From June 4-8, I attended the Association for Popular Music Education (APME) conference in Memphis, TN – hosted by the University of Memphis. For those who don’t know, I’ve been a long-time member of APME – I was on their board from 2014-2020, and in the last four years of my term, served as both Vi...

One of the most common struggles songwriters face is not knowing what to write about. I hear it from students and professionals alike: "I just don’t feel like writing," or "Everything’s great—what am I supposed to write about?"

This is where prompt-based writing (also known as writing to a brief) c...