Top Strategies to Overcome Writer’s Block
Nearly every single songwriter we’ve worked with over the years has had his or her struggles with that age-old, ever-looming problem of writer’s block.
Song Editing: Take your songs from Good to Great
So, you've slaved away and poured your sweat, blood, tears, wisdom and wit into the perfect song. Ready to get onstage and play it for the world? Not so fast. Editing a song can be one of the toughest parts
Featured Songwriter: Raleigh Keegan
Raleigh Keegan is a talented Multi-instrumentalist Singer/Songwriter. Writing Great Songs met Raleigh through Twitter and after immediately falling in love his songs, we asked him to be a featured Songwriter. WGS: What is you musical background? Did you grow up playing
Rhyme AND Reason
What Rhymes with "Silver"?
You have a great song, well on its way, but you can't seem to get that last Rhyme in to complete your rhyme scheme and you are ready to throw away the second verse altogether! Never fear, Below is a list of Rhyming tools and resources to get you out of almost any Rhyming Challenge!- Rhyme Zone: Find rhymes, synonyms, definitions, and more! http://www.rhymezone.com/
- SongRhyme: A cool rhyming word generator of perfects and close rhymes by and for songwriters - http://songrhyme.com/
- Dillfrog: A searchable rhyme data base that lets you select the type of rhyme you are looking for http://muse.dillfrog.com/sound/search
- WikiRhymer®: a free online rhyming tool. has a pro version as well for $7 per year. www.wikirhymer.com
- B-Rhymes: A rhyming dictionary that's not stuck up about what does and doesn't rhyme. It gives you words that sound good together even if they don't technically rhyme. www.b-rhymes.com/
- Visual Rhymes: Lets you pick what kind of Rhyme you are looking for - End rhyme, double rhyme, First syllable rhyme, etc. http://www.visualrhymes.com/index.php
- Rhyme Brain: Rhyming dictionary to search for perfect and close rhymes and a songwriting mode where you can put your lyrics in and search for useful words as you go. http://rhymebrain.com
Dictionaries: A key tool for songwriters
Being unique and original can be hard work. Give your songs an extra edge by making sure you are using words with depth and meaning. These online dictionaries and thesauruses are a great way to search for the perfect word. They are also a great way to help fill the well - getting you a larger vocabulary to work with to express yourself through 
- Dictionary.com: With more than 70 million monthly users worldwide, Dictionary.com is the world's leading and most definitive online dictionary.
- Urban Dictionary: A user curated collection of slang words and phrases
- Visuwords: Look up words to find their meanings and associations with other words and concepts. Produce diagrams reminiscent of a neural net. Learn how words associate.
- Merriam-Webster: For more than 150 years, Merriam-Webster has been one of America's leading and most-trusted provider of language information. Dictionary, Thesaurus and other tools.
Tune up Your Guitar Skills!
Three chords and the truth may be more than enough for some, but as songwriters improving your skills on your instruments will give you more tools and depth to take your songs to new places. Here are a collection of sites
I Needed Inspiration!
Great documentaries and lectures
Leonard Bernstein - The Unanswered Question:
The Unanswered Question is the title of a lecture series given by Leonard Bernstein in the fall of 1973. This series of six lectures was a component of Bernstein’s duties as the Charles Eliot Norton Professor of Poetry for the 1972-73 academic year at Harvard University, and is therefore often referred to as the Norton Lectures. The lectures were both recorded on video and printed as a book, titled The Unanswered Question: Six Talks at Harvard.- Musical Phonolgy http://youtu.be/MB7ZOdp__gQ
- Musical Syntax http://youtu.be/r_fxB6yrDVo
- Musical Semantics http://youtu.be/8IxJbc_aMTg
- The Delights & Dangers of Ambiguity http://youtu.be/hwXO3I8ASSg
- The XXth Century Crisis http://youtu.be/kPGstQUbpHQ
- The Poetry of Earth http://youtu.be/OWeQXTnv_xU
There is a Perfect Melody Out There Somewhere
A melody (from Greek μελῳδία, melōidía, "singing, chanting"), also tune, voice, or line, is a linear succession of musical tones that the listener perceives as a single entity. In its most literal sense, a melody is a combination of pitch and rhythm, while more figuratively, the term can include successions of other musical elements such as tonal color. It may be considered the foreground to the background accompaniment.
Songwriting Lesson for Beginners to Advanced
Andrea Stolpe is a Songwriting instruction for melodic, lyric, and harmonic ideas from Berkleemusic.com instructor and writer of "Popular Lyric Writing: 10 steps to Effective Storytelling"
Coursera Course
and Resources Songwriting course: conducted by Pat Pattison. View it here. Course Notes: Compact but comprehensive notes of the course View it here. Mind Map: Stefan Olsson made a mindmap of the entire Pat Pattison Coursera course. May not make sense to you if