Influence, people think about it as someone you like but influence is also what you're revolted by. In fact, often it's what you're running away from. – Marc Ribot …
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Hit “Mute” on Your Inner Critic and Write Better Songs
Warning: this one bad habit can become a serious drag on your desire to write songs. …
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11 Ways to Find Fresh Song Ideas When You Haven’t Got a Clue
Song ideas are all around you. You can train yourself to notice these gems, capture them into a notebook, and kindle the promising ones into new songs. …
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Rediscover Your Songwriting Groove, Part 2: Organize Your Audio Files
Somewhere on your hard drive there's a folder you've been avoiding. It's full of such solid gold hits as: AUDIO001.WAV AUDIO002.WAV AUDIO003.WAV And who could forget such timeless classics …
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Welcome to a fresh start for Song Written.
I started this site in 2009 as a place to think out loud about the craft of songwriting. Back then, the site served 20 readers on a good week. Now Song Written serves 3,500 songwriters every week — …
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Rediscover Your Songwriting Groove with a New Lyric Writing Notebook
Get a fresh start with a new lyric writing notebook — and all the inspiration that brings. …
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