If you’re thinking, “Active listening doesn’t really matter” or “I’d rather figure songs out on my own,” let me stop you right here.

As a coach—and as someone who didn’t “get it” for a long time—I’m shouting from the rooftops: IT MATTERS.

If you don’t learn this, you’ll find yourself reinventing t...

Most songwriters follow the same pattern when a song doesn’t quite land.

• They tweak the lyrics.

• They rewrite the melody.

• Maybe even change the chords.

But after all that effort… the song still feels flat.

Here’s the hard truth:
It’s not always the melody or lyrics that need fi...