Music
馃幐 Songwriting
Write folk, Americana, country and protest songs that hold together: a clear form, a title worth repeating, lines that sing naturally and verses that move a story. Then demo the song, clean it up and register it.
- 1Song forms, timing and where the title livesThe four forms folk, country and Americana songs use, how long each part runs, and where to put the title so people remember it.14 min
- 2Prosody: making words and music agreePut stressed syllables on strong beats, choose open vowels for long notes, and match the feel of the music to what the words say.15 min
- 3Rhyme types and rhyme schemesPerfect, family, slant and internal rhyme, how to read and choose a rhyme scheme, and when a near rhyme beats a perfect one.13 min
- 4Story verses that moveWrite verses like camera shots, pick the detail that does the work, move from verse 1 to verse 3, and let the same chorus mean something new each time.15 min
- 5The protest song tradition and how it works on a listenerWhere American protest songs came from (the Carter Family's song collecting, union songbooks, Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, the civil rights movement) and the techniques that make a protest song land.16 min
- 6Demo it, clean it, put the words on screenRecord a phone demo, build a simple DAW demo to a click, try an AI version in MusicStudio, clean any of them up in SoundStudio, and make a lyric video in Lyric Bench.16 min
- 7Copyright, registration and getting paidHow copyright attaches to a song the moment it is fixed, the difference between the song and the recording, how to register with the US Copyright Office, and what PROs and The MLC do.15 min