Welcome to The Songwriter’s Workshop. This is the series where I attempt to write songs based on the process and techniques of famous songwriters. Each video looks at a different songwriter’s writing habits, musical inspirations, and creative process while also including an original song written using those techniques.

In this video, we return to the songwriting techniques of MacArthur Park writer Jimmy Webb, taking a look at the lyric writing methods in his book Tunesmith. Jimmy’s lyric writing insights help to to write my new song Santa Fe.

Check out my other video on Jimmy’s tips on how to get started on an idea for a song: https://youtu.be/o0u1AVAqUlo

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00:00 TSW Intro
00:22 Songwriter Intro
02:12 Session 1
04:17 Session 2
07:33 Session 3
10:11 Session 4
12:50 Session 5
14:38 Santa Fe
19:20 Outro

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14 Replies to “How to write lyrics (the Jimmy Webb way)”

  1. amazing work and the song really feels like something I would listen to on a daily basis… also, are you planning to cover Ben Gibbard's songwriting style? I think he has some of the best lyrics I ever heard.
    Can't wait to see more!!

  2. What a cool concept for a video series! I have a question: I've had some moderate success with the method of writing the lyrics out in prose form, then making them fit to the music and creating rhymes by phrasing things differently.

    Have you ever tried this? If so, how did you feel about it? And do you know of any artists that write their lyrics like this?

  3. The idea for this channel is great and unique. I would love to see you do someone like Neil Young, Connor Oberst, or maybe even go more towards different genres like hip-hop. I personally would love to to see a video on somebody like Kid Cudi

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