Every songwriter’s greatest hope is that their songs will stand the test of time. Although our main goal is to achieve financial success with our music, most of us also want to be remembered. There seems to be an innate desire to leave a legacy, whether it’s having children and carrying forward the family name, naming parks and diseases after ourselves, or creating a piece of art that will hang in galleries for hundreds of …
A topic I’d like to discuss today is writer’s block and how to deal with it. Admittedly, I’m writing this article partly for myself as someone who frequently experiences this phenomenon. After some reading and plenty of soul-searching, I’ve started to understand the underlying causes of this phenomenon, and more importantly, how to deal with them. “Writer’s block” is a general term we use to describe being stuck creatively. When we use it, there is often …
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In today’s article we’re going to continue on to part 2 of last week’s post, “How to Choose the Perfect Key for Your Song”. As we discussed, you should put some real thought into your key choice because choosing the wrong one can result in hours of extra work trying to make your arrangement work with it, as if it were a musical jigsaw puzzle. In the second part of this article we’re going to …
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