Songwriting Tools & Tips

Record Production Month Challenge is a site that challenges musicians to record an album in 28 days, just because you can. That’s 10 songs or 35 minutes of original material recorded during the ...

Song Fight is a free Web site where Internet musicians enter their work into competition. Every week several titles are provided, the competitors write a brand new song inspired by the title of th...

A site geared towards folk, acoustic, and roots singer-songwriters. Blog posts discuss the latest news, songwriting contests, interviews, and tips for songwriters.

A place for songwriters to network with publishers and end-users industry professionals. Create your web presence and interact with other songwriters too. This site could help get your music licen...

A magazine for songwriters as well as an online source of articles and blogs by songwriters. They also hold lyric contests, so you can submit the words to your best songs.

A tool that measure the beats per minute of any song manually. Simply click the mouse or tap any key to the beat of your tune and get an accurate BPM number.

A blog dedicated solely to songwriting tips and helpful resources. It has been around since 2006 and claims to be the #1 blog for songwriting.

This site has over 40,000 classical music recordings in midi or audio format. Registration is necessary to download multiple files.

A forum for songwriters and lyricists. If you are struggling for the words, but have music, try reading through some posts. You can also sell MP3s of your original songs on this site.

The Songwriting Education Resource is designed to provide you with educational articles on the craft of songwriting, as well as inform you of upcoming songwriting courses and seminars....