Thank goodness for happy accidents

You know, it's sometimes the random, accidental things that happen along the way that can make the biggest impact on your songwriting.

Blogger is a great example of this. Let me explain…

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"We live in a world of possible songwriting ideas. All we have to do (as songwriters) is go out there and find them". - cs

I outlined in my last post “Songwriting Ideas #18 – Reading Books for Lyrical Inspiration” the concept of reading books as a way of gathering lyrical ideas.

Since then I realized that you can apply this songwriting idea gathering concept to other forms of communication.

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"We have so much information around us these days, so why can't we find anything to write about?" - cs

I believe that there are so many ways in which a songwriter can glean inspiration. One of the ways is immersing yourself in the media that we are exposed to every day like newspapers, TV and magazines.

It's not what media you use that inspires but how you use it. Today I'm talking about books.

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Ahh, variety is the spice of life

I received another article from Ron Balagot a couple of days ago and this time it's about beating writers block by doing more than one project at a time.

The premise of the article is...

When you get stuck on one thing, work on another project that you have on the go.

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