As the artist Robert Rauschenberg suggests, creativity is decision-making; one decision leads to the next. People usually become blocked because they haven’t given their creative minds any decisions to work on. Songwriting is creative problem-solving, choosing this versus that. The goal of my 1-ON-1 teaching is to bring to your creative process the full range of possibilities for you to choose between.

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"Should I add a walk up from E minor to G here?"

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"What if I passed through a secondary dominant chord on my way to A minor?"

 

"Should I use the major or minor II chord here?"

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"How can I move to the bridge section in a less predictable way?"

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"What's the impact of a shortened line length on the last line of a verse?"

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These are the kinds of questions that occur to experienced songwriters throughout the songcrafting process. Working 1-ON-1, I can teach you which questions to ask and when to ask them when it comes to your songs, your music.

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Over time, your knowledge of all the possibilities will expand and deepen so you can apply it to pen and paper every time you sit down to write.

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I look forward to working with you.