Stop Asking If Your Song Is Good. Ask If It’s Yours.

You finish a verse, play it back, and the question arrives before the last chord has faded: is this song any good? Most songwriters know that moment well. It feels like quality control but more often, it’s the very thing that stops a song in its tracks. Nashville composer and singer-songwriter Jonah Kraut has a […] The post Stop Asking If Your Song Is Good. Ask If It’s Yours. appeared first on All About Songwriting.

Posted on: 3 October 2026 | 8:53 am

Automatic Writing for Songwriters: How to Get Out of Your Own Way

Every songwriter knows the feeling. You sit down, pick up the guitar, and three minutes later you’re playing the same four chords you played last week, singing about the same things in the same way. Talk about predictable Then there are the other songs. The ones that show up half-finished while you’re driving, or in […] The post Automatic Writing for Songwriters: How to Get Out of Your Own Way appeared first on All About Songwriting.

Posted on: 1 October 2026 | 1:32 am

Is It the Song or Is It You? How to Beat Songwriter’s Block

You sit down with your guitar, coffee in hand, ready to write and you find yourself an hour later with two lines you don’t like, a chord progression you’ve played a thousand times before, and a growing urge to go and check your phone. Believe me, every songwriter knows this feeling. But I’ve found that […] The post Is It the Song or Is It You? How to Beat Songwriter’s Block appeared first on All About Songwriting.

Posted on: 21 September 2026 | 11:19 pm

The Pros And Cons Of Using Your Inner Critic In Your Songwriting Process

Most songwriters treat the inner critic like a problem to be solved. Silence it, outrun it, drown it out with enough enthusiasm and it’ll leave you alone. It won’t and you wouldn’t want it to either. You see, that very voice that tells you the second verse is lazy is the same voice that eventually […] The post The Pros And Cons Of Using Your Inner Critic In Your Songwriting Process appeared first on All About Songwriting.

Posted on: 11 September 2026 | 9:33 pm

How to Revise Your Lyrics Without Losing the Plot

You’ve finally finished the song and that’s a real thing to feel good about. But something’s bugging you. Maybe a friend gave you feedback that didn’t quite sit right with you. Maybe you just know, in the way songwriters know these things, that a line or two isn’t pulling its weight. Writing the first draft […] The post How to Revise Your Lyrics Without Losing the Plot appeared first on All About Songwriting.

Posted on: 5 September 2026 | 12:36 am

What Actually Counts as Success When You’re a Songwriter?

Picture two songwriters. One just signed with a major publisher and had a song placed in a car ad. The other just finished a song about their dad, alone in a bedroom at midnight, and hasn’t shown it to anyone yet. Ask either of them if they’ve “made it,” and you’ll get two completely different […] The post What Actually Counts as Success When You’re a Songwriter? appeared first on All About Songwriting.

Posted on: 22 August 2026 | 10:30 pm

36 Unconventional Song Themes (Because a Song Can Be About Anything)

When it comes to songwriting and how songs are perceived by the general public, songs with universal themes are the front door. Everyone knows love, loss, and longing, so those songs let a listener walk straight in. But as we all know, a door is not the whole house. I’ve always believed that songwriting ideas […] The post 36 Unconventional Song Themes (Because a Song Can Be About Anything) appeared first on All About Songwriting.

Posted on: 16 August 2026 | 8:55 pm

The Best Defence Against Songwriting Rejection Is a Fuller Notebook

You know the feeling. You spent weeks on a song and you were sure that this song was going to be the one to break though all the noise. You send it off to a publisher, or pitch it to an artist, or even put it up for a sync brief, and then nothing. Just […] The post The Best Defence Against Songwriting Rejection Is a Fuller Notebook appeared first on All About Songwriting.

Posted on: 16 August 2026 | 4:58 am

The Deadline-Driven Songwriter – Why Reliability is Your Greatest Asset

The “tortured artist” archetype is one of the most persistent myths in music. We love the image of the songwriter sequestered in a dimly lit room, waiting for the lightning bolt of inspiration to strike before they can finally pen a masterpiece. But here is the reality: the music industry doesn’t wait for lightning. It […] The post The Deadline-Driven Songwriter – Why Reliability is Your Greatest Asset appeared first on All About Songwriting.

Posted on: 12 August 2026 | 5:25 am

Stuck on a Song? 5 Things That Actually Get Me Writing Again

Every songwriter hits a wall sometimes. You sit down with the guitar, open a blank session, or stare at a page of half-finished lines and nothing moves. Sometimes there’s no idea at all. Other times you’ve got plenty of ideas but none of them feel good enough to keep. We call all of that “songwriter’s […] The post Stuck on a Song? 5 Things That Actually Get Me Writing Again appeared first on All About Songwriting.

Posted on: 11 August 2026 | 5:19 am