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Jack Hardy’s songwriting “manifesto”

April 26, 2011
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Some of you might remember reading my post about the untimely passing of folk singer/songwriter Jack Hardy in mid-March. It was, in fact, one of my most popular posts of all-time, receiving far more hits in a few days time than the rest of the blog put together. Clearly, Jack was revered by hundreds, no, [...]

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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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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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Guest post: Five Unusual Songwriting Tricks from The Beatles

November 17, 2010

In the wake of the news that The Beatles are now available on iTunes, I’m excited to present this guest post from regular reader and English songwriter Matt Blick, who is blogging his way through all 211 Beatles songs. I’ve already learned lots! Five Beatles Songwriting Tricks — By Matt Blick The Beatles were songwriting Ninjas, but [...]

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