No matter how many songwriting techniques you learn, no matter how many songwriting books you read, and no matter how much you daydream… this is all for nothing unless you actually write.
Leo Babauta has written a fantastic free eBook called Focus: a Simplicity Manifesto in the Age of Distraction. Click the title to download the 121-page PDF.
Focus is all about cutting down on noise so you can do the work that matters to you. As Tom Waits says: “Sometimes you have to be real quiet to catch the big ones.” Focus is a great tool for learning to be real quiet and make time in your life for what’s essential.
There’s also a premium version of Focus available, for those who want to dig deeper—but the free version (over a hundred pages!) will take you far. Click its cover to download; you’ll be glad you did.
Thanks for the link to the free e-book, Nicholas.
I used to read Leo (and his peers), but I unsubscribed all of them from my RSS feed and Twitter follow list to make room ONLY for songwriting resources: this includes even unsubscribing blogs like Hypebot!
That’s what I do to focus.
Keep on smashin’!