This quarter we're having a lively discussion group all about Turning On & Tuning Up Your Songwriter Radar. My dad Kim Williams always talked about keeping your "songwriter radar" on all the time. "Songwriter radar" is another way of describing what some people call mindfulness, awareness, observation and being present in the moment. It was using his "songwriter radar" that Dad came up with the idea for "New Way To Fly" driving up Music Row one day. He saw the "birds on a hig

Songwriters write to the hook to get to their best songs.  What is writing to the hook and why does it make for great songwriting?  Read...