Story-First Songwriting

✅ Stop guessing if your lyrics work. Learn story-first songwriting and turn every idea into music-ready lyrics with a proven, repeatable system. Join our community: Story-First Songwriting on Skool .👉 ⁠skool.com/songwriting/about⁠ You write a song that feels clever. The words are interesting. The melody works. But then people skip it. This happens when your song's first line makes a promise, but...

✅ Stop guessing if your lyrics work. Learn story-first songwriting and turn every idea into music-ready lyrics with a proven, repeatable system. Join our community: Story-First Songwriting on Skool .👉 ⁠skool.com/songwriting/about⁠ You write one killer opening line. One line that stops people in their tracks. So you're done, right? You are gonna have a great song. Wrong. A strong opening line ope...

✅ Stop guessing if your lyrics work. Learn story-first songwriting and turn every idea into music-ready lyrics with a proven, repeatable system. Join our community: Story-First Songwriting on Skool .👉 ⁠skool.com/songwriting/about⁠ You can have the most gorgeous image in your song. A perfect metaphor. Or a simile so specific it works wonders. And your listener still won't feel what you feel... 😬...

✅ Stop guessing if your lyrics work. Learn story-first songwriting and turn every idea into music-ready lyrics with a proven, repeatable system. Join our community: Story-First Songwriting on Skool .👉 ⁠skool.com/songwriting/about⁠ A character with a real problem does not make a story. You need the one specific event that knocks everything off balance, and then you need 4 more. In "Tom Seaver," G...

✅ Stop guessing if your lyrics work. Learn story-first songwriting and turn every idea into music-ready lyrics with a proven, repeatable system. Join our community: Story-First Songwriting on Skool .👉 ⁠skool.com/songwriting/about⁠ You can stack beautiful lines on top of one another, ... and still walk away with no song. Today we're breaking down "In Like a Lion" from Greg Amici's Tragicomic, and...

✅ Stop guessing if your lyrics work. Learn story-first songwriting and turn every idea into music-ready lyrics with a proven, repeatable system. Join our community: Story-First Songwriting on Skool .👉 ⁠skool.com/songwriting/about⁠ What happens when your listener can't follow what you mean? Because you're writing is too clever for them? In "Greenwood," there's a killer opening that hooks you inst...

✅ Stop guessing if your lyrics work. Learn story-first songwriting and turn every idea into music-ready lyrics with a proven, repeatable system. Join our community: Story-First Songwriting on Skool .👉 ⁠skool.com/songwriting/about⁠ What's the difference between a song that keeps building pressure and a song that actually tells a story?"Junky Eyes" has everything you'd expect. A clear want. Rising...

✅ Stop guessing if your lyrics work. Learn story-first songwriting and turn every idea into music-ready lyrics with a proven, repeatable system. Join our community: Story-First Songwriting on Skool .👉 ⁠skool.com/songwriting/about⁠ More about Greg Amici: gregamici.com/ He Was Silent for Sixteen Years ...Greg Amici was mid-set at a major festival when something went wrong with his voice. What a do...

Join our free community: Story-First Songwriters on Skool.👉 skool.com/songwriting Want a fast way to catch a supposed "story"-song that was never going to work? Ask one question. Do the people in your song want the same thing the same way? Today we're on track four of Tragicomic, "Girl Next Door," and it delivers one of the most useful lessons in all of story-first songwri...

Join our free community: Story-First Songwriters on Skool.👉 skool.com/songwriting Song three from Tragicomic by Greg Amici, and this one makes a mistake I see in a lot of beginner lyrics. The song spends its whole opening getting you to root for one guy. Then it quietly turns him into the one you hoped you had better not rooted for. 😬 In this breakdown we cover the two words most people dont kno...

Join our community: Story-First Songwriting on Skool. 👉 ⁠⁠skool.com/songwriting⁠ Interview with Greg Amici LIVE on June 30th! More details inside our community on Skool. This is Story First Songwriting, and right now we're going through Greg Amici's album Tragicomic one track at a time. Greg told us that storytelling sits at the center of how he writes, so we're doing what we do best...

Join our community: Story-First Songwriting on Skool. 👉 ⁠skool.com/songwriting Interview with Greg Amici LIVE on June 30th! More details inside our community on Skool. This is Story First Songwriting, and right now we're going through Greg Amici's album Tragicomic one track at a time. Greg told us that storytelling sits at the center of how he writes, so we're doing what we do best he...

Join our free community: Story-First Songwriters on Skool. And get the slides: 👉 skool.com/songwriting And to work with me 1:1, book your call on my calendar . There is only one question that can save you from getting stuck in your songwriting and falling into writer's block. And in this video, I'm gonna share this one question with you, the two possible answers, and how those two paths d...

If you’re a songwriter, this breakdown of the song "Another Day Old" by AI artist Eddie Dalton will help you see the limits and opportunities of using AI as a co-writer for your songs. Join our free community: Story-First Songwriters on Skool. And get the PDF of the lyric breakdown:👉 https://www.skool.com/storytelling-in-songwriting-3212 And to work with me 1:1, book your call with me h...

Join our free community: Story-First Songwriters on Skool.👉 https://www.skool.com/storytelling-in-songwriting-3212In this episode, I share with you the Secret Lyric Writing Trick that will not only hook your listeners and keep them engaged so they don't skip your songs, but also have you can turn casual listeners into raving fans. Hey, I'm Melanie Naumann. I've analyzed over 1000 song...

Join our free community: Story-First Songwriters on Skool .Why is “Golden” by K-Pop Demon Hunters still climbing the Billboard charts? And what makes the lyrics hit so deeply for listeners around the world? In this episode, I break down the storytelling inside the song “Golden” by K-Pop Demon Hunters and show why it resonates with so many people. We’ll look closely at the protagonist’s journey, fr...

Join our free community: Story-First Songwriters on Skool. Helping songwriters use storytelling to write great lyrics (and make a difference).https://www.skool.com/storytelling-in-songwriting-3212--------------------------- In this video, I do a lyric breakdown of the story told in the Song "Bridge over troubled water" by Paul SImon. I show you how the song includes the 5 commandments of...

Join our free community: Story-First Songwriters on Skool. Helping songwriters use storytelling to write great lyrics (and make a difference).https://www.skool.com/storytelling-in-songwriting-3212--------------------------- In this video, I do a simple lyric breakdown of the Song "Bridge over troubled water" by Paul SImon. There will be another video added with the story-components breakdown o Mar...

✅ Join my free community for songwriters who want to leverage the power of storytelling to write great songs that grow their fanbase & career. lyricmastery.com/skool Get the book on starting your lyrics with an attention-grabbing opening line . In this video, I breakdown the 7 biggest storytelling mistakes holding back indie artists from blowing up. Because great songs aren’t just about rhyme...

✅ Join my free SKOOL community for songwriters who want to leverage the power of storytelling to write great songs that grow their fanbase & career. lyricmastery.com/hub Ready to write a song that hits hard and sticks with your listeners? In this video, we're diving into what it takes to create a pro- or anti-war song that really connects. We'll cover everything from the raw emotions...

✅ Join my free community for songwriters who want to leverage the power of storytelling to write great songs that grow their fanbase & career. ⁠lyricmastery.com/hub . Michael Jackson knew the secret. A song can have incredible power over the audience. You’ve seen it—when the crowd sings along, especially during the chorus, something magical happens. According to Jackson, it’s more than just w...

✅ Join my free community for songwriters who want to leverage the power of storytelling to write great songs that grow their fanbase & career. ⁠lyricmastery.com/hub -Let's look at the lyrics of Sunrise Avenue’s "Nothing is Over" and discuss why it’s such a powerful song. We’ll see how the first and last lines tell a story about a struggling relationship that still holds on with...

✅ Join my free community for songwriters who want to leverage the power of storytelling to write great songs that grow their fanbase & career. ⁠lyricmastery.com/hub Is storytelling truly the thing that sets Taylor Swift apart from every other music artist? In this video, I analyze Taylor Swift’s storytelling craft by examining her 11 studio albums and over 160 songs. Using 75 different storyt...

✅ Join my free community for songwriters who want to leverage the power of storytelling to write great songs that grow their fanbase & career. ⁠lyricmastery.com/hub - In this video, we dive deep into Vicki Lawrence's classic hit, breaking down its gripping story of betrayal, murder, and shocking twists. We'll cover everything from how the song begins and introduces its characters, to...

✅ Join my free community for songwriters who want to leverage the power of storytelling to write great songs that grow their fanbase & career. ⁠lyricmastery.com/hub - Discover the 3 powerful ways to express the setting in your lyrics. Whether you want to hint at a place or make it central to your song’s story, I'll show you how to weave the setting into your song in a way that truly reson...