“It’s finished, but it just doesn’t sound right, and I can’t tell what’s wrong.“ Is that a familiar feeling? You’re not suffering from writer’s block — it’s more that even though your latest song is finished, it’s just missing something. The energy isn’t there, or the melody sounds scattered, or the chords aren’t working, or… you get […]
You’ve just written your new song, but it’s got problems. What’s worse, you can’t really tell what the problem is, you just know that something doesn’t sound right. What do you do? A few years back I designed a checklist for songwriters to use in such a case, and you can download that free checklist […]
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Download “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” 6-eBook Bundle, and build your audience base. _____________ The fact that your music might bore someone should not be automatically taken to mean that something is wrong. Even the best music in the world will bore some people. That speaks to the diversity of musical taste that exists in the species. […]
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