can Ignite, Empower and Transform Your Songwriting
How Peer Feedback Can Ignite, Empower and Transform Your Songwriting Francesca de Valence, Founder July 2021 Do you want to ignite, empower and transform your songwriting? Do you want to take your songwriting doubts to songwriting clout? What if some of the ‘stories’ you’re telling yourself about your songwriting aren’t serving you to move forward and become the songwriter you’ve always dreamed of? I was 12 when I first started writing songs.
How To Write An Album A Year With Ease
How To Write An Album A Year With Ease Francesca de Valence, Founder June 2021 Are you a songwriter who has hundreds of song ideas captured on your phone? Voice memos of melody ideas, verse ideas, banger chorus ideas that came to you in an inspired moment? Or maybe you've got a book filled with lyric ideas that you have great intentions of going back to so you can one day write
What’s the Next Step in Your Songwriting Journey?
What's the Next Step in Your Songwriting Journey? Francesca de Valence, Founder March 2021 To get to where you want to be in your songwriting journey, writing the songs you want to write, having the successes you wish to have, you need to know three things: Where you are at now What your dream destination is What the next steps are to take to get you where you want to be If
