Songwriting ZenSongwriting Tips, Songwriting Help and Songwriting Ideas in one Songwriting ResourceSongwritingzen.Com To Be Launched - May 1, 2008- April 30, 2008 I want to let you all know that I have a new blog. It&8217;s the same name but different URL. It&8217;s up at the moment. You can find it at www.songwritingzen.com After today I won&8217;t be posting on this blog anymore. All posts will be on the www.songwritingzen.com blog only. When I started my blogging journey I ...http://songwritingzen.wordpress.com/2008/04/30/songwriting-zen-to-be-launched-may-1-2008/ Songwriting Help - Organizing Your Aural Portfolio- April 29, 2008 If photographers can have a visual portfolio of their work then why can&8217;t songwriters have an aural portfolio of their work What&8217;s the use in writing a song if you can&8217;t find it when you need it Well, I have some ideas on this. For years I had a songwriting book where I would write all of ...http://songwritingzen.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/songwriting-help-organizing-your-aural-port... My Personal Songwriting Process - A Recap- April 28, 2008 I held a workshop for SCALA (Songwriters, Composers and Lyricists Association) some time ago about &8220;dissecting the songwriting process&8221;. From doing the workshop I was able to summarize my own songwriting process into bite size pieces. A very handy exercise for someone like myself who, at times tends to make things more complicated than they should ...http://songwritingzen.wordpress.com/2008/04/28/my-songwriting-process-a-recap/ 12 Ways To Enhance Your Songwriting Process- April 26, 2008 I realised a long time ago that there&8217;s no such thing as a perfect songwriting process. It can always be improved upon. Listed below are twelve ways in which you can enhance and improve your songwriting process. Even if you implement just one of these suggestions you will be well on your way to writing more ...http://songwritingzen.wordpress.com/2008/04/26/12-ways-to-enhance-your-songwriting-process... Whats The Definition Of A Bad Song Anyway- April 24, 2008 I ask this question because it seems to me that we, as songwritersseem to be realexperts at naming which one of our creations are &8216;bad&8217;. So much so that, for some songwriters it stops them from creating altogether. Here are some thoughts I have on the subject. Call me strange, call me weird, but I personally don&8217;t ...http://songwritingzen.wordpress.com/2008/04/25/whats-the-definition-of-a-bad-song-anyway/ Cherish Every Moment, Nothing Lasts Forever- April 24, 2008 I try as much as possible to turn a negative situation into a positive one. Recently, my car wouldn&8217;t start. The battery had finally given up and to get this car problem fixed I had to do a lot of waiting around. It was from this waiting that I got the idea for this post. You see, in ...http://songwritingzen.wordpress.com/2008/04/24/cherish-every-moment-nothing-lasts-forever/ Finding A Songwriting Collaborator- April 23, 2008 In recent times, I&8217;ve been making a real effort to collaborate with other songwriters. I&8217;m really enjoying letting go of my own ideas and sharing them with other talented people. When I first started to write songs I was co-writing a lot. This was mainly out of necessity because I wasn&8217;t playing guitar back then. Nevertheless, ...http://songwritingzen.wordpress.com/2008/04/23/finding-a-songwriting-collaborator/ The Blank Piece Of Paper Is Your Friend- April 22, 2008 &8220;Is the glass of water half full or half empty&8221; The reason why I ask this question is that the answer you give may determine how you see your whole songwriting process. The blank piece of paper in front of you can be either one of two things. 1. Something to be afraid of. A scary journey into the ...http://songwritingzen.wordpress.com/2008/04/22/the-blank-piece-of-paper-is-your-friend/ Expanding On Your Possible Song Titles- April 21, 2008 As mentioned in an earlier article &8220;brainstorming possible song titles&8221; I brainstorm words and phrases for 30 minutes at a time, making sure that for every list I do I put the date on top so I know which list to look at first. After doing this exercise 2-3 times a week for a few weeks ...http://songwritingzen.wordpress.com/2008/04/21/expanding-on-your-possible-song-titles/ Songwriting Process - How I Do It- April 19, 2008 &8220;Writing a song is like fishing. You have to bait the hook to get a bite.&8221; - CS I thought it was about time I put onto paper how I get my songwriting ideas. What works for me may not work for you but give it a go anyway. If it does work for you then ...http://songwritingzen.wordpress.com/2008/04/19/songwriting-process-how-i-do-it/ |