If you’re not okay with me making triple entendres and elementary school-level jokes about kinks and hoses, you should probably skip this one. I said don’t! No! Don’t watch it! Okay, if you must. But …
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If You’re Not Messing Up—Often and Well—Something’s Wrong
“If you don't have failures and nervousness and sloppiness and mistakes, you're not taking enough risks or stretching as much as you could be.” -Ruth Greenwood The above comment Ruth left on The …
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You Could Lose All of Your Songs Tomorrow.
That's my new external hard drive there to the left. I'm using it to back up all of my music, lyrics, and writing on a regular basis-starting today. I lost seven years of work on Friday night. I had …
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Do You Care Whether Your Lyrics Read Well on a Page?
If someone picked up your lyric booklet, would it be a good read even if they've never heard your album? Does it matter? …
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Why You Should Join the “50 Songs in 90 Days” Challenge Right Now
YOU: “But Nick, didn’t that start like 40 days ago?!” Something like that, yes. YOU: “So it’s like 50 songs in 50 days now?” Right. YOU: “And you’re telling me I should sign up now.” You bet I …
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Life Cycle of a Summer Song, Part 4: An Attempt at Self-Criticism
Usually I don’t take this long to finish a draft of a song, but writing “The Deep End of Summer” publicly has complicated the process somewhat. Sorry if you’ve been waiting for the next installment—I …
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