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Music Career Advice

How to stay in love with the craft of songwriting

Posted by Caleb J Murphy on Apr 04, 2019 in: Music Career Advice

I hate songwriting when things aren’t flowing.

Okay, that’s not totally true. I always love the craft of songwriting, but I get super frustrated when nothing is showing up even though I am. When I’ve been working on a song for months or even years and it’s not finished, I feel like giving up.

So to help you (and me) stay in love with the craft of songwriting, here are some things you can do.

Read books about other songwriters

If the term “garbage in, garbage out” is true, then so is “gold…