Write songs people remember.

Are you ready to take a deep dive into the creative process of how songs are created? In every episode, some of the most successful musicians of this generation are asked to tell the story of their music piece by piece. You can then take those ideas and use them in your own songs.

Excellent podcast for songwriters that looks at famous songs and analyzes them from artistic and technical standpoints. The host, Kirk, takes a lot of music concepts and makes it easily digestible for his listeners. He has meticulous breakdowns of songs while keeping you interested. You will learn something new on every listen.

Want to have a sit-down interview with a Top 40 songwriter every week? Can you imagine what kind of stories and knowledge about the craft of songwriting they might share? You don't have to imagine it. The host, Ross Golan, will talk with many of the biggest songwriters such as Savan Kotecha, who has written hits for The Weeknd and Ariana Grande, about the hardships and successes of songwriting and go into details from music theory, production, to music business. I dare you to not learn at least a half dozen things each episode.

If you don’t have a clue who Jimmy Webb is, then simply check out his AllMusic credits list which contains artists from Frank Sinatra to Kanye West and Iced Earth.

This book is more than just a guide book on songwriting. You get all the nuts and bolts of chords, harmonies, and melodies, but it is so much more. You get Jimmy’s insight into the business, you get his stories, you get to experience his heart, his love of the craft, and his humble nature after all he has accomplished. The man is brilliant. It doesn’t matter what stage of the game you’re in, aspiring or otherwise, you will get something from this book.

This book is all about learning to build and master your creativity through the eyes of songwriting. This book is very approachable and doesn’t get too technical or scientific like many other books on the topic of creativity. You will ride along with the author, Jesse Cannon, as he guides you through many of the hardships that come along with songwriting and song development. I know this book will be a go-to for me whenever I am working on a new song or trying to get through a creativity dry spell.

If you ever come across writer's block in your songwriting process, then this is the book to get you out of that creativity rut. He goes over many techniques that you can use to help your songwriting process. One of the most radical is to lock yourself in a room for a day and try to write as many songs as you can.

This is a course from Berklee on Coursera taught by Pat Pattison, who also wrote Writing Better Lyrics. This would be a great free introduction to writing lyrics for anyone just starting or wanting to improve. While the course doesn't go into as much detail as the book, it is free to watch the videos and follow along with the project, which might be good motivation. You can always check out the book after that.

Pat Pattison, a professor of songwriting at the Berklee College of Music, wrote this amazing book. Many of his students have won Grammys, such as John Mayer, so he knows what he is talking about. In this book, he gives comprehensive explanations of how and why certain concepts work and how they make listeners feel. This will provide you with a solid blueprint of the tools of the songwriting process.

Hookpad is a tool for modern musicians and songwriters to quickly express their ideas and discover creative, new directions in their songwriting. It is a web-based software that will allow you to create melodies and chord progressions more easily and faster than ever before.

This is the best resource to quickly learn the music theory behind any modern song. It is a user-generated library of the harmony and melody of the majority of modern music. They also offer songwriting software and music theory lessons. The tab library is free to use.

This is a 4-part series about how to write great melodies and analyze them by JJay Berthume. It is very well organized and detailed. He looks at melodies from different genres and boils them down to the essential principles so that you can go and try to create your own memorable melodies.

Rather than looking at modern music through the lens of notation, the writer talks about the modern pop formula through energy and hype. This is the first songwriting book that is directed towards the full-stack modern musician.

This podcast, hosted by musicologist Nate Sloan and songwriter Charlie Harding, engages listeners by breaking down modern pop songs musically and looking at their place in culture.

NSAI is a great resource for growing your songwriting craft, networking with other songwriters, and they offer some amazing workshops from some of the best writers, publishers and music professionals in town. If you are serious about a career in songwriting, this is something you should be a part of.