Ben Meyers

The Book Method Activity

A process of writing lyrics with a book to help us start.

Bens NSS Variation

How I think about the NSS.

The Refrain Line Song

An exploration into the structure of refrian line songs.

The Nashville Number System

An exploration into the NSS and how it creates translatable chord knowledge.

Metaphors We Live By

A clear guide to Lakoff and Johnson’s Metaphors We Live By, a classic book on how the metaphors hidden in everyday speech shape the way we think, act and see the world. It walks through the book’s key ideas, from “argument is war” and “time is money” to how every metaphor shows some things and hides others, and ends with an honest verdict on whether it’s worth reading.

Alternative Acoustic Guitar Chord Voicings

The chord shapes you already know don't have to stay where you learned them. This short deck shows two of them moving up the neck, which gives you four new voicings of chords you play all the time: D, G, A and E. Each one sounds fuller and more open than the standard version. Every slide has a diagram, the tab and a tip on when to use it, and the deck ends with simple ways to practise them in songs you already play.