Many Serve The Song readers have asked me to listen to their songs and give them my opinion, so I’ve decided to launch a song critique service. It’s really simple. For $4.95 I will listen to your song (it must be less than 5 minutes total in length) and send you an email with thoughts/suggestions for how to improve it. This post should answer any questions you have about the new service.

Happy New Year from Serve The Song! While Serve The Song strives to bring you great songwriting tips and information about music production, I know there’s lots of other songwriting websites out there. So here’s a list of 25 websites that I think will help you become a better songwriter. Check ‘em out and let me know what you think in the comments.

These days, it seems searching for potential bandmates is much like looking for a new job. Or hiring an employee. Or finding a roomate. Here’s a list of 8 criteria to take into consideration when searching for, auditioning, and playing music with potential or new bandmates.

Here’s a quick shout out to an excellent music production workshop coming to New York City next weekend.