I've already told you before that me and my boy Big Kenny were the originators and the innovators of hick-hop along with our big bl...

Think outside the box. Write from your own unique perspective. Tell an old story in a new way. This is advice losers give aspiring s...

If you're writing a serious song to make people think, think your ass again. Country radio does not have "thinkers" as a tar...

Sometimes if you need a little inspiration to write a rockin' new country song and you're just too drunk to put any thoughts in or...

Don't worry about writing a country song. Just write a damn song! If it has at least one memorable melody in it, a catchy title a...

When you're writing a hit country song, you should appeal to all the senses. That would seem like common sense, but most songwriters ...

High concept writing is unwelcome around here, nerds. You say satire, I say pass me a Fat Tire. You say parody, I say Cledus T. Joke. Me...

When you're looking for inspiration to write a great country song, it's not hard to find. I look to a specific era of music bygon...

Today, like an NBA team tells Kim Kardashian, I've got a few tips for you. 1. Always have a notebook with your or make sure your sm...

A little rhyming advice for you peeps this morning. In country music, rhyme is relative. Never worry with coming up with an actual strong...

Hey y'all. It's been a while huh. Well, I've got a little time here in the airport, so I thought I'd crap out a new songwrit...

Teabagger, I mean, mailbagger Kevin in Cincy writes: John, at what age did you realize country songwriting was the only possible career out...

Be nice to people with lesser talent or fame than you. At least come up with polite ways to say "get the hell away from me." Some ...

Be fake. Hell, y'all saw me on Celebrity Apprentice being all polite and thoughtful and mature… lolz, fooled ya ass big time. I'm th...

I've come up with a groundbreaking concept to save songwriters valuable space in their "how country I am" songs for more redne...

For my 50th nugget of wisdom, I'm gonna get as real as it gets with you, my peeps. If you're not writing with, as Snoop dee-oh-doubl...

Sizzle baby sizzle. If you have problems writing songs with depth, gravity or lasting significance, at least have the good sense to slap in...

Modern country songs are best written in comfort. In the old days, Hank Williams had a damn sawhorse with a board across it as a desk and hi...

Imagery is very important part of country music songwriting. It's not enough to say you drive a tractor, you have to describe the sweet ...

Today chil'ren, we gonna talk about rhyme. Sure, in some of those indie garbage genres, they don't even rhyme their lines but who li...