Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
It’s the new industry standard.
It’s how I wrote my entire album and how 99% of all writing sessions go…
Here’s the difference:
Songwriting has 3 parts:
- Harmony (chord progression)
- Melody
- Lyrics
Toplining is just melody and lyrics, but you write over tracks.
Now these track you can get from a producer friend, from beat platforms or even YouTube!
You just have to make sure that you have the correct license if you decide to release the song you wrote.
I grab tracks off of YouTube all the time to write songs.
If I really like the song I wrote and I want to release it I will send my demo to a producer and tell them to completely re-do the track and what changes I want them to make. And of course give them creative freedom to add what they think the song needs too 😊
Writing to tracks is the best thing I ever did in my songwriting career and I encourage every writer to do it - wether you play instruments or not.
Once you have your track you can then purely focus on creating amazing melodies and lyrics.
If you want to step up your songwriting or get started with writing your first song, click here to get my Songwriting Framework Guide: lessons.voxtapestudios.com/the-songwriting-framework
x Lara
It’s the new industry standard.
It’s how I wrote my entire album and how 99% of all writing sessions go…
Here’s the difference:
Songwriting has 3 parts:
- Harmony (chord progression)
- Melody
- Lyrics
Toplining is just melody and lyrics, but you write over tracks.
Now these track you can get from a producer friend, from beat platforms or even YouTube!
You just have to make sure that you have the correct license if you decide to release the song you wrote.
I grab tracks off of YouTube all the time to write songs.
If I really like the song I wrote and I want to release it I will send my demo to a producer and tell them to completely re-do the track and what changes I want them to make. And of course give them creative freedom to add what they think the song needs too 😊
Writing to tracks is the best thing I ever did in my songwriting career and I encourage every writer to do it - wether you play instruments or not.
Once you have your track you can then purely focus on creating amazing melodies and lyrics.
If you want to step up your songwriting or get started with writing your first song, click here to get my Songwriting Framework Guide: lessons.voxtapestudios.com/the-songwriting-framework
x Lara
