Last month I found a book called “The Idiot’s Guide to Songwriting” in my mother’s little library. I plundered it. Up until now, I had reasoned that since I had a degree in Music, I had little to learn from other sources on Songwriting. I was wrong, of course. Reading this book has given me some basic insights on repetition, versatile rhymes, and hooks that I was lacking. I wrote a song called “Way Down Here” last month, and it is already more appealing on a basic level than many of my previous songs.
Over the next few months, I intend to write a few more songs to practice my new knowledge.