| Online songwriting is both a great way to find | | | | then put all of these ideas into a zip file and upload |
| co-writers and to actually learn the craft of | | | | them to the internet using either some spare |
| songwriting. When you share the songwriting | | | | space on my website or any of the online |
| process with someone else online you can't help | | | | 'dropbox' style storage sites. I'll then send out an |
| but learn new techniques and methods to | | | | email to my songwriting friends and get them to |
| improve your writing skills. | | | | download my ideas, they will of course have done |
| My favorite method of online songwriting is to | | | | the same thing with their ideas and I'll download |
| write a whole bunch of ideas first, if I develop | | | | their efforts in exchange. I can't tell you what a |
| them into full songs there and then I'll put them in | | | | great method this is, you'll get a whole bunch of |
| one pile and all my unfinished ideas into another. In | | | | interesting ideas from your co-writer to work on |
| a typical session I'll usually end up with 1 or 2 | | | | and he/she will have the same from you. Chances |
| ideas that come out in a more or less complete | | | | are when you put your heads together in this |
| form, then anywhere between 20 and 50 ideas | | | | way you'll both end up with many more |
| that essentially small musical nuggets, all either on | | | | completed songs than you ever would have alone. |
| paper or recorded on my laptop. A chorus here, a | | | | You don't have to limit it to just one co-writer |
| lyric there, maybe a cool riff or chord sequence, a | | | | either, I'll usually get 10 or more of my songwriter |
| whole collection of ideas that don't yet belong to a | | | | friends to download the same set of ideas. The |
| complete song. This pile is the perfect fuel for an | | | | more minds you can get working on your ideas |
| online songwriting session. | | | | the more options you have for your finished song! |
| I'll categorize all my ideas into different folders on | | | | Online songwriting is a huge amount of fun I really |
| my computer: 'Riffs & Chords,' 'Lyrics,' | | | | recommend you give it a try! |
| 'Verses,' 'Bridges,' 'Choruses,' and finally 'Other.' I'll | | | | |