What's the ONE thing?

annayarbrough · Post by **annayarbrough** » Tue Apr 10, 2018 1:08 pm

shoodBworkin wrote:"Write what you know

Nailed it

annayarbrough · Post by **annayarbrough** » Tue Apr 10, 2018 1:08 pm

Tunesmith wrote:Never stop.

BAM. Right there.

One of my all-time favorites!

Tunesmith · Post by **Tunesmith** » Thu Apr 12, 2018 5:19 am

annayarbrough wrote:
Tunesmith wrote:Never stop.
BAM. Right there.

One of my all-time favorites!

Like!!

johnnyrowing · Post by **johnnyrowing** » Thu Apr 12, 2018 8:49 am

Thanks for this post Anna. i enjoyed reading the prior comments, some good stuff there.

I really like lyrics. So, I enjoyed Ralph Murphy's advice - I paraphrase - the first line of your song had better be a lyric that no one else could write.

I took that to mean that being universal and still being unique is the goal.

SteveBaruah · Post by **SteveBaruah** » Fri Apr 20, 2018 11:28 pm

Write till your hands hurt,
Sing till your lungs hurt,
Act till you're William Hurt.

melodymessiah · Post by **melodymessiah** » Sat Apr 21, 2018 7:47 am

do the listeners care about the songwriters/artists feelings anymore? we all just wanna be entertained nowadays don't we?
i'd rather suggest you make a video to your tracks that can go viral. after you've written a hit song of course

anyway, i remember madonna said something that stuck with me when asked what her nr. one advice would be for people who wants to make it big: surround yourself with brilliant people. easy for her to say of course, but when you think back on her career, she's always been smart, making the right choices, working with the right people. and i think making the right choices is far more important than raw talent. in anything.

mojobone · Post by **mojobone** » Tue Apr 24, 2018 8:33 am

Keep it simple, stupid. And if you can, keep it stupid simple.

Paulie · Post by **Paulie** » Tue Apr 24, 2018 3:36 pm

Just one thing? Hmm...

"They are songs, not children. Let go and move on." (sort of a variation of write, submit, forget, repeat)

"At some point you have to call a project done. Don't get stuck in a paralysis by analysis mode. It's either good enough, or it's not and needs to be shelved."

"If you don't have the passion to do the hard work needed to succeed, find something else where you do have the passion."

And something I've told many music students: "If you are practicing and it sounds good, you are not really practicing, you are just playing. Practice should sound bad."

Paulie · Post by **Paulie** » Tue Apr 24, 2018 4:03 pm

One more, from my wife:

"You are what you listen to."

AmandaJane · Post by **AmandaJane** » Wed Apr 25, 2018 6:40 am

Just caught up with this great thread... thank you Anna for starting it !

For me, there are 3 things I have been told and never forget, and adhere too religiously. Remember, I'm a lyricist, so these are from that point of view.

1. Never ever ever give up

2. Feel the emotion as you write. In other words, be a great actor and truly empathise with the lyrics, then the emotion will flow out, because you are IN it, not outside looking in.

3. Rewrite, rewrite and rewrite... and leave decent gaps in between them. We cant always do this with tight deadlines I know, but the rest of the time I do this.

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