My first Saturday check-in. What have I been up to this week?
This week I started reading "Get Started in Songwriting" by Sam Inglis. I had checked it out from the local public library along with like six other books along the same subject lines. I plan on reading as much as possible on my craft as well as other books for leisure as well. Even though many aspects of the book are things I have already learned or experience, I believe that it's important to get educated on the business by many different authors because it offers different points of views.
I have also purchased some organization supplies to organize my collection of works. I am trying to have organized binders of lyrics, notations, articles, etc. and a quick way to reference them if necessary.
As far as composition, I have done the usual: thought of many song ideas and lyric lines that can prove worthy of further development into a song. I have literally hundreds of those. Unfinished songs that are waiting for me to pay them attention. One of the books I recently read featured a writer that said his songs are like children: written and composed (birthed), edited (raised), and released (grows up). I thought this was an interesting point of view for a songwriter. In that case, I have a whole bunch of neglected infants running around. I am good at conceiving songs but my music remains stillborn and I have to give life. It is up to me.
~L~
Songs played while writing this post: En Vogue "Don't Let Go (Love)", Bruno Mars ft. Damian Marley "Liquor Store Blues", Michael Jackson "They Don't Care About Us"
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