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Seven Qualities of Great Demo Singers Compliments of Cliff Goldmacher Running a Nashville recording studio for over twenty years, I’ve seen – and heard – an incredible number of vocalists. When it comes to demo singers specifically, I’ve found that the best ones have a very specific and highly developed skill set that allows them…
Verse-Bridge-Verse Songs: Getting the Structure Right Posted on April 15, 2016April 15, 2016 by Gary Ewer The great thing about various possible song designs is that they usually work for any genre. It shouldn’t matter if you’re writing pop, rock, country, folk… the principles that make a formal design (verse-chorus-bridge, for example) work apply to…
Why Writing From a Title Works So Well Posted on July 17, 2017 by Gary Ewer In considering the many ways that songwriters start the songwriting process, working from a title is, in my opinion, one of the best. The reason comes down to one word: focus. by Gary Ewer To tell you more about…
Writing a Lyrics-First Song Posted on March 23, 2016 updated September 29, 2016 by Gary Ewer You might think that songwriters who create a lyric first are likely to be poets, but that’s not always the case. Some poetry works well as song lyrics, but only if: the poem has universal appeal: it speaks of…
Seven Milestones in a Successful Songwriting Career Posted February 19, 2016 | imported here in 2018 One of the things I’ve noticed in my twenty-five years of writing songs is that it’s way too easy to ignore significant milestones in your songwriting career because you’re so focused on the brass ring of having a hit….
A Few Tips on Writing Lyrics to An Existing Melody From Cliff Goldmacher blog, September 12, 2018 More often than not, songs seem to come together as a gradual and simultaneous creation of lyric and melody. Maybe a snippet of melody has been running around in your head with a bit of lyric attached. Or…
Six Important Reasons to Consider Scaled-Down Songwriter Demos Originally posted by Cliff Goldmacher on July 30th, August 4th and August 6th, 2015 I can picture the scene… You’ve just finished your song and you nailed it. Great melody, killer lyric and it’s got that magic “thing” that we all hope for when we write. Now…