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If you're into apps, these won't necessarily make you a better songwriter, but they might be fun and even inspirational! Evolver.fm has apps for songwriting for just about every platform. Click HERE to check them out!

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What Fred Taught Me

Fred Booker

I started writing songs when I was about 12, but it wasn’t until I was almost 20 that I took my first songwriting workshop. It was an 8 week course, facilitated by a fellow named Fred Booker. Fred was a real character and a great teacher, who was born in Chicago and [...]

Song Forms and Terms – A Quick Study

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None of us likes to think that we require any “structure” to our writing…that we just pour out our thoughts and feelings, resulting in a perfect song. That may be true on a personal level…however, chaos is a pretty difficult thing for others to listen to! In [...]

Songwriting As Storytelling

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© I.Woloshen

Most people don’t equate songwriting with telling stories unless it’s in the form of a folk song. Folk songs often have what is called an AAA structure, with “A” representing the verses and no chorus, therefore lending themselves easily to a story format. Bob Dylan and Pete [...]