Clay and Marty React to Viewer Comments
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by Marty Dodson
2d ago
SongTown co-founders and multi #1 songwriters, Clay Mills & Marty Dodson, give their reactions to viewer comments. Heartfelt, funny, and always real. Clay & Marty’s 10-day video series: This video series will help you level-up your songs and finish them faster. CLICK HERE to begin!  SongTown Press Books: Mastering Melody Writing : Check It Out The Songwriter’s Guide To Mastering Co-Writing : Check It Out Song Building: Mastering Lyric Writing : Check It Out Hosts:  Clay Mills : Facebook   :   Instagram Marty Dodson ..read more
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Transform Your Songwriting: Our Best 5 Tips
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by Clay Mills
1w ago
Clay and Marty share their best 5 tips for raising your songwriting skills to that next level. Clay & Marty’s 10-day video series: This video series will help you level-up your songs and finish them faster. CLICK HERE to begin!  SongTown Press Books: Mastering Melody Writing : Check It Out The Songwriter’s Guide To Mastering Co-Writing : Check It Out Song Building: Mastering Lyric Writing : Check It Out Hosts:  Clay Mills : Facebook   :   Instagram Marty Dodson :   Facebook   :   Instag ..read more
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How KISS will Transform your Songwriting
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by Marty Dodson
1w ago
Hit songwriter Tom Douglas once said, “You can’t write a great song trying to write a great song.” Over the years, we’ve listened to many songs that fail because they try too hard to be brilliant, either lyrically or melodically. Douglas and co-writer Allen Shamblin wrote Miranda Lambert’s “The House That Built Me” – a very simple-yet-profound song that was CMA Song of the Year in 2010. They could have loaded up the first verse with philosophical observations like “our lives are shaped by our childhood homes.” But instead, they built the song with simple details like “these hand prints on the ..read more
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Why Talent Is Overrated
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by Clay Mills
3w ago
Marty Dodson and Clay Mills discuss why talent is overrated. And why hard work and the willingness to learn gets you closer to success as a songwriter. Adding More Heart To Your Songs : Online CrashCourse Change the way the world hears your songs! In this 3-week immersive songwriting course you will learn how to amp up the key elements in your song, to make sure your listener FEELS the emotions that are tied to your lyrics and melody. By the end of this course, you will know how to connect emotions to lyrical imagery and melodic choices in your song, write subjects you care about and connec ..read more
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Songwriters: Where Is The Bar?
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by Marty Dodson
3w ago
How High Is The Bar For Songwriters? When you mention the word “bar” to songwriters, most of them start craving a beer.  But that’s not the bar I’m talking about here.  I’m talking about the “How good does my song have to be to get it recorded by an artist?” bar.  Not every songwriter wants commercial success. But if that’s your goal, learning where that bar is may be the most important thing an aspiring commercial songwriter has to do. The SongTown Edge groups came in to being for just that reason.  We want people to know how high that bar is so they can get closer to it a ..read more
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How K.I.S.S. Will Transform Your Songwriting Process
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by Marty Dodson
1M ago
Ten-time #1 songwriter Marty Dodson reveals a technique he uses with his students to instantly level-up their songwriting. Keep It Simple Songwriters! Learn to write lyrics that hit your audience hard in their feels. Adding More Heart To Your Songs : Online CrashCourse Change the way the world hears your songs! In this 3-week immersive songwriting course you will learn how to amp up the key elements in your song, to make sure your listener FEELS the emotions that are tied to your lyrics and melody. By the end of this course, you will know how to connect emotions to lyrical imagery and melod ..read more
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Mastering Co-writing: Strategies to Overcome Obstacles and Avoid Breakups
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by Clay Mills
1M ago
Cowriting songs can be challenging, but it doesn’t have to end in a breakup. Clay Mills & Marty Dodson share strategies to overcome obstacles and avoid breakups when writing music together. Learn from real co-writing scenarios and master the art of collaboration! Adding More Heart To Your Songs : Online CrashCourse Change the way the world hears your songs! In this 3-week immersive songwriting course you will learn how to amp up the key elements in your song, to make sure your listener FEELS the emotions that are tied to your lyrics and melody. By the end of this course, you will know h ..read more
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Writing From The Heart : A Guide for Songwriters
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by Marty Dodson
1M ago
Music has the power to move us, to stir our emotions, and to compel us to take action. Yet, many songwriters struggle with a common challenge: creating songs that are technically sound but fail to resonate emotionally with listeners. In today’s digital age, where streaming platforms dominate and 100,000+ songs a day are uploaded, the emotional connection is more crucial than ever. Songwriting is an intricate craft, and often, our focus lies on rhyme schemes, crafting catchy melodies, and finding intriguing titles. However, focusing solely on these technical aspects can result in music lacking ..read more
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5 Songwriting Tips You Might Not Have Thought Of
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by Marty Dodson
1M ago
These are 5 songwriting tips that you might not have thought of. Over the course of my pro songwriting career I have picked up many such tips but these are my top 5 to share with you today! Your songwriting rhyme scheme helps the listener keep up with where they are in the song. You want to keep the rhyme scheme consistent across all of the verses and consistent across all of the choruses if the choruses change. Not doing so makes the listener feel unsettled. Your hook or title HAS to appear in one of the following places or you risk the listener not being able to tell what your title is… The ..read more
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The Loop/Keys/Vocal Worktape
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by Clay Mills
1M ago
Hit Songwriter Clay Mills is a ten-time ASCAP awards winning songwriter/producer, penning #1 hits for Darius Rucker (“Don’t Think I Don’t Think About It”), Diamond Rio (“Beautiful Mess”), and Kimberley Locke (“Fall”). Along the way collecting Grammy Nominations for “Beautiful Mess” and Trisha Yearwood’s “Heaven Heartache and the Power of Love”. Clay has had over 75 songs recorded by artists such as Lady Antebellum, Trisha Yearwood, Clay Walker, Reba McEntire, Easton Corbin, Andy Griggs, and many others. In this video, Clay talks about work tapes and how you can create a demo quickly and effici ..read more
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