This is where I share my process along with things I’ve found helpful.
Distraction is Enemy Number One. Use airplane mode as your default. Tell people to call if it’s urgent. Resistance is Enemy Number Two. So make songwriting convenient. Keep your guitar, pen, and paper close to a place you visit regularly (e.g., couch in the living room, next to your bed, beside your office chair). Do […]
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In this week’s issue I share…
1) My One-Week Social Media/Email Challenge
2)For the Audio Nerds: “The Amway Years” DAW Session
3) On Songwriting: Disappointment Is Your Friend
3 on Thursday – 4/27/23 Read More »
In this week’s issue I share…
1) Beginning Guitar: A Hack for Building Calluses
2) Patron Perks: Livestream Replay
3) On Songwriting: What to Put In and Leave Out of Your Song
3 on Thursday – 4/20/23 Read More »
In this week’s issue I share…
1) A Trick for Singing in Tune (with stage fright)
2) Forgiveness_MIX6: New Secret Song for Patrons Performance
3) On Songwriting: Let People Put You in a Box
3 on Thursday – 4/13/23 Read More »
In this week’s issue I share…
1) Motivation for Creatives: The Calendar Hack
2) Liver and Onions: From Children’s Song to Adult Ballad
3) On Songwriting: AMA: “Can you talk about using mundane, boring life as a source of inspiration?”
3 on Thursday – 3/30/23 Read More »
In this week’s issue I share…
1) Time Management for Creatives: Books I Recommend and/or My Simple System
2) Story Time with Aaron: My Rock and Roll Gig (at the Senior Center)
3) On Songwriting: 5-4-3-2-1
3 on Thursday – 3/23/23 Read More »
In this week’s issue I share…
1) “Sheltering Oaks”: How One Song Led to an Album
2) My Wife Heidi’s 3 Tips for Getting into Gardening
3) On Songwriting: Being Scared Is Normal
3 on Thursday – 3/9/23 Read More »
In this week’s issue I share…
1) Live performance of “Tilt-A-Whirl”
2) AMA: “Do you do your own mixing/mastering?”
3) On Songwriting: How I Write Melodies
3 on Thursday – 2/16/23 Read More »
In this week’s issue I share…
1) Rosie Thomas: The Making of “Tilt-A-Whirl” Part III
2) The Most Inspring Thing I’ve Seen Lately
3) On Songwriting: It’s Like Naming a Child
3 on Thursday – 2/9/23 Read More »
In this week’s issue I share…
1) The Making of “Tilt-A-Whirl” Part II: The Case of the Loud Wristwatch
2) What I’m Reading and Watching
3) On Songwriting: Paint with the Brushes You Have
3 on Thursday – 2/2/23 Read More »