Songwriter Theory

Joseph Vadala

A show for singer-songwriters who are tired of “almost great.” Each week I’ll equip you with practical, proven methods to turn promising ideas into complete, timeless songs you’re proud to release.

275 Episodes

Writing More Songs Isn't Making You Better
4/28/2026
38:23
🎵Take The Start & Finish A Song In 5 Days Challenge https://www.songwritertheory.com/saf-song-challenge
Why Songwriting Feels So Hard
4/21/2026
36:09
🎵Take The Start & Finish A Song In 5 Days Challenge https://www.songwritertheory.com/saf-song-challenge
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Recording Changes The Song
4/14/2026
32:40
🎵Take The Start & Finish A Song In 5 Days Challenge https://www.songwritertheory.com/saf-song-challenge
Why All Your Songs Sound The Same
4/7/2026
30:58
🎵Take The Start & Finish A Song In 5 Days Challenge https://www.songwritertheory.com/saf-song-challenge
Why Most Lyrics Feel Weak
4/1/2026
29:30
🎵Take The Start & Finish A Song In 5 Days Challenge https://www.songwritertheory.com/saf-song-challenge
I Used to Hate This Songwriting Trick… Now I Use It | Dana Andrews Conversation
3/26/2026
2:22:27
🎵Take The Start & Finish A Song In 5 Days Challenge https://www.songwritertheory.com/saf-song-challenge Check out Dana here: https://www.youtube.com/@danaandrewsmusic  
If I Could Only Give You 3 Pieces of Songwriting Wisdom, This Is It
2/26/2026
48:25
🎵Take The Start & Finish A Song In 5 Days Challenge https://www.songwritertheory.com/saf-song-challenge
The Only Songwriting Tip That Matters (+ Important Announcement)
8/29/2024
31:28
We're talking about the only songwriting tip that ultimately matters and an important announcement. ►► Download the 20 Ways To Start Writing A Song Cheat Sheet here: http://songwritertheory.com/freeguide/
100 Years | Parallelism, Borrowed Chords, 2 Bridges, Non-Lazy Songwriting, and more
7/17/2024
1:21:48
►► Download the 6-Step Lyric Writing Checklist here: https://songwritertheory.com/lyricchecklist/ In this episode of the Songwriter Theory Podcast, we talk about the power of parallelism in your lyrics, why bridges are the perfect song section to start utilizing modes and borrowed chords, the art of subtly different song structure in our songs, non-lazy songwriting, and more! We're going off of the great song 100 Years by Five for Fighting for this episode. 0:00 Intro 2:51 The Power of Parallelism In Lyrics 12:59 Where To Use Modes and Borrowed Chords In Your Songs 35:32 Changing Up Song Song Structure 50:00 The Art of Non-Lazy Songwriting 1:08:36 Should We Have Our Song Title In The First Line? #SongwriterTheory #JosephVadala
Everything You Want | Hook Writing, 3rd Verses, Wordplay, and More
7/3/2024
1:17:24
►► Download the 20 Ways To Start Writing A Song Cheat Sheet here: http://songwritertheory.com/freeguide/   In this episode of the new format of the Songwriter Theory Podcast, we're learning about Hook Writing, 3rd Verses, Wordplay, and more off of the song Everything You Want by my favorite artist,  @VerticalHorizonMusic  . We'll be covering what we can learn about hook writing, lyric writing, song structure, and more in this episode. Let's talk about it!

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Songwriter Theory

Joseph Vadala

275 Episodes

Writing More Songs Isn't Making You Better

Why Songwriting Feels So Hard

Recording Changes The Song

Why All Your Songs Sound The Same

Why Most Lyrics Feel Weak

I Used to Hate This Songwriting Trick… Now I Use It | Dana Andrews Conversation

If I Could Only Give You 3 Pieces of Songwriting Wisdom, This Is It

The Only Songwriting Tip That Matters (+ Important Announcement)

100 Years | Parallelism, Borrowed Chords, 2 Bridges, Non-Lazy Songwriting, and more

Everything You Want | Hook Writing, 3rd Verses, Wordplay, and More