tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3985610707698933564.post599862283680321725..comments2023-10-16T03:46:46.424-07:00Comments on Hella Stella: Songwriting 101 (How I Failed to Become a Pop Star)Andrea...http://www.blogger.com/profile/05506115339952652388noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3985610707698933564.post-50457734359164942212009-05-05T06:00:00.000-07:002009-05-05T06:00:00.000-07:00I have songs that I wrote 20 years ago that I stil...I have songs that I wrote 20 years ago that I still work on!! It might only be changing a single word! or writing an extra or unfinished verse.<br />I have 1000's of scraps of paper which my have a line /a single word /an theme/ or a chord pattern on.<br /><br />I would love to be a commercial songwriter but it seems the business is set up for those who are already in the business and not new blood! Its no wonder main stream music gets so stalejohnnyjingleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10207200330939980865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3985610707698933564.post-12774437111273865942009-02-26T07:32:00.000-08:002009-02-26T07:32:00.000-08:00Laura: Not a bad idea!Jen: We do have a similar pr...Laura: Not a bad idea!<BR/><BR/>Jen: We do have a similar process, although I tend to give up on songs if I can't finish them quickly. I blame my short attention span.<BR/><BR/>Shawna: It's all about the formula!Stellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05053259853408154216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3985610707698933564.post-89316827081194578622009-02-26T04:47:00.000-08:002009-02-26T04:47:00.000-08:00If only you had paid closer attention to the formu...If only you had paid closer attention to the formula... you might be the writer of the Snuggie jingle by now. SIGH.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3985610707698933564.post-82065117525389400702009-02-25T12:33:00.000-08:002009-02-25T12:33:00.000-08:00I meant to also say - this process is not unlike m...I meant to also say - this process is not unlike mine, except that I continually leave songs (and other types of art that I do) unfinished and come back to them repeatedly, sometimes for years, until they are finished. And I find that sometimes the words come from the music, but often some words will start haunting me with some music already attached to them and that makes me paranoid that I'm unknowingly stealing someone else's work. I'm working on a song now that had a phrase with music attached to it, but when I sat down with the guitar to try to work out the song more fully, the song completely changed! Gotta love the creative process.Jen Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12241393266988399779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3985610707698933564.post-84807713419928524512009-02-25T12:29:00.000-08:002009-02-25T12:29:00.000-08:00host a songwriting weekend right here in Ottawa, o...host a songwriting weekend right here in Ottawa, or in Gatineau, seriouslyJen Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12241393266988399779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3985610707698933564.post-23312490809499422102009-02-25T02:27:00.000-08:002009-02-25T02:27:00.000-08:00You should host a seminar - great advise and much ...You should host a seminar - great advise and much better than what you got back then!Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08122365458052947125noreply@blogger.com