by TwigBird | Apr 8, 2019 | byron bay, coming up, Festivals & Writing Comps, independent music, Music, new south wales, Songwriting Tips and Games
2019 Youth SongWriting Competition I am delighted to be a judge again this year for the Youth Songwriting Competition, held by The Northern Rivers Conservatorium and Social Futures in Lismore. A coven of glorious people gathered last week to listen with so much...
by TwigBird | Oct 21, 2017 | independent music, inspiration, Music, Music Industry Research
Songwriting is an amazing art. It can help you channel your feelings and thoughts, and yet under many aspects, it’s a mystery. To tap into the mystery, I would encourage diary writing, poetry writing, automatic writing and recording verbal diarrhoea whilst...
by TwigBird | Jul 27, 2017 | inspiration, Music, practise, Resources, Songwriting Tips and Games, theory lessons
Songwriting Ideas and Music Theory This lovely lady called Sally Perkins, came across my web posts regarding songwriting exercises and it reminded her of an article she had written previously about using the Cycle of Fifths to approach Songwriting. She reached out to...
by admin | Jul 17, 2016 | Songwriting Tips and Games
I would like to credit the stunning musician Sara Tindley for this little exercise. I have here in front of me a magical mystery chest. It’s not really magical. And now I’ve told you about it it’s not really mysterious. Anyway, I am going to present...
by admin | Jul 12, 2016 | Songwriting Tips and Games
Start 10 sentences with “I’ve always wanted to say to you…”
