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Moderato· 84 BPM · Songwriting kits
Write the song you hear.
Notebooks, structure maps, a rhyme guide and 30 days of exercises. For people who start songs — and want to finish them.
← start with one page, freeFrom a scrap to a song
- 1
Capture
Catch the line before it’s gone.
Idea & Reference Log - 2
Structure
Pick the shape: verse, chorus, bridge.
Song Structure Maps - 3
Write
Lyrics left, syllables and rhyme right.
Lyric Notebook - 4
Polish
Fix the weak line. Then say it out loud.
Rhyme & Meter Guide
The tools · Side A
The kit · tracklist
Everything to finish a song.
Side A
- A1Lyric Notebook120 pages
- A2Song Structure Maps12 maps
- A3Idea & Reference Log40 pages
Side B
- B1Rhyme & Meter Guide36 pages
- B230-Day Exercises30 exercises
Price: $29instead of $39 apart
A song in progress
This is what the notebook looks like after an evening. “Paper Boats” is ours — every example lyric on this site is written by us.
- Lyrics left, notes right
- Syllable column
- Rhyme column
- Draft number
| Syll. | Lyric | Rhyme |
|---|---|---|
| Verse 1 | ||
| 8 syllables | We folded every promise small | rhyme a |
| 8 syllables | and set them on the evening tide | rhyme b |
| 8 syllables | you said the river knows us all | rhyme a |
| 8 syllables | and lets the small things float, not hide | rhyme b |
| Chorushook! | ||
| 7 syllables | So let them go, let them go, | rhyme c |
| 8 syllables | paper boats on a | rhyme c |
| ↑ “slow, slow” — say it twice | ||
| Verse 2 | ||
| 8 syllables | The bridge lights blink like they forgot | rhyme d |
| Empty line | ||
| Empty line | rhyme d | |
| need a “d”: lot? knot? not? — try a picture, not a word | ||
Pick your sound
Three collections. Each one has the song shapes, exercises and one of our own songs taken apart, line by line.
collect all three → Complete Writer, $59Where are you now?
pNever finished a song
“I have lines, but never a whole song.”
mfFinished a few
“I finish some songs, but the verses sound the same.”
fI write a lot
“I start songs. I get stuck in verse two.”
Your song is yours.
What you write in our notebooks belongs to you. Record it, release it, sell it. No credit to us, no fee, ever.
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