Songwriting Archives - Music Guy Mixing https://www.musicguymixing.com/category/songwriting/ Mixing Services and Tutorials Thu, 20 Nov 2025 20:27:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://www.musicguymixing.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/cropped-music-guy-favicon-32x32.png Songwriting Archives - Music Guy Mixing https://www.musicguymixing.com/category/songwriting/ 32 32 How to Write a Verse For a Song – Music and Lyrics https://www.musicguymixing.com/how-to-write-a-verse-for-a-song/ https://www.musicguymixing.com/how-to-write-a-verse-for-a-song/#respond Thu, 20 Nov 2025 20:27:22 +0000 https://www.musicguymixing.com/?p=5382 The verse of your song is a necessary component for connecting much high stakes and priority parts of your song together. There’s an art on writing a good verse which is in itself memorable, but no SO memorable that it outshines the chorus. Let’s talk how to write a verse for a song. How to […]

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]]> https://www.musicguymixing.com/how-to-write-a-verse-for-a-song/feed/ 0 How Long Does it Take to Write a Song? https://www.musicguymixing.com/how-long-does-it-take-to-write-a-song/ https://www.musicguymixing.com/how-long-does-it-take-to-write-a-song/#respond Wed, 04 Dec 2024 18:59:51 +0000 https://www.musicguymixing.com/?p=3861 I like to liken songwriting to working a muscle in your body. The more often you work that muscle, the stronger it becomes, or in the case of songwriting, the more you spend doing it, both the better you’ll get it at and the easier it will come to you. This extends to the idea […]

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]]> https://www.musicguymixing.com/how-long-does-it-take-to-write-a-song/feed/ 0 How to Write a Love Song https://www.musicguymixing.com/how-to-write-a-love-song/ https://www.musicguymixing.com/how-to-write-a-love-song/#respond Wed, 28 Aug 2024 15:47:31 +0000 https://www.musicguymixing.com/?p=3904 While I’ve been mixing music for nearly two decades now, I began as a musician and specifically a songwriter. Out of all of the seemingly limitless themes which songwriters have tackled, love is undoubtedly the most popular. Whether it’s about new love, old love, unrequited love, lost love, there’s always someone who can relate to […]

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]]> https://www.musicguymixing.com/how-to-write-a-love-song/feed/ 0 5 Proven Tips For Coming Up With Song Ideas https://www.musicguymixing.com/song-ideas/ https://www.musicguymixing.com/song-ideas/#respond Wed, 24 Jul 2024 17:13:30 +0000 https://www.musicguymixing.com/?p=3567 I find that songwriting is a muscle like any other in the body, the more you work at it, the more easily it comes to you. That said, even with practice it can be difficult to flip the songwriting switch in your brain just like that. With that in mind, I’m going to share some […]

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]]> https://www.musicguymixing.com/song-ideas/feed/ 0 How to Write a Chorus https://www.musicguymixing.com/how-to-write-a-chorus/ https://www.musicguymixing.com/how-to-write-a-chorus/#comments Thu, 21 Mar 2024 15:43:10 +0000 https://www.musicguymixing.com/?p=2470 We recently identified what is a chorus in a song but didn’t get into how to actually write one. The chorus is the most important part of a song; it’s the central thesis of your song both musically and lyrically – the main point you want to drive home. A great chorus is typically efficient […]

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