‘‘I found my old journals - there's heaps of great stuff in there. How can I turn them into songs?’’
Imagine one rainy Sunday afternoon; you rediscovered a bunch of your old diaries or journals and you’ve just spent hours re-reading emotional outpourings - deep vents, rants of all sorts, and a stream of illegible cross outs, underlines, and doodles.
The question rises up: can I use some of this angst, and somehow pour it into my songs?
Good news: you probably can! Here are some thoughts on how you…
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