songwriting

A Great Songwriting Tip

February 21, 2010

Improvisation may be daunting, but on the other side of it there is liberation and a huge sense of achievement. Your songwriting will improve as a result.

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My First Experience of Songwriting

September 17, 2009

Napoleon Hill wrote something along the lines of "Every disaster carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit". Once I stepped out of feeling sorry for myself, the benefits were obvious.

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It Started in Another Corner of the Universe

September 15, 2009

The Boy at Heart story begins way back before I had any awareness of the name and I certainly hadn’t imagined quite the lifestyle I would be living today. Lets go back to 1996. Do you remember that far back. What I find incredible is that very soon 1990 will be 20 years ago!

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My FAWM Journey: A Success!

March 2, 2009

I never doubted I could complete the challenge target of 14, but I had totally forgotten about any intention to reach 20 and seeing as I find it difficult to write about anything outside of a particular subject I was finding it hard to come up with songs without feeling like I was repeating myself.

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February is Alright for Writing!

February 1, 2009

February Album Writing Month 2009 is upon us and it seems like only yesterday that FAWM 2008 was in full swing, which was my first one. It was also when I was a rookie songwriter. Well I still am really, but a rookie compared to now even. I had only written about 5 songs when FAWM 2008 came around and thanks to that challenge, it got my songwriting off to a flying start.

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