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Guest post: Get your songwriting inspiration from the news

May 1, 2011
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Guest post by Kate O’Quinn: Are you stuck on a topic for your new tune? Maybe you are just sick of writing the same type of song over and over again. Whatever the case may be, if you are in search of inspiration, turn on the nightly news, open a newspaper or grab a magazine. [...]

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4 ways to silence your songwriting self-editor

April 17, 2011
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Sometimes, you just want to write. Right? You just want the words to flow, to put pen to paper, to allow everything inside your head to come tumbling out on paper. Of course, that’s easier said than done, if your Songwriting Self-Editor has anything to say about it. The “Songwriting Self-Editor” — a devil in [...]

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Tips and tricks: Home recording how-tos

April 10, 2011
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Ready to record your newly-written tunes? If so, perhaps you’re looking to do  some demos at home before you hit the professional studio. Or, perhaps all you’re looking for is an inexpensive way to get your songs recorded for posterity. However, I’m hardly the songwriter to ask about recording songs at home since I’ve hardly [...]

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Guest post: A songwriting tip straight from “Mad Men”

January 16, 2011
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Guest post by Jeff Shattuck: I believe creativity demands limits. To create with no goal, no clear or even blurry idea of what you’re after, no way of telling whether you’ve succeeded or failed is a hopeless, thankless, and possibly even meaningless task. At least it is for me. And in song writing, especially for lyrics, I create [...]

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