International Songwriting Competition
Inglewood-Riverwood - Nashville:
International Songwriting Competition
Below is information on our categories to help you with your selection. The categories are a guide, not a rule; a great song will stand out and be recognized even if it does not fit exactly into a specific category. Please do not email us and ask us to pick a category for you. You know your songs better than we do, and it needs to be your decision. Feel free to check out our winner’s page for further guidance on your category selection.
AAA (Adult Album Alternative)
AAA stands for Triple A (Adult Album Alternative) and is a radio…
Chord Clinic: Learn to play 10 interesting C major chord variations
Our exploration of the interesting variations on classic chords to add some variety and interest to your playing and songwriting moves to that most central of chords, C major.
The Surprisingly Technical Process of Songwriting
Music is everywhere. It has become so seamlessly interwoven in our lives that sometimes we don’t even notice its presence. You encounter or interact with music on a daily basis, but have you thought…
5 Cool Modern Songwriting Techniques
The latest advances in music software have streamlined the songwriting process — from providing inspiration to conforming notes to chord progressions.
How to use field recordings as a songwriting tool
With insights from musicians and intermedia artists, we explore how field recordings can be used as a powerful tool for sonic and personal exploration.
Songwriting Tips To Help You Stay Creative
Not all these songwriting tips deal with the minutes and hours you'll spend with your instrument in your hand, but that's partly the point.
What Musicians Can Learn From Physicists About the Songwriting Process
Songwriting basics: How to program the perfect bassline in your DAW
Use music theory and programming tricks to take your low-end up a notch
Does my producer deserve publishing and songwriting credit?
How to compensate your producer or beatmaker. If you create original music and haven’t signed your publishing rights away, YOU are your own publisher and YOU own your publishing. You are owed publishing royalties for the usage of your composition — the “composition” being the structural elements (melody and lyrics) that underlie any particular recording …
Process, what process? Birthing a song.
Someone asked me a while back, “what’s your songwriting process?” I think I mumbled, ‘uh, I dunno, I write stuff and sometimes it rhymes, and sometimes I figure out how to p…
