There’s a number of common songwriting errors that complicate the lyric and confuse the listener. If you want to leave your audience scratching their heads (not recommended), try these techniques for songwriting confusion. Switch your pronouns around. Include several female characters in your song and then use the pronouns “she” or “her”. This gets them every time. They won’t be able to keep up with who is talking. So much fun to see from the stage! Jump back and forth in time. Start in present tense, then go past tense, back to present, then throw in some future tense. They won’t know which w ..read more

Multi #1 songwriters Clay Mills & Marty Dodson share their top 4 tips for taking your song lyrics from good to great. Whether you’re wanting to know how to write a song or you are a more experienced writer. The SongTown On SongTown Podcast will help you level up your songwriting skills. Write For Recording Artists CrashCourse ***REGISTRATION NOW OPEN for one of our most popular CrashCourses! SIGN UP HERE! Want to write directly for recording artists?! This is your chance! There will be no publishers, producers, or record labels getting in the way of your songs being heard! If an artist ..read more

Songwriters Marty Dodson and Clay Mills share music biz tips for writers and artist. Don’t make these mistakes! Clay & Marty’s 10-day video series: This video series will help you level-up your songs and finish them faster. CLICK HERE to begin!  SongTown Press Books: Mastering Melody Writing : Check It Out The Songwriter’s Guide To Mastering Co-Writing : Check It Out Song Building: Mastering Lyric Writing : Check It Out Hosts:  Clay Mills : Facebook   :   Instagram Marty Dodson :   Facebook   ..read more

SongTown co-founders and multi #1 songwriters, Clay Mills & Marty Dodson, give their reactions to viewer comments. Heartfelt, funny, and always real. Clay & Marty’s 10-day video series: This video series will help you level-up your songs and finish them faster. CLICK HERE to begin!  SongTown Press Books: Mastering Melody Writing : Check It Out The Songwriter’s Guide To Mastering Co-Writing : Check It Out Song Building: Mastering Lyric Writing : Check It Out Hosts:  Clay Mills : Facebook   :   Instagram Marty Dodson ..read more

Clay and Marty share their best 5 tips for raising your songwriting skills to that next level. Clay & Marty’s 10-day video series: This video series will help you level-up your songs and finish them faster. CLICK HERE to begin!  SongTown Press Books: Mastering Melody Writing : Check It Out The Songwriter’s Guide To Mastering Co-Writing : Check It Out Song Building: Mastering Lyric Writing : Check It Out Hosts:  Clay Mills : Facebook   :   Instagram Marty Dodson :   Facebook   :   Instag ..read more

Hit songwriter Tom Douglas once said, “You can’t write a great song trying to write a great song.” Over the years, we’ve listened to many songs that fail because they try too hard to be brilliant, either lyrically or melodically. Douglas and co-writer Allen Shamblin wrote Miranda Lambert’s “The House That Built Me” – a very simple-yet-profound song that was CMA Song of the Year in 2010. They could have loaded up the first verse with philosophical observations like “our lives are shaped by our childhood homes.” But instead, they built the song with simple details like “these hand prints on the ..read more

Marty Dodson and Clay Mills discuss why talent is overrated. And why hard work and the willingness to learn gets you closer to success as a songwriter. Adding More Heart To Your Songs : Online CrashCourse Change the way the world hears your songs! In this 3-week immersive songwriting course you will learn how to amp up the key elements in your song, to make sure your listener FEELS the emotions that are tied to your lyrics and melody. By the end of this course, you will know how to connect emotions to lyrical imagery and melodic choices in your song, write subjects you care about and connec ..read more

How High Is The Bar For Songwriters? When you mention the word “bar” to songwriters, most of them start craving a beer.  But that’s not the bar I’m talking about here.  I’m talking about the “How good does my song have to be to get it recorded by an artist?” bar.  Not every songwriter wants commercial success. But if that’s your goal, learning where that bar is may be the most important thing an aspiring commercial songwriter has to do. The SongTown Edge groups came in to being for just that reason.  We want people to know how high that bar is so they can get closer to it a ..read more

Ten-time #1 songwriter Marty Dodson reveals a technique he uses with his students to instantly level-up their songwriting. Keep It Simple Songwriters! Learn to write lyrics that hit your audience hard in their feels. Adding More Heart To Your Songs : Online CrashCourse Change the way the world hears your songs! In this 3-week immersive songwriting course you will learn how to amp up the key elements in your song, to make sure your listener FEELS the emotions that are tied to your lyrics and melody. By the end of this course, you will know how to connect emotions to lyrical imagery and melod ..read more

Cowriting songs can be challenging, but it doesn’t have to end in a breakup. Clay Mills & Marty Dodson share strategies to overcome obstacles and avoid breakups when writing music together. Learn from real co-writing scenarios and master the art of collaboration! Adding More Heart To Your Songs : Online CrashCourse Change the way the world hears your songs! In this 3-week immersive songwriting course you will learn how to amp up the key elements in your song, to make sure your listener FEELS the emotions that are tied to your lyrics and melody. By the end of this course, you will know h ..read more