Songwriting Challenges

Songwriting…in large quantities, please

July 7, 2010

Can you imagine writing 14 songs in 28 days? Hey, I thought I was a speed demon by getting a dozen songs or so fully-finished in a year…but turns out I’ve been woefully underproductive. The folks over at FAWM.org, which stands for February Album Writing Month, have been challenging songwriters to get going for over [...]

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Songwriting Scene Winter/Seasonal Challenge: Small but Sweet

December 26, 2009

It doesn’t count as procrastination if it’s around holiday time, right? December has been one of those months for me — all I’ve really wanted to do is eat cookies, watch movies and exult in the first snow of the season. Still, I did put a Songwriting Scene challenge out there last month, with a [...]

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Drumroll…Songwriting Scene Challenge results!

September 4, 2009

Well, our first Songwriting Scene Challenge was, I’d say, a great success — at least in quality, if not in quantity. We ended up with three entries, including my own. Again, the challenge was to write a song using the title of a book within the lyrics. Hamburg, Germany-based Markus Rill handed in a great [...]

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A Songwriting Scene Challenge — come on, all you songwriters!

August 16, 2009

A couple of weeks back, I mentioned the possibility of a songwriting challenge on the Songwriting Scene Facebook page. My good friend, songwriter Meg Braun, helped me come up with what I think is a fun idea! This is your (and my) songwriting mission, if you choose to accept it: Write a song with the [...]

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