Songwriting Guides

Shape a Leadership songs that really feel tight, honest, and replayable, using hooks, prosody, and sharp lyric tone. You will learn

• Pick the sharpest scene for feeling
• Prosody that matches pulse
• Hooks that distill the truth
• Bridge turns that add perspective
• Images over abstracts
• Arrangements that support the story

Who it is for

• Songwriters chasing honest, powerful emotion writing

What you get

• Scene picker worksheet
• Prosody checklist
• Hook distiller
• Arrangement cue map

Craft Songo that is tight, finished, and release ready, focusing on mix translation, arrangement clarity, and the details that make this style unmistakable. Expect practical steps you can repeat.Expect practical steps you can repeat.Expect practical steps you can repeat.You will learn

• Clave placement you can feel
• Montuno patterns that rise
• Tres and piano interlock
• Tumbao that pushes without crowding
• Coro and pregon call and response
• Section flow from intro to descarga

Who it is for

• Bands writing modern Cuban son with classic foundations

What you get

• Clave maps
• Montuno starter motifs
• Coro prompt lists
• Arrangement stencils

Oration songs that really feel ready for stages and streams, using hooks, images over abstracts, and sharp lyric tone. You will learn

• Pick the sharpest scene for feeling
• Prosody that matches pulse
• Hooks that distill the truth
• Bridge turns that add perspective
• Images over abstracts
• Arrangements that support the story

Who it is for

• Songwriters chasing honest, powerful emotion writing

What you get

• Scene picker worksheet
• Prosody checklist
• Hook distiller
• Arrangement cue map

Build Urban Contemporary Gospel that really feels tight and release ready, using clarity, compassion, inclusion checks, worship text without platitudes, and focused mix translation. You will learn

• Worship text without platitudes
• Key lifts that bring goosebumps
• Choir parts and tasteful ad libs
• Shout, contemporary, or quiet dynamics
• Clarity, compassion, inclusion checks
• Unified tags and endings

Who it is for

• Worship leaders, choir directors, and gospel vocalists

What you get

• Service set templates
• Vamp length calculator
• Testimony prompts
• Band arrangement checks

Shape Pop Soul that really feels tight and release ready, using pocket behind or ahead of beat, harmony stacks and tasteful ad libs, and focused lyric tone. You will learn

• Velvet chord voicings
• Intimate lyrics within boundaries
• Harmony stacks and tasteful ad libs
• Pocket behind or ahead of beat
• Chorus lift without mood loss
• Plush, current vocal mixing

Who it is for

• Singers and producers making mood-rich records

What you get

• Voicing recipes
• Intimacy prompts
• Harmony maps
• Vocal chain starters

Create Glam Rock that really feels bold yet true to roots, using set pacing with smart key flow, loud tones without harsh fizz, and focused hook design. You will learn

• Riffs and modal flavors that stick
• Concrete scenes over vague angst
• Shout-back chorus design
• Three- or five-piece clarity
• Loud tones without harsh fizz
• Set pacing with smart key flow

Who it is for

• Bands chasing catharsis with modern punch

What you get

• Riff starters
• Scene prompts
• Chant maps
• Tone-taming notes