http://www.songwritingscene.com/2010/03/songwriting-your-own-stories-or-someone-elses/ A blog for songwriters about songwriting Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.songwritingscene.com/2010/03/songwriting-your-own-stories-or-someone-elses/comment-page-1/#comment-239 Erin Friedman Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:49:47 +0000 http://www.songwritingscene.com/?p=206#comment-239 I'm always combing newspapers, magazines, novels and other peoples lives for good stories that need telling. Frankly, if I stuck to songwiting about my own life, my catalog would be a grand snore-fest. Distilling complicated situations and characters down to a three-minute-thirty presentation is, I think, one of the most satisfying things I do as a songwriter. I’m always combing newspapers, magazines, novels and other peoples lives for good stories that need telling. Frankly, if I stuck to songwiting about my own life, my catalog would be a grand snore-fest.
Distilling complicated situations and characters down to a three-minute-thirty presentation is, I think, one of the most satisfying things I do as a songwriter.

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