All songs, hymns, poems, illustrations, and other components of this web-site are Copyrighted 2007 or earlier, either by Stanley K. Brubaker or by Brooksong, LLC. 

       Practical Tools, Tips, and Techniques learned through 40 years of writing useful, singable songs.   Some ideas to help “jump-start” you into composing better Melodies... and some simple, easily-learned “How-to” for writing better Lyrics.

“How to write better MELODIES”

Planned Articles for the MELODIES ARCHIVES

• Learning to Love--the BEST!    [...coming soon...]
• Do You Know Your Musical ABCs?
• Some Wit From Ol’ Ben (Franklin)
• “Do I Need a Piano? ...or a Guitar?”
• What Makes a Tune MeMORable?
• What Kind of Music Does God Like? :)
• “Where Do I Get Some Better IDEAS?”
• Don’t Cheat Yourself! (...or God)
• “Keep On Keeping On”
• Music That Will Stand the Test of Time
•     ...and hopefully much, much more

“How to write better LYRICS”

Planned Articles for the LYRICS ARCHIVES

• WHY Do You Want to Write?    [...coming soon...]
• Basics For Becoming a Really Good Writer
• Does Meter Even Matter?
• You Can Learn to Be More Observant!
• “What Thing$ Will I Need to Buy?”
• What Kind of Sound Does a Hyphen Make?
• Water In the Desert (Streams of Inspiration!)
• “Do I Need a Special ‘Place’ ...and ‘Time’?”
• 7 Ways Memorizing (yep) Scriptures Will Help Your Thinking and Your Writing
• “Iron Sharpening Iron”--Surviving Criticism
•           ... and hopefully many, many more ;

 To encourage you, and myself, I remember writing two articles every month for 16 years for a children’s magazine we started and published-- about 400 articles in all.  Hopefully I can soon get started on this new series of articles.  [To learn about the magazine, click on our “LINKS” Tab, or on the button at right]