Fifteen lessons on writing lyrics that last. Start from a real event, build a system of metaphor, read like a writer, and refuse the easy conclusion. Drawn from Volume I of the forthcoming series From Lyrics to Master, with a writing exercise in every lesson.

Fifteen lessons on harmony for songwriters who write by feel. Minor and major, modes, ninths, suspensions, borrowed chords, and reharmonization, each tied to the emotion it carries. Drawn from Volume II of the forthcoming series From Lyrics to Master.

Fifteen lessons on turning a guitar-and-vocal sketch into a finished production. Guitars, keyboards, bass, drums, layering, dynamics, and the subtraction pass, all in service of the vocal. Drawn from Volume III of the forthcoming series From Lyrics to Master.

Twelve lessons on how modern music uses harmony: scales, chords, and modes, then rock, blues, funk, Latin, jazz, pop, and synth-pop, with the techniques of the artists who shaped each style. Drawn from the forthcoming book Music Harmony Mastery.

Ten lessons on the writer's side of songwriting: reading, metaphor, song cycles, letters as lyrics, poetic technique, time, and silence. Drawn from the forthcoming book Lyrics, Emotion, and Literary Craft.