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Protected: Cover Band Triple Pandemonium Violates City Noise Ordinance

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Arbitrary Deadlines

Aaron's Blog, Songwriting

You’re going to have to set them. I’m sorry, but that’s pretty much the only way. Do you know why I’m writing and trying to finish this blog post right now? Because I set an arbitrary deadline to publish it for you today. Nobody told me to do that. Not the internet, not my dad,

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[#011] “Beautiful World”

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Safe Enough to Wander (2013) Spotify | Apple Music | Youtube “What if all the constellations were railway stations?” (First line of the song.) The obvious answer is that the stars would liquefy the railway cars due to their temperature being around 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit. It’s also true that it would be difficult to fit

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[#010] “Beautiful Place” Feat. DJ. Stanfill

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Single (2021) Spotify | Apple Music | Youtube I’d had this short composition sitting around for a long time on my computer. I had no idea what it could be used for, and the chant I sort of made up kind of sounded like “heymumma-heymumma” over and over again. Here, this is it: One day

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Protected: The Station Wagon Chronicles

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[#009] “Be There Soon”

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From the album Passages (2017) Spotify | Apple Music | Youtube | CD | Vinyl I remember standing in my backyard after the phone call, trying to figure out what to say to my wife. We had two young kids, and suddenly, I felt extremely foolish for pursuing a career as a songwriter. How could

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Protected: Did you know this?

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Separate These Two Processes

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I thought this Kevin Kelly quote was such a great reminder for us songwriters. It’s from this book.

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How to Be a More Productive Songwriter

Songwriting

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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