Really amazing guidance… Really amazing guidance compositionally. Ed works well helping in any and all musical/compositional styles and has helped me improve a lot.

Be creative, stay creative and write, write, write! The Song Foundry isn’t another set of ‘rules’ or ‘hacks’, it’s a refreshing perspective for being a songwriter. You simply need to treat it as a lifestyle, open your ears, listen and write, write, write! Ed’s ability to break down all the themes covered into simple, manageable chunks is second to none. There’s plenty of nuggets of wisdom sprinkled across both the site and books.

Helpful but still confused on things Well it's kindda helpful since now I think my songs are getting better but I wasn't able to understand composing yet... Still I'm thankful

I'd never been able to write songs I'd never been able to write songs, every time it just came out wrong somehow. However, after going through Ed's book online and following the exercises I found at the end I'd written a song that was half decent. Now there's no stopping me, I'm writing most days. So all in all I've found the book very helpful to get me started. Cheers Ed.

Highly recommend the Song Foundry books and videos I came across Ed Bell's "The Art of Songwriting" while researching to teach my first songwriting class at a community college. Not only was the information invaluable, the writing was clear, concise and easy to read, with a friendly, conversational tone. The "How to Write a Song" video course helped me understand how to use the concepts from the book in a practical way, and I especially liked the demonstrations where Bell completes each step of the songwriting process. There are many ways to write a song, but I feel using this organized process can really help if you have not written a song before or if you have trouble finishing your songs.