Your answers to these questions can make or break your success in music:

• Do you know your why?
• Who are you as a music maker?
• What is the story you’re telling?
• How are you going to reach those who share your why? (Similar but different than #1)
• When are you going to start?

These 10 books absolutely contributed to my personal transition from “side-thing” to “full-time” in music over the last couple of years. Going from hobbyist to pro is no accident. If you are in the midst of deciding whether or not to make the jump it might help to gain some insight first from people who have been there so you can know what to expect. Bonus: All of these make GREAT audiobooks!

Check out my 6 Productivity Boosters For Songwriters…

If I had to guess, most of you are recording in a square-shaped room made of drywall: literally the absolute worst recording environment. We’ve got to make sure all that the microphone picks up is your voice...not room ambience. And for monitoring, a well-tuned room will go a long way toward better mixes. As a full-time music producer in the age of Covid-19, I’ve spent A LOT of time in recent months helping people get killer vocals at home before they send them to me. It’s really easy to spend tons of money on acoustic treatment but these 5 tricks will help you get it done for a fraction of the cost…

Co-writing is a normal part of the songwriting life. But many people struggle with the idea of co-writing. Songwriting is often deeply personal and bringing someone else into that process can be understandably uncomfortable at times. These 5 tips can be implemented today to help improve your co-writing experience…

Are you a songwriter who needs something to pitch to artists or publishers? Or maybe you’re an artist that just wants to demo your song ideas for producers or collaborators? Whatever your reasons and goals, here’s a simple checklist to help you get started with recording yourself at home…

I’m guessing you’ve seen lists like this before with all the usual songwriting tips. So I gave it some thought and wrote down 5 fresh but ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL elements of a hit-sounding song. These are core principles of what helped me to be voted christiansongwriting.com’s “Songwriter Of The Year” for 2020…

Like it or not many of us are stuck on home. While there’s plenty to do around the house (or online) it can also be a perfect opportunity to make your next song…or record. Here are four tried-and-true ways to get you started…

Recently while working with some extremely talented clients, it came to my attention that they were actually unfamiliar with the music production process. I realized that though many people (especially in church/worship leading contexts) may not be strangers to the studio or recording in general they may never have had to be involved in the entire process from beginning to end…

I’m passionate about songwriting. In fact as a music producer, I just see the recording and production process as part of crafting great songs. And even after being voted christiansongwriting.com’s 2019 Songwriter Of The Year, I gotta say I have A LOT to learn…