There is no one formula to songwriting. Song composer is a unique experience that is based around talent, creativity and discipline. You can however purposefully engage with your talent, creativity and discipline to make the most out of the song writing process.
Let’s look at different ways you can
- Unlock morecreativity for your songwriting process
- Embracethe discipline you need for successful writing
- Engage with the right songwriting opportunities
Unlocking Your Creativity:
Just write:
Although it may seem contrary to your instinct. Expert songwriters advise to try and push through on your initial idea. Don't edit while you write. Don't focus on grammar or details. Take your theme and follow your stream of consciousness. It’s better to return later, deconstruct what you've already written and rewrite, rather than quit in the middle of the song writing process. Later you can return to your song and analyze what you've written.
Keep a notebook, a voice recorder or both with you.
Many songwriters get inspiration in mediocre parts of their day through people or experiences they weren’t expecting. For example, they over hear another’s conversation, it sparks an idea, and that idea is the platform for their song.
Write a lot – Keep a lot:
Always write your ideas even if you’re first assumption is you won’t need them. Write them, keep them, and use them to look back on.
The Structure Of Your Song:
Understanding song structure is key. Music is a language. If you don’t understand it, you can’t speak it.
- Keep your content focused
- Keep your song the right length
- Have a concrete Bridge, Chorus and Concept
Embracing Opportunity:
Co-write: Try to make opportunities to Co Write with more experienced writers. There are many advantages to Cowriting. You can learn other writer’s techniques and put them into practice. You open yourself up to positions of more exposure for you and your song.Your song has new and different opportunities when co-writing. Such as having a higher placement or your music reaching a new fan base.
Enter A Songwriting Contest:
There are many established songwriting contests through-out the United States and Internationally. Again, this gives you an opportunity to learn, grow, and engage with other artists in a similar position to you. Many contest have low entry fees and high price return. Check out our article and video on "top song writing contests"
Attend Songwriting Workshops:
This is a great way to not only educate yourself and learn from other writers, but a great way to meet other songwriters which, as we’ve said, is essential in this industry.
So, Why A Membership?
Let’s face it — trying to create professional mixes without the correct knowledge, tools, services, and network is like playing a concert with a broken instrument to an audience of no one.
That’s where the Sage Audio membership comes in — the membership gives you everything you need to create professional mixes consistently.
The membership is the secret to your success — it’s the difference between the 1,929,999,999 of poor-sounding mixes and the .00000002% of mixes that make people say 'WOW!"
There are 7 unique value-points included in your Sage Audio membership.
Let’s go over each one so you can decide if the membership is right for you.
1. Sage Audio University
- SAU Flagship Mixing Course: 23-video in-depth mixing course that reveals the little-known secrets of mixing and matches the needs of the new music industry.
- SAU Flagship Mastering Course: 19-video in-depth modern mastering course that dives into every nuance of making professional-sounding masters.
- SAU Pre-Mastering Course: Concise pre-mastering course that details the latest industry standards for preparing your mixes for mastering.
- SAU is designed for every experience level, ranging from budding mixing engineers to advanced engineers. The techniques and concepts taught can be applied to any DAW to create industry-leading mixes without expensive software or plugins - and free plugin alternatives are suggested throughout each course.
- Each SAU course includes Start-to-Finish session walkthrough lessons for multiple genres so you can follow along with your preferred genre.
- SAU Certification Document, which can be downloaded and showcased on your website and social channels.
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2. Private 1-on-1 Mentorship
- The Sage Audio private 1-on-1 Mentorship gives you direct access to us for advanced mixing feedback, in-depth discussions, and customized guidance that's tailored to your specific needs.
- Unlimited private access to us for advanced mixing feedback, where we provide detailed suggestions for improvement.
- Unlimited private access to us for in-depth discussions to help you improve every aspect of your mixes and masters.
- Customized guidance that’s tailored specifically to your needs.
- Fast communication so you can improve your skills quickly.
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3. Unlimited Mixing Feedback
- Unlimited professional mixing feedback directly from us so you can consistently improve your skills and create professional mixes.
- Mixing feedback is invaluable, and the Sage Audio membership gives you continual direct access to us for real-world feedback so you can improve every aspect of each of your mixes while you're in the process of mixing.
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4. 50 Free Mastered Songs Per Year
- 50 free mastered songs per year with your own dedicated professional mastering engineer so you can get all your mixes sounding like professional songs.
- You get your own dedicated Sage Audio mastering engineer to create custom masters that are specific to you and sound exactly how you want.
- Unlimited revisions with your dedicated mastering engineer. As a standard of our service, we are not happy until you are happy with the sound of your masters.
- All masters are delivered as commercial, industry-standard high-resolution 24-bit HD WAV masters so they will sound clean and clear on every platform.
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5. Community
- The Sage Audio community is a tight-knit community of passionate audio engineers who can provide you with additional real-world mixing feedback, meaningful discussions, networking, collaborations, and more.
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6. 70+ GB of Curated Sage Audio Downloadable Content
- 36 multitrack sessions spanning multiple genres for mixing practice.
- 57 un-mastered mixes spanning multiple genres for mastering practice.
- 62 Recommended Free Plugins List (vetted, tested, and approved, so you don’t have to).
- 39 Recommended Paid Plugins List (vetted, tested, and approved, so you don’t have to).
- 71 Sage Audio custom plugin presets to improve your mixes and masters.
- Sage Audio Membership Badge to showcase on your website, social channels, and portfolio.
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7. 800+ Video Catalog
- Access 700+ in-depth Sage Audio mixing and mastering videos - curated and organized into categories so you can easily take a deep dive into all aspects of audio engineering with thousands of hours of concise, expertly crafted Sage Audio videos to continually improve your skills at your own pace.
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