Category Archives: songwriting

Surprise!! I have a bonus songwriting article for you, but this time it’s a little different. Now that we’ve covered the building blocks of lyric writing, I’ll be going through how to create a basic backing track on Garage Band. If you’re not an apple user, I’m sorry but you wont have access to thisContinue reading “Garage Band Basics”

The final piece of our songwriting journey takes us to the bridge (which is also known as the middle 8). So what is a bridge? A bridge is a few bars of music that is normally present after the 2nd chorus, before the 3rd (and sometimes 4th). It provides contrast to the rest of theContinue reading “Bridge-ing the Gap”

While not every song uses a Pre-Chorus, they are without a doubt a key component in popular song structures. So What Even Is a Pre-Chorus? Pre-Choruses (like its name suggests) sits in between the verses and the chorus in your song writing structure. It is often two to four lines long however could even goContinue reading “Pre-Chorus Practices”