About

The Songwriter's Desk is a free toolkit and blog for working songwriters — people who actually finish songs and try to do something with them.

It's hosted by me, Dan Healy. I'm a songwriter. Everything on this site is built because I wanted it to exist and couldn't find it elsewhere, or because the existing version of it was ugly, slow, or trying to upsell me.

What's here

Tools for the writing — a song idea generator, a slant-rhyme finder, a syllable and stress analyser, song title generators, chord and structure helpers. And tools for the business — a split sheet generator, a royalty split calculator, PRO comparisons, and explainers that use plain English.

Why listen to me

I'm a working songwriter, not a music journalist or a teacher by trade. I write about what I actually run into, not what's trending. When I don't know something, I say so. When I've changed my mind, I write about that too.

Say hi

Email me at hi@songwritersdesk.com or find me on my music channels as Dan Healy.