How can a song become more interesting as it progresses? By being aware of verse development, prosody, contrasting sections and more!

Here's an exercise that will get you using imagery in your songs that an audience can relate to.

Let the music do the modifying!

What is a hook exactly and where should you put it?

Do you have one or two things that you do which make your songs all sound really similar to one another? Try getting out of your comfort zone.

What did Leonard Bernstein's "The Unanswered Question" have to do with songwriting? Let's find out!

What makes a song exciting to listen to from start to finish?

Where you put your lines in the musical bar makes all the difference in the emotion of the song.

If you do something twice in a song, don't do it again until you've done something else.

Rhyme works like harmony. It can be used to make your lines feel stable or unstable.