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Finding Your Private Brill Building

The Brill Building in New York

A guitar student of mine recently decided he wanted to get into songwriting for the first time.  Having dabbled in it just a little bit, his first questions had to do with where to start.  I have long since forgotten exactly what my process was (I was only [...]

Another Case of Plagiarism

Singer Leona Lewis has been accused of plagiarism, after releasing a song called “Collide”, which has exactly the same piano track as a song by up and coming DJ Avici.  This time, when listening to both, there is no doubt in my mind that they are the same.  The piano melody is even the same [...]

Song Critique – Rolling In The Deep by Adele

My exposure to new songs often comes from my guitar students requesting them for their lessons.  And that was how I first heard Adele’s song “Rolling In The Deep” which is off her latest album “21″. You can purchase from or listen to clips and/or purchase here:

I first wanted to understand the phrase “rolling [...]

Five Deadly Songwriter Sins

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No matter how many times the same points are brought up when it comes to common problems that arise for newer songwriters, they bear repeating as a kind of checklist to go through once you feel you’ve finished a song and you want to send it out there.  Of course, a [...]

Help! I’ve Never Written A Song Before…

Cover of Ludwig van Beethoven

…what do I do??

I see this question often on message boards and blogs all over the web.  If you’re one of those out there asking this question, then let’s start at the very beginning (a very good place to start ).

First of all, you might want to [...]