Here's some free advice; like the folkies of yore, you need to be not just a writer of songs, you need to be a lover of songs, a listener of songs and a collector of songs. If you hear a song in a club that knocks you out or you hear an old recording of a great song you never knew existed, it does not diminish you to record it; it actually exalts you because you have brought a great song from obscurity to the ear of the public.
In Nashville, there is a historic tendency to work the lyric to death while settling for music that works. In pop or rock, it can be the other way ar… - Michael Kosser
In Nashville, there is a historic tendency to work the lyric to death while settling for music that works. In pop or rock, it can be the other way ar…
- Michael Kosser
Here's some free advice; like the folkies of yore, you need to be not just a writer of songs, you need to be a lover of songs, a listener of songs an… - Michael Kosser
Here's some free advice; like the folkies of yore, you need to be not just a writer of songs, you need to be a lover of songs, a listener of songs an…
Songwriting is a craft. Writing good songs on a a consistent basis doesn not happen spontaneously. In fact, most of our best songwriters learned to w… - Michael Kosser
Songwriting is a craft. Writing good songs on a a consistent basis doesn not happen spontaneously. In fact, most of our best songwriters learned to w…
That is what diminishes the artist and his song. The artist is now hermetically sealed. The publishing company got him his deal and they expect to pr… - Michael Kosser
That is what diminishes the artist and his song. The artist is now hermetically sealed. The publishing company got him his deal and they expect to pr…
[Non-performing songwriters] climb the mountain the first time, take their successes in stride, and when they tumble down the mountain, they just con… - Michael Kosser
[Non-performing songwriters] climb the mountain the first time, take their successes in stride, and when they tumble down the mountain, they just con…
Especially on Broadway, composers and lyricists fretted over their creations, obsessed over every rhyme, every critical chord or interval. The stakes… - Michael Kosser
Especially on Broadway, composers and lyricists fretted over their creations, obsessed over every rhyme, every critical chord or interval. The stakes…
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