Overview
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Get quick, helpful songwriting tips to help you find inspiration, stay motivated, and focus on your music.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Quick tips to help you find songwriting inspiration
- What you should know
- Pointers
- Just sit down
- Today might be the day
- Look for literary inspiration
- Even five minutes counts
- Make it personal
- Turn off your phone
- Don't stop to edit
- Write quickly and edit slowly
- Be open to editing
- Find a great groove
- Overcome your fear
- Trust the good ones
- Write the song you're afraid to write
- Switch up your schedule
- Read more
- Set up a time of day to write
- Try writing early in the morning
- Be generous
- Inspire someone in particular
- Read a book on songwriting
- Career tips
- Do one thing for your career today
- Learn the business of music
- Take small steps
- Do a little songwriting every day
- Schedule yourself
- Learn from your peers
- Find a collaborator
- Don't let a bad cowrite get you down
- Don't cancel a writing session
- Build your catalog
- Take yourself seriously
- Find your voice
- Perform your songs live
- Let criticism go
- Trust your own opinion
- Do your best work now
- Pitch your songs
- Don't forget your old songs
- Remember the small victories
- Keep going
- The big picture
- The song is its own reward
- Remember why you started writing songs
- Hang in there
- Cultivate outside interests
- Be patient
- Balance your patience and impatience
- Remember what moves you
- Remember what moved someone else
- Consistency is the key
- Build your songwriting muscle
- Learn to access inspiration
- Not every song will be great
- Go on input for a while
- Count your blessings
- Songwriting is a gift
- Writing songs is a responsibility
- Step out of your comfort zone
- Write what moves you
- Remember your motivation
- Songs take their own time
- What's next
