INSPIRE THE SONG
SUBLIMINAL SONGWRITING
7 days of retraining your creative brain — so great songwriting stops being something you fluke and starts being something you live and breathe.
— Kill the midnight cycle of singing one line 40 times, hoping the idea reveals itself through muttered words or syllables
— No longer write 100 bad songs hoping one sticks — every song feels like real progression
— Stop thinking "I can hear the difference, but I just don't know how to get my songs there" — you'll know exactly what to do
All for less than the last set of guitar strings you bought that didn't make you a better songwriter.
Sound familiar?
You've given hours… nights… weekends…
Locked in your 'music' room, operating on melodies and lyrics like you're trying to find the cure for cancer.
Then the moment you play something for your wife or friends… your gut sinks. You already know it's not great.
Though they tell you it's good… the compliments land with the same tone as telling a kid their drawing is 'so special'.
You've tried the courses. The books. The podcasts where writers talk about how 'the song just came to them.'
But you're still standing outside, wondering…
Why does it always feel like writing great songs is a punchline that never comes?
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Well, yes… but there's more to it than that.
Just like how some are born more athletic than others — it doesn't mean you'll never stand on that podium. It means you need to train differently.
It's not that hit writers are trying to lock you out. Hit writers live and breathe instinct. What's felt. And very few can articulate what 'it' is — like reading a book on how to parent vs real life parenting.
Stick to your old mindsets and all you have is a bunch of songwriting theory that never translates into better songs.
There's no white knight songwriting course coming to save you.
That's why up until now, it's been a lose-lose situation for you.
Notice how I said, 'until now'…?
Seven days. A pen, paper and a handful of hit songs.
Someone can try to tell you what cool water feels like on a hot day all they want… but it's not until it hits your skin that you truly know. No explanation needed.
That's what this course does to your creative mind. It takes what hit writers have whispered — and what they can't even articulate — and tattoos it onto your instinct.
Each day I'll email you a session built around three things:
Inception
A short, focused task built around handcopying sections of a hit song — or an entire hit song. Sometimes timed. Sometimes not. Most sessions run under 30 minutes. This is where the rewiring begins.
Extraction
You decode what you just completed. Pulling out the invisible moves hit writers run on autopilot. I'll show you exactly where to dig.
Embed It
The insights get hardwired into your creative instincts. You'll take what you decoded and use it to write your own song — so it stops being something you studied and starts being something you do.
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TitlesYou know when a title stops you cold, but not really why. Day 1 is where that changes. And once you know, you can't unknow it. |
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The ChorusMost courses tell you to put the hook in the chorus. 5 stars. lol. But what actually gives a chorus that 'energy' — like the rush of your first kiss — no matter how many times you hear it…? Day 2 is when you find out. |
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The First LineYour opening line is your first make or break moment. After Day 3 you'll know how hit writers light a fire in the first line that pulls the listener all the way to the final note. |
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Verse 1Does a great verse 1 simply set the scene? Or is there something deeper going on? On Day 4 you'll find out how hit writers leave a trail of breadcrumbs that has the listener locked in before the chorus even hits. |
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Verse 2This is where your songs have been dying without you seeing it. Day 5 is the autopsy that reveals the cause of death – and prevents future songs from dying in your arms. |
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The Bridge & Pre-ChorusA bridge or pre can feel like the weird uncle at Christmas dinner – part of the family, but nobody's sure what he adds to the occasion. On Day 6 you'll find out exactly what he's for – and how to make him the most important person in the room. |
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The Full SongThe longer you sit with a song, the more you second-guess it – until what started as something real ends up overcooked and lifeless. Day 7 changes that. By now the instincts hit writers edit by are already in you – so instead of guessing what's wrong with a line, you'll know. |
Plus two bonuses
Bonus 1 — Subliminal Melody Training
The same framework. The same decoding process — applied to the notes instead of the words. Every melody you've ever loved just became your next session.
Bonus 2 — A beginner's guide to setting melody to lyrics
After 7 days, you've got a lyric calling out for a melody. This beginner's guide walks you through exactly how to find the melody it was built to carry — step by step, no production skills required.
There's no more judging, analyzing and secretly despising the writer – you'll never hear a song the same way again. Every song becomes your next session.
Future you – the one 7 days from now – wants to update you on where you're at…
No longer having to play it for others, scanning their face – internally freaking out – to find out if it's a good song. You already know it is.
You'll always have songs that don't work the next day, but it will happen less and less – because you're writing from a completely different place. And you'll be better equipped to save them.
It's no longer an eternity held one inch away from greatness – you're in it. What was once unspoken is now your instinct.
Right now, you have a button to click.
✓ You've been at this for years. You can hear what's missing but can't fix it yourself
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✓ You sift through podcasts looking for that one line that unlocks your songwriting dreams
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✓ You've ever tried to produce or mix your way out of a chorus that doesn't lift
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✓ You're over reading Reddit advice from someone you're not even sure knows how to write a chorus
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✓ You sit there thinking "I can hear the difference… I just don't know how to get there."
⤫ You're looking for a shortcut or a magic pill
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⤫ You think you already know everything there is to know about songwriting
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⤫ You're not prepared to invest at least 30 mins into your songwriting for 7 days
Sure… I've been a Billboard charting music producer and songwriter and toured the world as a session guitarist…
But the real reason why you want to listen to what I have to say is…
As an A&R manager, I've worked with some of the most influential — some genre defining — writers of our time. From Sony, Universal, Capital CMG, Hillsong Music and more.
I've sat in the rooms with them and watched them work.
... produced their demos
... given feedback on their songs
... picked their brains
... studied their process
Here's me with Ben Whincop — mix engineer for the Grammy award winning song What A Beautiful Name.
Here I am (second from left) in a writing session with Vera Blue — before the world knew her name.
I've seen firsthand what it takes to write songs that became radio and streaming #1s and Dove award winners — even a few Grammys.
And now I'm sharing what I've learned with you. Nothing held back.
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Nathan Eshman
Founder, Inspire the Song — Australia
I've been in this industry long enough to know the difference between a songwriter who's all in – and one who disappears the moment commitment shows up…
So I'm not trying to sell this to everyone – because this course asks a lot of you. Seven days. Pen and paper. Real work.
If you're not willing to show up and do it, this isn't for you. No hard feelings.
But if you're the songwriter who's been at this for years — who can hear what's missing but can't fix it, who's tried everything and is starting to wonder if the problem is you…
You're exactly who I built this for.
We've only just met. So I'll back this with a...
Triple the length of the course itself.
Do the 7 days. Actually do them.
If you don't come out the other side feeling the difference when you write…
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If you've not learned anything new…
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If you honestly feel like your songs are not better off after completing this course…
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I'll give you 100% of your money back. No cussing. No guilt trips. No "are you sure?"
And when you come out the other side…
— People stop asking "How's the music going?" and start asking "When can I hear your next song?"
— You call yourself a songwriter without internally flinching – others hear the difference in the way you talk about songwriting
— Every wasted song, every weekend, every fight with your wife because you were locked in that room – justified
Seven days. One complete lyric. Your creative brain – rewired forever.
Here's what this actually is: you hand-copy hit song lyrics slowly, decode what's going on underneath them, then immediately apply what you find to your own lyric. That's it. No fluffy exercises. No "find the heart of the song." No $497 framework that teaches you what you already knew at 15. Just your hand, a pen, and the invisible moves of hit writers being transferred directly onto your creative instincts. Neuroscientists call it deep encoding. You'll call it the thing that finally worked.
Because analyzing and handcopying are completely different mechanisms. When you analyze, your brain stays in observer mode — you're looking at the song from the outside, describing what it does. You can do that for years and never close the gap. When you handcopy a song slowly, your hands retrace every decision the writer made. Your brain processes it twice. Once as a reader, once as the writer who built it. That's deep encoding. That's how the moves stop being something you can describe and start being something you do.
Yes. Complete all 7 sessions and if you don't come out of it a better songwriter, Email contact@inspirethesong.com and I'll refund every cent. No stress. No cussing. But if you don't show up and do the work — that's on you. The 21-day guarantee exists so you can try it without the risk. So try it. See what happens. The guarantee has your back.
Some sessions are under 10 minutes. A few run to 20-30. It depends on how quickly you write. But here's the thing — the more time you put in, the more insights you pull out. A songwriter who rushes through in 8 minutes will get something. A songwriter who slows down, reads out loud and really digs will get something that changes how they write for the next 20 years. Time is the multiplier. Treat it like one.
You don't. You could start handwriting lyrics tonight for free. But without knowing what to look for, what questions to ask, and how to transfer what you find into your own writing — you're just copying words onto paper. This course is the difference between handwriting lyrics and actually decoding them. Between admiring the art and picking up the paintbrush. If you've written at least 3 songs, you'll get something out of it. If you've written 200 and still can't close the gap — this was built specifically for you.
The pros who've been in the room already know most of this on instinct. But instinct is the problem — when you're running on autopilot you stop seeing what you're actually doing. This course forces you to slow down and decode the moves you've been making unconsciously for years. What comes out the other side isn't new knowledge. It's clarity about the operating system you've already been running — and the ability to use it on purpose instead of by accident.
Because every course you've tried taught you the visible move. The what. This course goes after the why — the invisible decision-making that hit writers run on autopilot and can't even articulate themselves. I know what it looks like because I spent years watching it happen in rooms most songwriters only ever pressed their face against. It's real. It has a name. And for $17, it's yours.
AI can generate a song. It cannot generate your perspective, your story, your voice, or the thing only you know about being human in the specific way you are. But here's the thing nobody talks about — even if AI could write your songs perfectly, you'd still feel empty. Because the desire to create isn't about the output. It's about the act. Hand your songs to AI and you don't just lose the craft — you lose the part of yourself that needs to make something. That's not a trade worth making. This course is for the songwriter who needs to write as much as they need to breathe.
That's exactly who this was built for. 20 minutes — ideally first thing when your creative brain is most teachable, but whenever you can carve it out — is enough to complete each session. The embedding doesn't happen while you're writing. It happens while you're living the rest of your day. Show up for the session. Then go live your life. Your subconscious handles the rest.
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