(photo CC-BY Pamla J. Eisenberg) Songhack is all about making your own way in the music industry, and increasingly bands don’t need record labels to succeed. Nonetheless, there are still many reasons your band would want ...

Writing lyrics is one of the trickiest parts of songwriting. Musicians are not necessarily native poets or writers, but great lyric writers are masters of wordplay.

Writer's block is a common challenge for musicians. It has been said that the difference between amateur musicians and professional musicians is that amateurs write only out of inspiration, professionals write even when not ins...

Can you write great music without knowing music theory? In many genres -- particularly less technical popular genres -- the answer is "absolutely." But don't dismiss music theory just because you can. It's pretty useful and awe...

There is a formula for writing hit songs, but writing a hit is no guarantee of having one.

ASCAP and BMI are the major performance rights organizations in the US. They collect the songwriter’s share of royalties for performances of songs on broadcast mediums like radio and television, and public performances su...