[Fires In Australia.]

I was sorry to be reading about this today. I enjoyed my trip to Sydney last year and I wish I wasn't working so much as I really wanted to get out and see them. Hope all is well.

[#13 Why Do I Need Scales? I'm Not A Fish!]

Singing is a different from any other instrument because your instrument is a part of you. There's a lot more feel to it. Playing a piano or guitar you finger the note. You know it's right because you can look down and see where your hands are at so there you are. Singing comes out of you. You can slide into a note, waver around it. whatever your heart desires. It's alot more feeling your away around I find. Singing the songs you write is definitly good advice.

[#12 If You Know It, Leave It Out!]

Interesting way of putting that. I think the thing I pick up on in writing a lyric is that it has to be econimical. You can't put all those descriptive things in there because it becomes hard to make it work musically. You have to get to the point.

 

He got up and looked out the window
 

The next lines rather than add all that superfelous description could hit on why or what he's thinking about whilst in the act of looking.

 

He got up and looked out the window
thinking of all the broken hearts
Regret welling up inside for the ones that got away

 

Now you've got a jumping off point for the rest of the song. Hey I just realized that is a pretty cool excersize. Come up with a single inoculous line and build on it.

 

Fun!

 

[Got Ya Covered!]

Learning a cover can also help immensly with song writing. While learning the song you kind of get to see the man behind the curtain. You get to see how the song is constructed from the ground up. Just learning a song I love and respect but would never record or play out, helps immensly.

[Welcome, Or What Have I Got Myself In For?]

I don't know who Slim Dusty is but I want to be him. 105 albums? Love the poll idea...

[#10 What Do You Mean, Fix My Tents?]

Cool blog on perspective. Not something we always think about.

[Mission 2.5, Good God! What Have They Done To The Internet!]

So with you on branding and the band situation. If the band is really into originals and wants to do that as a side bar I say go for it. I was in a cover band for years and we wrote songs and used all that hard earned money we made in bars to save up and pay for professional studio time. Have to have a room full of guys that are into it. 

[No Good Way - Some Relationships You Don't Want!]

Sounds good here!

[The Man Behind The Curtain!]

Cool man! Good luck! I think it helps to post once a week just to keep the juices flowing.

[The Man Behind The Curtain!]

Thanks!

[#6 - Slumps. Cherish Them!]

Good advice. I've been on a roll for a while but then again... not everything I write is worth seeing the light of day I suppose. At least I'm feeling creative.