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ARE YOUR SONGS REAL OR REALLY CLEVER?

1/26/2021

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Perhaps the most common songwriting mistake that I’ve seen kill a song. If I had to choose one songwriting mistake I’ve seen over and over in publishing and mentoring sessions through the years, it would be “writing clever instead of writing real.” Throughout the entire writing process, I am asking myself, does this feel real? Could this have really happened? Does this sound like something would say or does it just sound like a clever line? When someone hears your song for the first time, real hits them first before they even fully understand what your song is about. Nothing loses the listener faster than a line in song that’s not believable or sounds “written.” Here are a few ways to make sure your song is “Real.” 

Always write true statements. “Everyone knows love is just a game” is not a true statement because not everyone feels that way. But- “Some may say that love is just a game” is true because some people feel that way. This may seem like a small point, but it is huge. 
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Always write true statements. People can’t argue with truth. It’s real and affects people, even if they don’t like it, it affects them. Even if you’d want to use metaphors in your lyrics, use them the way that sounds real. Stay away from unnecessary exaggerations and be frank with yourself, defining if you’re writing real or just trying to be clever. 

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QUESTIONS TO ASK BEFORE YOU WRITE A COMMERCIAL SONG

1/19/2021

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Who would want to say this? An artist is a brand. If a song doesn’t fit their brand, they aren’t going to sing it, no matter how good the song might be. If you can come up with a handful of artists that might think your song fits their brand, you are on the right track. If you can’t, you probably aren’t writing a commercial idea. For instance, I once wrote an amazing song about a boy catching his father cheating on his mom. It was a GREAT song. The only problem was, no one wants to stand on a stage and call his or her father a cheater in front of 60,000 people every night. The audience would believe that it was true. That’s not going to happen. Asking myself “Who would want to say this?” would have saved me some disappointment.

​How does this make the artist look? If you are not painting the artist in a positive light, you have almost no chance of getting a song recorded. 
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Again, not many artists are interested in getting up every night on stage and singing about being a cheater, a drunk, a jerk in general or any negative thing. People buy less t-shirts from cheaters, drunks and jerks. The artists want the audience to think they are hip and cool people. Paint them any other way and your chances go down to almost zero.
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DON’T UNDERESTIMATE YOUR SONGWRITING PEERS!

1/12/2021

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​One of the biggest mistakes I see aspiring writers make is that of overlooking their peers. When we are trying to get things going with our writing, too many of us are so busy looking up that we forget to look around. There are people at your level right now that are easily accessible to you who will be the biggest writers in town someday. If you spend all of your time trying to set up co-write with writers higher up the ladder from you, you will walk right by these people. And, in walking right by them, you will seal your fate. When they do become successful, they will remember that you didn’t have time for them when they had nothing going on. 

​​My first publisher was a writer as well. He had written with a young artist who was working days selling boots down on Broadway and writing at night. This artist had been turned down by every label in town. He had nothing going on. Still, my publisher believed in him and wrote with him when no one else would.
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SONGWRITING TAKES COURAGE

1/5/2021

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Being a songwriter is not for the faint of heart. But, being alive is not for the faint of heart, either. The more I experience and the more stories I hear, the more I realize that the vast majority of us have faced some really difficult things in life. If you have not, then count your blessings. I loved this quote the moment I saw it. Even the courageous are afraid. They just decide that something else is more important than fear. Soldiers in battle who go toward the enemy to save a buddy are still afraid. They just put their friend above the fear, and they face it anyway. In life, or in songwriting, the same principle applies. The moment you come over your fears and realize that you actually can start taking the risk and aim to become a full-time writer, the doors will open to you. Life will surprise you the way you never expected. There definitely will be times you will get disappointed and discouraged over and over but you should always remember that you’ve already started a game that from beginning you knew that only strongest ones will survive. Play the game with all your heart and not only you will make it, but the journey as well as the winning will give a joy you never could experience it in anything else.
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