Songwriting tips, techniques, and ideas
Digging through NPR archives, I found a pair of interviews with one of my favorite songwriters, Tom Waits. The two tapes are spliced together; that’s why there’s only one link. Here are some of the …
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photo by sashaw “Uh, so this is my song. It’s kinda boring I guess, and I don’t really know what it’s about. The chorus is just kind of thrown in there and the whole thing is just stupid. I think my …
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Check out this great interview with singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Andrew Bird on QTV! “I at some point had to extract myself, my identity from the violin.” I can relate to that. I can’t …
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Welcome to Archive Revision Roundup #3! I hope you all had a great weekend. We’ll kick off the new week by revisiting a few of my favorite posts. Write a song this week, will ya? Songwriting …
Here are a few books that I find myself referring to again and again. Making proper use of these will enliven your writing and help you dislodge yourself when you get stuck. Whether you climb on …
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Every songwriter knows how it feels to be stuck in the middle of a song--of having no clue what should come next. You can break through these barriers easily by applying a little wisdom used by …
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