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“When I began writing, it was a cosmic thing: Inspiration! Wham! Short spurts of time when I felt out of touch with reality, temporarily insane and the result: a song!”

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Ann Reed

Born in 1954, Ann Reed is a talented songwriter whose works span a variety of musical styles, known for her profound lyrics and melodies. more

“Writing a song isn't that hard. Writing a good song is difficult. Let's face it, we're faced with taking a complex feeling or event, making words rhyme and saying exactly what we want them to say in a short amount of time. ...the primary reason for keeping it short and to the point is to be certain that you're not boring your audience.”

Want Writing Hard Reason Feelings Faces Certain Song Difficult Audience Events Amount Complexes Boring Primaries Songwriting Rhyme

Author:Ann Reed

“Besides my fast and slooow songs, I further divide my work into three main song types: the ballad or story song, the variation on a theme (saying the same thing over and over and over again) song, and the weird song. It's important to have weird songs, but I find that a little weirdness goes a long way.”

Way Writing Littles Long Important Stories Song Three Type Theme Songwriting Divides Long Way Variation Weirdness Ballads Saying The Same Thing Over And Over

Author:David Massengill

“I admire the ballad form most of all. Stories are irresistible. I've always had a passion for stories, the endings being of particular importance.”

Writing Stories Form Passion Particular Importance Admire Songwriting Irresistible Ballads

Author:David Massengill

“Stories were primarily verbal to begin with. Before there were cave paintings, stories were told over generations. We tell each other thousands of stories in the course of everyday life.”

Writing Stories Courses Generations Painting Everyday Songwriting Everyday Life Caves Cave Paintings

Author:David Massengill

“I use three main tools in writing: instinct, hard work and dumb luck. Dumb luck is missing a train and, while you wait for the next one, writing a key word, line or verse. When this happens often enough you begin to believe in Fate.”

Writing Believe Hard Enough Use Happens Three Next Waiting Lines Fate Missing Hard Work Keys Tools Luck Train Instinct Dumb Songwriting Verses The Next One Dumb Luck

Author:David Massengill

“I give myself the luxury of time in shaping a song. It's very common for me to work three months or more on a single song. Plotting takes time and effort, for there are many false turns. I fill up pages and pages with my mistakes, thereby eliminating them. Eventually a trail is broken through this mountain of mistakes. Sometimes it's as easy as putting eggs in a basket; other times it's like trying to pound a ton of sand into a diamond.”

“As soon as you start making a record, things start getting lined up: the promotion, possibly even a tour.”

Records Promotion

Author:Phil Collins

“These days I keep a journal, so I'm constantly sketching down my thoughts, or lines that come to me...ideas for songs. And then when I have a moment to myself, I'll sit down with my guitar and open my journal, and start kind of massaging things together, and see if a song takes shape. Or sometimes, I'll just be hanging out with my guitar and come up with a chord progression or a lick, and that'll sort of sit around for a while waiting to marry itself to some words. So it's sort of haphazard and it's like...junk culture. I go around finding shiny objects and I glue them together laughs.”

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