Songs by the Hosts: how we wrote ’em

For this host’s show, Michael, Neel and Phil brought in a song each and discussed how we wrote and some cool approaches in the songs. AND, Vanessa was in the house!!! What a fun episode!

Listen to the Episode

What we talked about

• The 2nd Annual Holiday Gift Guide
• Blog post: Creating Lyric Sheets that Don’t Suck
• Neel’s process behind writing “The Wicked Queen”
• Suggestions for Song prompts
• Listener input requested: What do you think about the Taxi and SongTradr placement services
• Song hooks: How do you make sure your song has ’em
• Different approaches to choruses
• The Wicked Queen lyrics
• Pull Me Away From You Lyrics – Noise
• Not Edwin lyrics
• Writing Better Lyrics – Pat Pattison book on Amazon
• 101 Songwriting Wrongs & How To Right Them: How To Craft Songs That Sell on Amazon
• Cubase Elements – Phil’s DAW of choice (tho he uses the Pro level)
• Cakewalk by Bandlab – Neel’s DAW of choice