{"id":11706,"date":"2022-06-20T02:21:04","date_gmt":"2022-06-20T02:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wildsongwriter.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/20\/how-to-write-songs-the-best-songwriting-advice-weve-ever-heard\/"},"modified":"2022-06-20T02:21:04","modified_gmt":"2022-06-20T02:21:04","slug":"how-to-write-songs-the-best-songwriting-advice-weve-ever-heard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wildsongwriter.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/20\/how-to-write-songs-the-best-songwriting-advice-weve-ever-heard\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Write Songs &#8211; The Best Songwriting Advice We&#39;ve Ever Heard!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"400\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xxqk_2lJ-7o\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>Featuring some of the biggest names in music (and one British Comedian), this advice is thoughtful, practical and will empower you to break through the toughest of creative challenges!<\/p>\n<p>\/\/\/ NEWSLETTER SIGN-UP \\<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/howtowritesongs.substack.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/howtowritesongs.substack.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\/\/\/ UPCOMING LIVE\/ONLINE WORKSHOPS \\ See what&#8217;s coming up here: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/murcefyu\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/murcefyu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\/\/\/ FREE MUSIC AND SONGWRITING DOWNLOADABLE PDFs \\<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/app.gumroad.com\/howtowritesongs\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/app.gumroad.com\/howtowritesongs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>FEATURED ARTISTS<\/p>\n<p>Craig Morrison<br \/>\nJohn Mayer<br \/>\nPharrell Williams<br \/>\nJohn Legend<br \/>\nJohn Cleese<br \/>\nJoni Mitchell<br \/>\nPat Pattison<br \/>\nCole Porter<\/p>\n<p>00:00 Intro<br \/>\n00:55 &#8211; The Ego and The Ocean<br \/>\n03:54 &#8211; No Judgement<br \/>\n08:43 &#8211; Think Like a Poker Player<br \/>\n13:52 &#8211; Songwriting Royalty<br \/>\n15:33 &#8211; Wait 90 Minutes<br \/>\n20:34 &#8211; Stop Complaining<br \/>\n26:35 &#8211; Find the Title<\/p>\n<p>ABOUT KEPPIE<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m Keppie. I&#8217;m a professional songwriter, and songwriting teacher. I&#8217;ve been teaching song and lyric writing for over 10 years now for some of the best contemporary music colleges in the world\u2014Berklee Online,  the Sydney Conservatorium of Music&#8217;s Open Academy, as well as for the Australian College of the Arts. At other times, I&#8217;ve taught for the Australian Institute of Music, as well as the LA School of Songwriting.<\/p>\n<p>My goal is to help people write better songs! My experience in the classroom, with thousands of students at this point (many going on to find careers and success in music), is that your songwriting, like all things, can get better with meaningful, deliberate practice. My intention is to share the skills, knowledge, information, and ideas that I&#8217;ve gathered with anyone who wants to improve their songwriting.<\/p>\n<p>Keppie&#8217;s music is here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.keppiecouttsmusic.com\/music\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.keppiecouttsmusic.com\/music<\/a><\/p>\n<p>ABOUT BEN<\/p>\n<p>Ben&#8217;s passion for music and creativity stretches across multiple disciplines and art-forms. He is a founding member and songwriter \/ lap-slide guitarist for one of Australia&#8217;s best and most bearded country-bluegrass-folk bands, THE GREEN MOHAIR SUITS. To date the Mohairs have released 4 full-length albums and tour both nationally and overseas.<\/p>\n<p>Ben is also the Founder and Head Producer of SILAMOR STUDIOS, a boutique studio specialising in Composition for Film, TV and Interactive Media. He writes extensively across various instrumental and lyric-based genres and has been commissioned for major projects by Adobe, Cathay Pacific and Audible. He also currently releases original songs under the name SILAMOR.<\/p>\n<p>Ben is passionate about education and has taught song and lyric writing as well as film composition for JMC Academy and the Australian Institute of Music. 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