Do you struggle to turn a few parts into an interesting song? Do your songs lack excitement and contrast? Do you know how to use the elements of music to tell your story?

When I first got into songwriting, I had a very hard time learning how to compose songs. And when I finally figured this out, the next mountain to climb was even more difficult: learning how to compose interesting songs. It took a few years, but my songs did eventually become more interesting. In this video, I'll use...

When I go to YouTube and search for videos about songwriting, I see results about lyrics, melodies, chords, songwriting process, the list goes on. But these results aren't relevant. That's right, these results are not relevant. While these videos do discuss elements of songs, they don't discuss the song itself. A song is a higher-level construct that's unique from its underlying elements. It's like searching for tips on how to make pizza and getting results on cheese, tomato sauce, and...

A few years after I started composing, I had an epiphany. I realized that songs are nothing more than audio stories and that songwriters tell stories with music just like writers tell stories with words. This insight led me to develop a simple narrative-based framework that transformed my songwriting and helped me write the songs I've always wanted to write, in any style or genre. In this video, we'll dive deeper into the framework and review an example song with audio.