The abundance of new life in Spring, fills our senses. The Summer breeze cools and comforts. The Autumn moon leaves us wondering. The Winter chill transports us to long-forgotten landscapes. Seasons, infinitely inspiring....

After a fair while burning the candle and intensely focussing on making a new album, my clarity has returned and the mornings feel somewhat new. Of course as an artist, this is when a lot of the hard work begins but as a songwriter, I’ve been waking up with a very satisfying feeling of accomplishment. This newfound clarity could be for a number of reasons....

Is it important to know music theory when writing songs? Knowing music theory is not necessarily vital to songwriting. In reference, consider the early blues. Nobody can deny the pure expression of early blues legends, Leadbelly, Blind Willie McTell and Lightning Hopkins among many, who would write songs only, from the heart. To write songs that are born from...

If our expressive language falls short of the song’s subject, our songs fall short of their potential to move the listener.  ...

If the catalyst for our song is real and true, we must find the best language to express ourselves in a real and true way....

Let each word of each line, be charged with your commitment as a passionate songwriter and your own personal love of powerful lyrics, words and phrases that leave you breathless....

As a fortunate one, a songwriter, everything that’s alive is yours and awaits your interpretation. Branches, ever-swaying, like your mind undecided or your heart changing course....

Shortly before I left Australia on a world trip (I’m currently writing from London), I asked young Australian singer songwriter Aleyce Simmonds, if she would kindly answer a few questions from my eBook “fifty great questions to ask songwriters”. Thankfully, being the lovely person she is, Aleyce agreed. Aleyce Simmonds is a songstress from a...

If I’m looking for songwriting inspiration, I usually do one of the following: 1. Take a walk, breathe and breathe deep, once your mind has quietened down, you can hear the good stuff. 2. Listen to albums you love (whenever I do this I usually get about three songs in before I have to grab my guitar and write, even if you wrote one line, it’s been worth...

Dig deep, then deeper still. Treasure, kept in the deep dark waters of your heart, is still treasure....