Songwriting 101 : 5-minute crash course

All the basics to get you off the internet and writing your first song in five minutes. I walk you through the constituent parts of a typical song, and the order I think is easiest to tackle them. Finally, I arm you with a handful of tips about writing lyrics, chords, and melody.

Bona Fides: I'm not the world's greatest songwriter, but I've been going at it for 30 years, and have written 400 songs and earned a composition degree along the way.