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5 Ways to Push Past the Second Verse Curse
The Second Verse Curse: did you knew exactly what I was talking about the moment you read that? It’s that moment when you’ve finished your…
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5 Reasons Why You Can’t Wait for Inspiration to Strike
This post has been entirely re-written from top to bottom. It’s an important topic, so I wanted to update it with new information, new thoughts,…
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What No One Tells You About Inspiration
This post has been completely re-written! It was originally posted in September of 2016, and OH BOY do I have new things to say about…
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A Singer’s Guide to Songwriting: How to Start Writing Your Own Original Material
This one’s for all my singers in the SongFancy sphere who have been quietly reading along, wondering how the heck to get started writing their…
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Why You Should Fail in Songwriting
This week’s post is deliciously different. We’re breaking from our usual format to bring you some words of wisdom from the Black Sheep Rebel Girl…
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Your Favorite Songwriting Challenge is Open for Registration
Join us for the first 5 in 5 Song Challenge of 2019! This challenge is designed to: Kick your inner critic out of the writing…
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Essentialism for Songwriters: Why doing everything is a BAD idea
This week’s post comes to us courtesy of Louise Warren. I was sitting on the floor, reading Greg McKeown’s book, “Essentialism” when my mouth fell…
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6 Songwriting Tips for Finding Melodies in the Space Around You
Life is busy and loud. Those of us who live in cities are constantly surrounded by the noise from cars, voices, music, HVACs, sirens and…
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13 Things Artists Pursuing a Music Career Need to Stop Doing
There’s this voice in my head I call “Sassy-B”. Most of the time, what she says and thinks stays quietly in my noggin as it…
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How Cliches are Killing Your Songs
We’ve heard this term probably a billion times – Cliche. Perhaps you’ve even gotten some feedback on a song and were told that some of…
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