Breaking Down The Songwriting Process
I heard this beautiful cover on TikTok this morning and rewrote the lyrics on my run. We saw this coming You were just too slowIt takes more than words To withstand the blowsBreaking down wallsThe only way you knowI just hate to sayI told you so https://vm.tiktok.com/JNsWkoR/
I started following Patreon JUST in time to be alerted to its first ever live stream conference. I am so glad I did as I was familiar with several of the panelists (Paul Scheer whose podcasts I have listened to for several years now.) Sadly I have not watched the whole conference yet since my … Continue reading Thoughts On Patreon Assembly
The glow of the dawn on the lineThe vast space fading to blueThe fair course hardly definedThe safety of shore out of viewI search to the left and the rightThe sweet water kissing my skinThe powerful gust my delightthis venture that's pulling me inAnd the fear behindFaster than all my caresBetter than anywhereOne with the … Continue reading Floating On Air
This song was definitely inspired by Taylor Swift's album Fearless. Sadly, there is no way I will ever sound like Taylor, but a key image for me was imagining an old building. Think of the scene in The Bourne Identity when Jason uses the dead body to drop down several stories (dark, I know, but … Continue reading Love, Hope, Alone
Change Your Mind Do you ever hear a song on the radio and think, "You should have slept on that before recording?" Taylor Swift, one of my favorite artists, has a great example from her song Mine: And I remember that fight, two-thirty a.m.'Cause everything was slipping right out of our handsI ran out, crying, … Continue reading Let Your Lyrics Simmer
Only To Your Phone One of my greatest frustrations with myself is my poor memory. Thinking back to what started the writing process of Only To Your Phone, I have only flashes of memory. Anytime I think of how this song began, these images come to mind. The first image is me sitting on a … Continue reading Drawing From (non)Experience
Sew Me Up I remember the first time I had the idea for this song. One of my sisters is three years older than me. We spent my first year of high school together with her as a senior. We were very close that year. In my memory, we did nearly everything together. She ushered … Continue reading Get Out Of Your Comfort Zone
A few years ago, while on my evening train home to the Chicago suburbs, I listened to a Ted Talk podcast hosted by Guy Raz. The episode told a story about Sting, one of the most prolific song writers and how, one day, he inexplicably lost his power to write. I was riveted by the … Continue reading An Introduction
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