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Are you in search of serious Songwriting Tools?
Is your songwriting producing great songs?
Are you writing SONGS
with a unique, clear vibe?
If you're not sure, you need to keep reading. It could change your life as a songwriter forever.
Did you know that every great song has one thing in common?
It doesn’t matter what style, what artist, what genre. All great songs have the perfect blend of rhythm, melody, and harmony to express a VIBE...
The Song’s Vibe!
That is what our site is all about.
We are all about helping you find the right vibe of each song in your songwriting process.
Great songs have it. That vibe, that mood, the groove, a feel - whatever you want to call it. You know what we mean... The magical quality of the song that transports you somewhere.
Songwriting is like weaving a blanket...you are crafting a song in a way that literally wraps around you.
It may comfort you, warm you, or smother you...But however it feels, it changes the atmosphere.
If you look closely at the weave of a blanket you see strands interwoven, holding together to create the final product.
We want to teach you to "weave" a great SONG VIBE. The "threads" we will be using are rhythms, keys, scales, chord progressions, and lyrics.
Whether it's Country, R&B, Pop, Christian, Jazz...whatever the style...
A GREAT SONG VIBE IS THE GOAL OF EVERY GREAT SONG!But you have to know that this is the goal!
Just imagine you are trying to put together a puzzle. Would you like to have a picture of what the finished product looks like? Of course you would! Knowing your goal is important!
The goal here is to create a great song vibe!
The vibe is just right when the music and the lyrics are married together perfectly. It is so perfect that it is difficult to imagine any other words being sung to that melody, those chord progressions, that rhythm – that song!
The Song's Vibe is complete!
Let’s be real. We don’t want to learn how to just write a song. We want to learn how to write a great song!
On this site you will find the songwriting tools, techniques, and understanding needed to craft a great song. How rhythm, melody, harmony and lyrics all work together to create a song's vibe.
We want to give you the skills and ability to develop a great Song Vibe!
A Great Song Vibe is absolutely necessary for a song to be great.
But it will not happen without understanding the goal and the steps to get there!
So let’s get started! Songwriting help that is free and available to you. It won’t happen overnight, but be patient with yourself. And before you know it, you will be writing GREAT VIBES!
How to Write Music and Find Your Own Vibe
Songwriters write songs. But are you discovering your own sound, your own vibe as you learn how to write music? Let us partner with you on that journey.
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Learning How to Write Lyrics That Hold Power
All lyricists want to know how to write lyrics that focus the song and mesmerize the listener.
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Songwriting Tips and Tools to help Beginners and Pros
Many years of experience have seasoned these songwriting tips. With topics like Avoiding Pitfalls, How to Find Simplicity, Keeping Your Song Focused, and Setting the Right Goals.
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Music Rhythm -- You've Gotta Feel It
We call it Rhythm Without the Blues. Learn to FEEL the various note values of music rhythm to help you in your songwriting.
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Music Theory Online: Let's Keep It Simple
Do eighth notes and quarter rests scare you off? Instead of offering all of music theory online, we teach the principals behind theory as tools and understanding for great songwriting.
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Songwriting Vibe Blog
The Vibe blog will keep you updated on new articles coming out on our site.
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Free Songwriting Tips that will Help you Keep It Simple
From Broadway to the Grammys - Simplicity always wins. Why? And how do you get there from here? Your fans won't recognize it as simplicity, do you? These free songwriting tips make it clear.
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10 Songwriting Techniques to Kill Your Song's Vibe
Most songwriting techniques are about what you should do to succeed. Here is a humorous, but truthful, look at what NOT to do.
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Music Scales: Melodies in Hiding
When you write melodies, you may or may not think in terms of music scales. But they are there...hiding. Identifying them and their patterns is one more power tool in songwriting.
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Musical Rhythm Problems and How to Solve Them
As a songwriter,musical rhythm can be your best friend or your worst enemy.Whichever...it's your constant companion.Let us help you smooth out the relationship and the grooves.
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Find out more about who we are and what we do.
Meet the married team that is behind Your-Songwriting-Vibe.com.
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Lyric Song Writing Tips: The Importance of Perspective
There are many song writing tips. But make sure you have the basics under your belt so you can grow as a songwriter
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How To Become A Musician: The Top 10 List
You've decided you want to become a musician. But how do you develop your own sound? Let us help you find your VIBE!
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Become a Songwriter Who Is Ready To Move with The Muse
When a song idea hits you, it is a magical moment. But too many times,the idea comes and goes. Become a songwriter who knows how to capture the vibe before it gets away!
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Beginner Songwriting - Part 1
The same questions hit all of us when learning how to write a song. Here is FAQ's for beginner songwriting.
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Beginner Songwriting Begins with a Hook
What's a song without a great HOOK? Learn what makes a hook "hook you". For Beginner Songwriting and beyond.
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Eighth Notes: Up, Down And All Around
Let me open you up to rhythm with our Walk and Talk Rhythm Method. Eighth notes are one in our series.
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Learn How to Read Music or Not: That is the Question
Some honest and insightful answers about whether or not you should learn how to read music.
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How to Write a Song - Follow Your Heart or Your Brain
When learning how to write a song, we sometimes get mixed messages. Find the balance.
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Learning How to Write Lyrics: Exploring Metaphors and Similes
The creative elements of metaphors and similes are powerful tools in learning how to write lyrics.
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How to Write Song Lyrics that Create the Song's Vibe
We can study how to write song lyrics from many perspectives. But ultimately, the goal is a great song vibe that pulls all of the elements of lyric writing together.
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Inspired Songwriting: A Three Step Journey to Success
The songwriter's journey often looks like the story of the Ugly Duckling. Trust the process of growth: Learning About, Learning to Do, Learning to Be. And Inspired Songwriting will Come
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Lyric Writing: You Have to Care and They Have to Care
What should I write about? And what do I want to say? Lyric Writing can be overwhelming. Let us simplify it.
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Major Scales: A Music Mystery that Moves Us
Do we need major scales? Where did they come from? What is the benefit in songwriting to know the answers to these and other questions?
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Music Writing That Uses a Blueprint
We can all go to home improvement centers and buy windows, doors, etc. But how many of us can really build a house? Music Writing Blueprints are Needed!
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Musical Chords That Give You Color.
Let's look at chord progressions and how to use musical chords effectively.
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Musical Notation Made Simple
Musical notation is just a tool...but a very useful one! Learn the basics one step at a time. Let's start with Rhythm.
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The Quarter Note: The Rhythm Family Tree Trunk
The quarter note is the basic root of all the rhythms you play. It is the Trunk of the Music Rhythm Tree. From Blues to Disco it lays the foundation.
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Sixteenth Notes are Fast and Fun
This is one in our note series: The Walk and Talk Rhythm Method. We are really cooking now, with sixteenth notes.
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Understanding Song Form is Essential
Do you know how to use song form to help deliver the song that you are writing?
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Song Writing Tips That Point Out Common and Costly Mistakes
This is an actual account of an audition gone amuck. Avoid these costly and common mistakes and give your song writing the boost it needs!
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Songwriting Ideas - Inspired But Not Overtired
Do you know where good Songwriting Ideas Come From?
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Tips for Songwriting That Put Your Energy Where It Counts
Setting Goals for any project is important.These tips for songwriting will focus your goals in both your motivation, and your musical growth and depth.
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Rolling Along with Triplets!
Triplets are Fun! Like rolling a ball instead of bouncing it. Learn to feel these notes and others in our Walk and Talk Rhythm Method.
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Write Your Own Music: Notation Shorthand
In order to write your own music down on paper - some notation of rhythm, melody, and chords is needed to capture the song. This is my own shorthand system that works great for me.
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Writing a Song is Storytelling : Asking the Right Questions
You have heard before that we should use the Who? What? Why? Where? and What's the Point? questions to help in writing a song. Do you know how to do that?
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Writing Lyrics and Alliteration - Writing With Words Which Work
Alliteration is a tool for writing lyrics. Understanding how to use it is key.
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Writing Song Lyrics Means Making Rhyme and Meter Work For You
These are a must know for writing song lyrics. Basic principals about rhyme and meter that can transform your writing.
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