The High Performance Singer

If you write songs, do you consciously try to write songs that are new, different, unusual, distinct from the music that has come before you? Something that will stand out and be noticed because it's so creative or even weird? If you do, well, there's nothing inherently wrong with that. You might find something that really resonates with you. And I'll grant there's merit in breaking new ground. But if you are stuck in your writing - as I have been at times - because you f

Singing well takes work. Playing an instrument well takes work. Writing songs takes work. Honing stagecraft takes work. Pulling together a band, booking a band, creating buzz... You name it, whatever you do in music, ad however much you love doing it, there is also a part of it that involves WORK. To do WORK, you need MOTIVATION. Where does your motivation come from? From doing the work for yourself... AND doing it for someone else. Work for yourself... Of course, you must h

If you haven't written a song before, it might feel like something you just don't have the innate talent for. I know, because I wrote my first song about two years ago. Before that, I thought I simply was not a songwriter. And the nonlinear creative process was initially very hard to wrap my logical, software-developer, project-manager brain around. I kept looking for 1-2-3 steps! Sure, some people just seem to have fully-formed songs flowing out of them all the time. If