Posts made in November, 2008

Equal Time?

Equal Time?

If you take yourself to task nine times out of ten but do something really well on the tenth, do you pause, take a breath and let it in? Do you give equal time to savoring the good as well as attending to all that “needs improvement?”

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Chris Stuart On Songwriting

Chris Stuart On Songwriting

Most of the questions you get at songwriting workshops boil down to the essential question of “How do I get started?” Even the question of “Which comes first, words or lyrics?” is just asking how it all starts.

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The Few… the Infinite

The Few… the Infinite

It’s cool to consider that musical scales typically have but eight intervals (and two of those are the same, just an octave apart). Every song ever written starts with the same limited palette, yet the possibilities are literally endless.

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Forest Sun On Songwriting

Forest Sun On Songwriting

Trust yourself. Don’t judge yourself or your creations, or listen to anyone who does. Just keep creating. Does judging you in any way or buying other peoples points of view help you improve or create more?

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