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YOU’VE GOT THIS!

7/19/2019

One of the most common questions people ask me is “Do you think I have what it takes to do this?” They are usually referring to their music. In reality, the current quality of their music is not the primary factor in answering that question.

When I got my first writing deal, I didn’t have any songs that my publisher wanted to pitch. And, none of the songs I brought in ever got cut. Zero. I got signed on potential. My publisher told me that he signed me because:

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KEY HABITS OF EXCEPTIONALLY CREATIVE PEOPLE

7/16/2019

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Over the last decade of working with some of music’s top producers, recording artists, and songwriters, I started noticing similar personality traits and habits of highly creative people. These professionals possessed a certain mindset that allowed them to perform at a high level and do it effortlessly. Their personal habits funneled their energy into a kind of creative vortex. I’ve listed 7 of these habits here. There are certainly more, but these are the 7 that almost all of these pros had mastered.

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Artist Interview - Roger Penkethman

7/12/2019

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It was about a year and half ago, I had the chance to get in touch to one of the most interesting songwriters I know via internet. His name is Roger Penkethman, a very strong songwriter, specifically a lyricist from England who literally uses his pen as a weapon. His songs have very interesting stories behind. Long story short, we spoke for a while and we came to the conclusion that we want to have a long-term collaboration, resulting him to join our Flipside family.

Recently when we started our artist interviews again, he was the first person I invited for an interview and he gave me the honor to accept it. I hope you enjoy his interview, sharing his experiences.

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BRIDGES: A SONGWRITER’S RULE OF THUMB

7/9/2019

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One of the most difficult moments in the process of writing a song is “bridge time”. I have been in many co-writes where we agonized over whether or not we need a bridge. At one point, early in my career, I came to my mentor to ask him if I needed a bridge in a song I was working on. He asked, “Is there a river to cross?”. I had no idea what he meant, so he said “Don’t build a bridge if there’s not a river to cross.

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ARTIST INTERVIEW - CAMILLE MILLER

7/5/2019

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Earlier this year we had organised a music festival in Singapore named "Sing For Kindness" in collaboration with Uncle Ringo and Singapore Kindness Movement. That was where we first had the chance to meet Camille Miller, an amazing Canadian singer, songwriter and performer who had just moved to Singapore a couple of weeks earlier.
She truly is one of the best musicians we had ever worked with and we recently had invited her for an interview for our blog, sharing with us about her music, her history and her current activities including her latest EP album, named "Cover Me".
Hope you enjoy the interview.

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DON’T FALL FOR THESE URBAN SONGWRITING MYTHS

7/2/2019

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I can write only 10 songs and have several hits in the bunch. Songwriting is a craft that takes years to develop. No painter paints a masterpiece within his first ten pieces of art. Most people have to write hundreds of songs before they write a hit.

I can move to LA or New York for a year and get my songwriting career going and then I’ll move back home. Most people I know spent 5-7 years trying to write full time in a music centre before they succeeded. It’s not going to happen in a year.

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YOU’VE GOT THIS!

KEY HABITS OF EXCEPTIONALLY CREATIVE PEOPLE

Artist Interview - Roger Penkethman

BRIDGES: A SONGWRITER’S RULE OF THUMB

ARTIST INTERVIEW - CAMILLE MILLER

DON’T FALL FOR THESE URBAN SONGWRITING MYTHS

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